Its a great fish to have. Tougher than I expected. Have to keep carpet anemones and basically anything that could sting them out. Goes with all slow moving fishies...seahorses jawfishes. Gorgeous captivating tank!!!. Hope you still have them.
Im not sure what part of the video that you are referring too. Please indicate the time stamp so I can look at it closer. I do see asterina stars on the glass. They multiply like crazy. Some are fine, but may irritate coral which is not good for the health of the coral.
+laura wood You should look at my other video. This tank I broke down. I sold my last pair.. My new pair I have a video of them actually mating. It was an awesome thing to see.
+frnkbonz thats cool! ill look that up we also have a male & female seahorse im hoping they mate weve only had him a month. i have a channel on UA-cam to.
i have a 10 gallon nano reef without fish (loads of shrimp, hermit crabs, snails, corals) I plan on getting: 1x Bluestripe pipefish 1x Green Mandarin 1x Firefish 1x Green Clown Goby Should i get the pipefish first or the goby, mandarin and firefish? My LFS only sells pipefish on special pickup, so I'd need to order it to get it. I know its a lot of fish, but clown gobies are tiny (1.5 inch). I'm a beginner (3 months) but I'm very dedicated and I have a LOT of copepods.
+YunG AciDeX Ace ...Hi, I would avoid a mandarin mainly because its not going to survive. It will need a lot of rockwork and needs to constantly eat. With that small tank, maybe a pair of blue stripe pipefish would be good and the clown goby. I would not recommend firefish. The difference between a male and female pipefish is that the male has like little bumps or pimples on the snout (you need to look closely). The female snout will be smooth.
+frnkbonz i already got the madarin and the clown goby. I have 11.5 pounds of rock and I will buy more copepods. What's wrong with the firefish? I need something that swims out in the open. btw i know about the requirements of the mandarin (copepods, rock, water quality, etc). people say that pipefish are much harder to keep than dragonetes
Firefish will be ok. In that small of a tank, you are best with a ground goby. The mandarin will starve to death unless you feed him three times a day. The pipefish is very hardy and they will eat mysis and other meaty food. Currently my female pipefish eats from my hand.
Sand Flea well I dont know length of life. I did sell them a while ago as this tank is broken down. I did have a pair in my current tank and they were mating. My female died and my male I had about two years... unfortunately, I did not see hime come out for food today. Hopefully he is still swimming because I have been looking for a year to get another female for him
frnkbonz Good to see they are well taken care off. I don't think they live a long time given their size. I had a pair too but in a much smaller tank. I think u increase their chances if u have them in a bigger tank. Ravenous appetites these lil guys have....so a bigger mature tank hooked to a refugium is a must for this fish and seahorses etc. Thx for the video !!
Hi Sand flea, I beg to differ. I had my pipe fish for over 2+ years. Mine ate like a regular fish with feeding 1-2x a day. Please keep in mind I do currently have a pair of ruby red scooter blennies (i successfully paired) for a while with almost 0 copepods. I did lose my pipe fish from a mistake on my end. I got my hands on a pair of janss pipe fish in which my blue stripe chased the male. (the Janss species had no physical trait to see what is the male). Unfortunately, the janss pipefish was removed after a few days and eventually my male pipe fish perished. I believe it was the stress that killed my pipe fish as it was still eating and swimming a good week later after this incident, but he seemed that he exerted a lot of energy chasing the janss.
frnkbonz What do u differ on ? ...don't think there's a disagreement here. I'm simply saying the bigger the system...the better chance they have @ finding more to eat thus maybe living longer ..... other factors are involved obviously when they live in their glass coffins. ✌🐟🐠
Eric A. Its the risk I take. Unless you plan on quarantine all your coral/fish/inverts. Ich shows up if there is stress in your tank. I ran into an issue in my tank that took out a lot of my fish, but it was not ich and it was not velvet. It was an unknown parasite. It took out fish without showing any ich signs or velvet signs. Only a handful of fish survived.
@@tonytran7382 No. That tank was broken down. I did own them for years. I paired them a few times and had them breed in the tank. I used to be able to source them locally, but they are a hard thing to find now. I havent seen any in about 4 years
@@tonytran7382 its a tough one to tell. I had some for 3 years before I broke down a tank and moved it to another person in the hobby. If you buy a full grown species (which many are).... you really do not know how old they are when you get them. Only really way to gauge life expectancy is when you get a fish from a breeder. This fish does breed in captivity and it would nice to see them pop up, but it's not a popular enough fish to see a breeder to do that.
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Its a great fish to have. Tougher than I expected. Have to keep carpet anemones and basically anything that could sting them out. Goes with all slow moving fishies...seahorses jawfishes.
Gorgeous captivating tank!!!. Hope you still have them.
The Borbonius looks like a Grouper next to the pipe fish lol Awesome man, keep it up.
awesome tank too
Where do pipefish like to sleep? So they sleep like Filefish just latch onto something with their mouth?
Usually near a rock. A cave is good for them.
Whats that white patches n the glass, im starting to get similar stuff n mine
Im not sure what part of the video that you are referring too. Please indicate the time stamp so I can look at it closer. I do see asterina stars on the glass. They multiply like crazy. Some are fine, but may irritate coral which is not good for the health of the coral.
we have a Dragon face pipefish. you might try hatcing out & feeding them baby brine shrimp ours loves them.
They hatch at night and become fish food. Its a challenge. Im glad you can rear them.
