Gulf Pipefish

I don't think I had S. scovelli, but I can't remember.  Try these guys, Micrognathus crinitus.  I had one a while back in my Atlantic/Florida tank.  I ended up keeping it in the sump after about 8 times of pulling him from the sump and throwing him in the tank.  I'm telling you, you will be amazed how easily they make it through the overflow and any screening.

Adam

Let me know how they work out. I'm chicken to try any of them!

I don't know.  Worth a try, worst case scenario they live in the sump.

Adam

I might just order 10-15 and hopefully a couple will acclimate well. Ok, they are actually $3.99/each, but still a good price i think. Here is the description on thier website.

We have a couple different species of Pipefish. The more common one we find is the Syngnathus scovelli Gulf Pipefish. Other possible species include; Cosmocampus hildebrandi(Dwarf pipefish), and Syngnathus floridae(Dusky pipefish). Our pipefish are very hardy and acclimate very well to frozen foods. We find a variety of sizes! You won't find these too many other places.

I finally put my (2) Alligator pipefish in my sump because they are voracious eaters.  I put them in a 20g full of bugs and within a week it was empty.  No bugs to be found!

So I moved them to my other 20g hoping they would slow down on their eating and give the other 20g time to recover.  Well after 2 weeks both tanks are just starting to recover the bug numbers.  I can't believe how much they eat. 

They didn't seem interested in brine.

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i have had a group of 4 about a year ago and they did ok but are hard to ween to frozen food. so i would do the live brine like you said. they are preety much the same as seahorses exept eaiser to care for. but if i where you i would try to go to amazon.comand get a book on them there are some preety good ones out ther(as u already know).also what size of tank are u going to keep them in a with what filteration?hope this help and if u have any Q's fell free to ask.

 

sincerly,

             alexander j goodwin

 

ps.....mine died when i went on vaction there filter got clogged and they lasted about 2 1/2 months

Just picked some up from fish 4 U today and they look pretty good. I got 6 of them and they are all pretty active and love to hang out in the seagrasses. Im not sure but this one looks pregnant. Is it?

 

So im planning on just feeding them baby brine shrimp. Is there something better to try? Suzy?

As per your picture I think he is pregnant.

They are all eating brine shrimp. Im using the cone-shaped hatcher from FAFUSA

 

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