Need a blue stripe pipefish

[AlwaysHatingNathan]

Where do you live? My LFS has three.

I’m from South Carolina.there only few store closes to me and they all use same fish supplier so slim pickings, but there other store little bit of drive I’m about start contacting.

 

[AlwaysHatingNathan]

Aquarium Creations online has captive bread and can also get mailed pairs

https://www.aquariumcreationsonline.net/seahorse

I got 4 Captive bread lined seahorses from them about 5 weeks ago . They are strong and healthy and doing well.

Thank you! I’m def gonna use this site if all else fails! But dam the shipping cost is always what kills me! I would order so much more online if could afford it

 

[AlwaysHatingNathan]

Hello fellow reefers, so I’m in search of the blue stripe pipefish. All my lfs suppliers currently don’t have any. So any one know good sites find them or know some where else I could find them?

Well thankfully the supplier has them in stock! But hopefully after this week if things don’t get worse I can have them!

 

[Tonyreeffish]

I know the blue stripes are usually seasonal. You should see a lot more coming in the spring I believe. I had a m/f pair for a few years and they were awesome to watch! Right now I have a dragonface in my 30g, only fish in the tank.

 

[AlwaysHatingNathan]

I know the blue stripes are usually seasonal. You should see a lot more coming in the spring I believe. I had a m/f pair for a few years and they were awesome to watch! Right now I have a dragonface in my 30g, only fish in the tank.

Literally the day before you said this the supplier got them in stock ha! Did not know they were seasonal, my lfs going thru some trouble with all going on now but maybe next week I can get them order some.

 

[Tonyreeffish]

Literally the day before you said this the supplier got them in stock ha! Did not know they were seasonal, my lfs going thru some trouble with all going on now but maybe next week I can get them order some.

Nice. Ya theyre great fish. Youll enjoy them for sure.

 

[AlwaysHatingNathan]

Nice. Ya theyre great fish. Youll enjoy them for sure.

Thanks I hope, I’ve always struggled with fish in this hobby. Just hope I can’t keep them alive and get them eat

 

[Tonyreeffish]

Thanks I hope, I’ve always struggled with fish in this hobby. Just hope I can’t keep them alive and get them eat

If you have a nice population of copepods youll be good. Thats pretty much all theyll eat, at least in the beginnin. I was able to get mine to eat frozen pods after a while. They love tiger pods but those wont really reproduce in the tank. Tisbe pods are also good and you can get a nice population going.

 

[AlwaysHatingNathan]

If you have a nice population of copepods youll be good. Thats pretty much all theyll eat, at least in the beginnin. I was able to get mine to eat frozen pods after a while. They love tiger pods but those wont really reproduce in the tank. Tisbe pods are also good and you can get a nice population going.

I seeded my tank with apex pods awhile ago and feed my tank/sump with phyto every few days, i know apex breed like every 4-6 days so I hope have good bit in there

 

[Conrad Noto]

Aquarium Creations online has captive bread and can also get mailed pairs

https://www.aquariumcreationsonline.net/seahorse

I got 4 Captive bread lined seahorses from them about 5 weeks ago . They are strong and healthy and doing well.

I ordered from them last week, then saw customer complaints of them keeping money and not filling orders. Hope they ship.

 

[kandymann]

Dang that sucks I’m sorry hear that, jannis are very pretty. Yeah that what sucks for pipefish they don’t ship well. I wish there was ORA project for them, then maybe we see them more in hobby. And what you mean by treated? Like QT?

I breed Janss and bluestripes

 

[ThePurple12]

I breed Janss and bluestripes

Are you Tanner Smith on Youtube?

 

[kandymann]

Yes that’s me

 

[ThePurple12]

I'm subscribed!

 

[kandymann]

If anyone here is looking for captive bred pipefish, visit www.seahorsesavvy.com
They sell healthy and disease free pipefish.

 

[Kan9]

I always keep those guys in my ref, and they are always pregnant, like here.

Fairly common but I haven't seen any in a while. They are normally pretty cheap too.

Are those bluestripe pipefish? How do you keep them from going down the overflow?

 

[Paul B]

I have always had bluestripe pipefish and they spawn constantly.

I don't have a sump, so I don't have an overflow.

 

[SMSREEF]

I always keep those guys in my ref, and they are always pregnant, like here.

Fairly common but I haven't seen any in a while. They are normally pretty cheap too.

Hey Paul,
What are you feeding in that video?
And how is that feeding contraption set up?

 

[kandymann]

I have overflows and my pipes never get sucked into them nor do I have any problems with correct pumps and the like.

 

[Paul B]

SMSREEF. That is a feeder that I invented years ago. You load it with new born brine shrimp and it feeds all day. Thats why my pipefish, mandarins, and all other small fish spawn continuously.

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For bluestripe pipefish, they require no care, you just need a tank that is not sterile and has some algae growing on the back and side glass. They hunt there all day. But a new tank is not good for them.

They live about 5 years as think that is about their lifespan.

Pregnant pipe