+frnkbonz i hatch mine in a separate container & when i feed i turn my main pump for about 10min but yea everyone in the tank loves them
+laura wood You should look at my other video. This tank I broke down. I sold my last pair.. My new pair I have a video of them actually mating. It was an awesome thing to see.
ua-cam.com/video/IIZZoE8xKjw/v-deo.html
+frnkbonz thats cool! ill look that up we also have a male & female seahorse im hoping they mate weve only had him a month. i have a channel on UA-cam to.
i have a 10 gallon nano reef without fish (loads of shrimp, hermit crabs, snails, corals)
I plan on getting:
1x Bluestripe pipefish
1x Green Mandarin
1x Firefish
1x Green Clown Goby
Should i get the pipefish first or the goby, mandarin and firefish?
My LFS only sells pipefish on special pickup, so I'd need to order it to get it. I know its a lot of fish, but clown gobies are tiny (1.5 inch).
I'm a beginner (3 months) but I'm very dedicated and I have a LOT of copepods.
+YunG AciDeX Ace ...Hi, I would avoid a mandarin mainly because its not going to survive. It will need a lot of rockwork and needs to constantly eat. With that small tank, maybe a pair of blue stripe pipefish would be good and the clown goby. I would not recommend firefish. The difference between a male and female pipefish is that the male has like little bumps or pimples on the snout (you need to look closely). The female snout will be smooth.
+frnkbonz i already got the madarin and the clown goby. I have 11.5 pounds of rock and I will buy more copepods. What's wrong with the firefish? I need something that swims out in the open. btw i know about the requirements of the mandarin (copepods, rock, water quality, etc). people say that pipefish are much harder to keep than dragonetes
Firefish will be ok. In that small of a tank, you are best with a ground goby. The mandarin will starve to death unless you feed him three times a day. The pipefish is very hardy and they will eat mysis and other meaty food. Currently my female pipefish eats from my hand.
+frnkbonz I have a dwarf gold banded coral shrimp (aka yellow banded coral shrimp) will he bother the pipefish?
+YunG AciDeX Ace it should not.
Gorgeous tank. Are the pipefish still alive? How long do they live for?.
Sand Flea well I dont know length of life. I did sell them a while ago as this tank is broken down. I did have a pair in my current tank and they were mating. My female died and my male I had about two years... unfortunately, I did not see hime come out for food today. Hopefully he is still swimming because I have been looking for a year to get another female for him
frnkbonz
Good to see they are well taken care off. I don't think they live a long time given their size. I had a pair too but in a much smaller tank. I think u increase their chances if u have them in a bigger tank. Ravenous appetites these lil guys have....so a bigger mature tank hooked to a refugium is a must for this fish and seahorses etc. Thx for the video !!
Hi Sand flea, I beg to differ. I had my pipe fish for over 2+ years. Mine ate like a regular fish with feeding 1-2x a day. Please keep in mind I do currently have a pair of ruby red scooter blennies (i successfully paired) for a while with almost 0 copepods. I did lose my pipe fish from a mistake on my end. I got my hands on a pair of janss pipe fish in which my blue stripe chased the male. (the Janss species had no physical trait to see what is the male). Unfortunately, the janss pipefish was removed after a few days and eventually my male pipe fish perished. I believe it was the stress that killed my pipe fish as it was still eating and swimming a good week later after this incident, but he seemed that he exerted a lot of energy chasing the janss.
frnkbonz
What do u differ on ? ...don't think there's a disagreement here. I'm simply saying the bigger the system...the better chance they have @ finding more to eat thus maybe living longer ..... other factors are involved obviously when they live in their glass coffins. ✌🐟🐠
Did you qt/copper treat pipefish before adding to the system? Very nice tank! Thanks for the info....
Eric A. I never really qt any of my fish. I just put them in.
frnkbonz lol! Ok... you don’t worry about ich, velvet, etc?
Eric A. Its the risk I take. Unless you plan on quarantine all your coral/fish/inverts. Ich shows up if there is stress in your tank. I ran into an issue in my tank that took out a lot of my fish, but it was not ich and it was not velvet. It was an unknown parasite. It took out fish without showing any ich signs or velvet signs. Only a handful of fish survived.
Beautiful fish!!! Will the fire shrimp or blood shrimp bother the pipefish???
Not at all. These guys are hard to find nowadays. I haven't seen them pop up since they put on collection restrictions with collection.
@@frnkbonz do you have any blue stripe pipefish for sale?
@@tonytran7382 No. That tank was broken down. I did own them for years. I paired them a few times and had them breed in the tank. I used to be able to source them locally, but they are a hard thing to find now. I havent seen any in about 4 years
@@frnkbonz oh wow, whats there life expectancy? I searching for them but havent seen any, man, they sure are hard to find!!
@@tonytran7382 its a tough one to tell. I had some for 3 years before I broke down a tank and moved it to another person in the hobby. If you buy a full grown species (which many are).... you really do not know how old they are when you get them. Only really way to gauge life expectancy is when you get a fish from a breeder. This fish does breed in captivity and it would nice to see them pop up, but it's not a popular enough fish to see a breeder to do that.
how do you QT such specie ?
Can you tell me the name of the things you feed them? I can't really figure out from the video.
Reef plankton, mysis, marine cuisine
+frnkbonz live or frozen? Thanks!
+Angelinabug yes
What's the pink and yellow fish?
YO888555 blotchy anthias