yellow banded pipe fish

[miyags]

Has anyone kept these long term

 

[Kamden Uelton]

I've kept the Bluestripe, But i've read these are harder.

 

[miyags]

Looking for some care advice.Seen a pair at LFS. Man I was tempted. But need to do research.What I read didn't seem Like they live longer than a month.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I had a client with a pr for almost 2yrs. They were in a crowded reef. The owner fed the tank like crazy.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Has anyone kept these long term

Care is the same as a seahorse.
They pretty much only eat pods. Their tanks should be kept species specific. I would recommend 50 gallons dt with a 50 gallon or larger sump. More area to cultivate pods the better. Sump really can be live rock, cheato, return.

Ive never kept this species.
But kept Microphis retzi, a freshwater species. Where i cultivated scuds(freshwater pods),

They will only eat LIVE food.

 

[eatbreakfast]

It may be true that the freshwater pipefish needs live food, but I have seen firsthand that that is not true for the yellow banded pipefish.

 

[miyags]

I have a 55gal with one very old clown fish in it.I can see pods all over the place.But I also have large neon green mushrooms,10in around. and some large frogspawn coral.Don't know if these would sting or eat them?I could also add a tisbe pod culture?

 

[ciscomania]

i've tried and won't buy them again. Didn't last more than few days.

i've tried and won't buy them again. Didn't last more than few days.

 

[miyags]

Man if a scoly can get one it won't stand a chance with my shrooms.Plus keeping them alive in Qt for a month or so might be impossible.This fish should be on the (Do Not Import List).

 

[mfinn]

I had my yellow multi banded pipe fish for about 3 years in my 50 gallon.
While it did hunt for pods all day ( I added tisbe pods every other month), it would also eat mysis and frozen brine.

I lost it 2-3 days after adding emerald crabs for bubble algae.

 

[Kamden Uelton]

Went to my LFS and they had one, It ate nutramar ova

 

[Kamden Uelton]

I imagine QT you wouldn't be able to use copper, you'd have to do TTM or hypo salinity.

 

[mfinn]

I imagine QT you wouldn't be able to use copper, you'd have to do TTM or hypo salinity.

Chloroquine Phosphate works.

 

[miyags]

Never tried Chloroquine P. Is that like the old Quinine treatment?.If I use cupramine it will kill any pods I add.Feeding them properly in QT might be impossible.I'm not sure I'm going to take a chance with them.

 

[Kamden Uelton]

Do Hyposalnity, Amphipods and Copepods can survive in a Salinity of 1.017

 

[Zack K]

@PaulB is almost a “pipefish master” he has kept many varieties of pipefish together and had success.

 

[mfinn]

Never tried Chloroquine P. Is that like the old Quinine treatment?.If I use cupramine it will kill any pods I add.Feeding them properly in QT might be impossible.I'm not sure I'm going to take a chance with them.

You can introduce food daily, and you can get them eating other non live food while in quarantine.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fish-and-treatment-guidelines-with-chart.283450/