Pipefish Identification
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Hi, it is not a pipefish at all, it is diademichtys lineatus, long-snout clingfish, please read about it. They live together with sea urchins, diadema setosum, feeding on their feet. Do you have an urchin in your tank? A difficult fish to feed...Hi everyone I just purchased this pipefish from my LFS and it was sold to me as a blue stripe pipefish, however I’m not too sure if it is? Can anyone identify what this specimen is?
I kept a pair for awhile until a power outage killed the tank when I was away. I had them eating ova and other small foods out of clam shells. They learned to go to the clam shell for food. Once eating, they are easy to care for but need small frequent foods and no other fish that will steal the food or blow it out of the shell.
I did not keep an urchin with them.
They eat urchin feet yes but also shrimp eggs so if you can get some LRS eggs or ova, that would be the first thing to try. The reason for the clam shells is from the info I could find, they would also eat burrowing bivalves.
They have been successfully captive bed. They would probably do best in a species tank.
Where I got my info from and was able to successfully replicate and get them eating and such.
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Food, they are expensive to feed. ha!
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I did not keep an urchin with them.
They eat urchin feet yes but also shrimp eggs so if you can get some LRS eggs or ova, that would be the first thing to try. The reason for the clam shells is from the info I could find, they would also eat burrowing bivalves.
They have been successfully captive bed. They would probably do best in a species tank.
Where I got my info from and was able to successfully replicate and get them eating and such.
Yellowstripe clingfish--Diademichthys lineatus Breeding
In February I saw two of these fish at my LFS. I did a little research on my phone while there and didn't come up with too much other than they live with Diadema urchins or branching corals and eat the tube feet of the urchin and also the copepods and the eggs of a commensal shrimp. They also...
www.reef2reef.com
Food, they are expensive to feed. ha!
Coral Feast Ova
New coral reef food blend. Highly nutritional blend of whole organism zooplankton eggs (ova) of various species. Hatching coral food.
www.aquaculturenurseryfarms.com
Frozen Fish Eggs - LRS
LRS's newest Frozen Fish Egg product is an example of why their reputation for freshness and quality is unmatched in the industry. During the months of March and April, they processed truckloads of fresh fish each week to extract the egg sacs and vacuum seal them before rapidly freezing them to...
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thank you so much for all the info!!I kept a pair for awhile until a power outage killed the tank when I was away. I had them eating ova and other small foods out of clam shells. They learned to go to the clam shell for food. Once eating, they are easy to care for but need small frequent foods and no other fish that will steal the food or blow it out of the shell.
I did not keep an urchin with them.
They eat urchin feet yes but also shrimp eggs so if you can get some LRS eggs or ova, that would be the first thing to try. The reason for the clam shells is from the info I could find, they would also eat burrowing bivalves.
They have been successfully captive bed. They would probably do best in a species tank.
Where I got my info from and was able to successfully replicate and get them eating and such.
Yellowstripe clingfish--Diademichthys lineatus Breeding
In February I saw two of these fish at my LFS. I did a little research on my phone while there and didn't come up with too much other than they live with Diadema urchins or branching corals and eat the tube feet of the urchin and also the copepods and the eggs of a commensal shrimp. They also...
Food, they are expensive to feed. ha!
Coral Feast Ova
New coral reef food blend. Highly nutritional blend of whole organism zooplankton eggs (ova) of various species. Hatching coral food.Frozen Fish Eggs - LRS
LRS's newest Frozen Fish Egg product is an example of why their reputation for freshness and quality is unmatched in the industry. During the months of March and April, they processed truckloads of fresh fish each week to extract the egg sacs and vacuum seal them before rapidly freezing them to...
