Pipe fish diary!!

[reef_dart21]

I jut ordered a banded pipe fish for my peacefull community tank to see how it does !!! wish me luck any tips would be appriciated!! Also i only have peacefull eaters no stinging coral and only littl emore agressive one is also a pgmy angel coming but thats about it ^_^.
the param all check out but for nitrate at 5 (but seriouslly who can keep it at zero with a reef tank)

 

[nybutterfly03]

uGood luck with it!!! I have only had luck with one of mine so far!
Cant wait to see pics!!!!

What else is in ur peaceful tank?

 

[reef_dart21]

well it says on swf.com that it is shipping so probably have by today or tomorrow ^_^ so pics soon^_^ o ya its not banded its alligator
my inhabinants are
engineer goby
mandrin goby
cleaner shrimp
fire shrimp
seaurchin (non poisonous and only a glass cleaner)
clownfish
2 green chromis
sixline wrasse
pgmy angel
various snails/hermits
lawn mower blenny
corals incluude
ALOT of leather
frogspawn
bubble coral
star polyps
gonipora
galaxea coral
kenya tree
my prized leather toad stool (10 inches high ^_^)
umbrella coral
shroom
and i dunno how amny different zoas *_* im starting to hate the pesky weed
my tank has a moderate flow with the ends at high flow

 

[caseysimp7]

sounds like a nice tank!^_^

 

[nybutterfly03]

Sounds very nice!!! Cant wait to see pics!!!
My lawnmower is MEAN he attacked and killed MANY in my tank believe it or not. Most recently he attacked my pearly jawfish

 

[reef_dart21]

Originally Posted by NyButterfly03
http:///forum/post/2514941
Sounds very nice!!! Cant wait to see pics!!!
My lawnmower is MEAN he attacked and killed MANY in my tank believe it or not. Most recently he attacked my pearly jawfish

ouch.........my lmb got beat up by a hermit crab

 

[shinobi9119]

Originally Posted by Reef_Dart21
http:///forum/post/2514957
ouch.........my lmb got beat up by a hermit crab

hahahahaha

good luck with the pipe fish

 

[reef_dart21]

what corals do they like?

 

[nybutterfly03]

My pipes love my live plants not sure bout corals

 

[nybutterfly03]

Did ur pipe arrive yet????? How's he doing????

 

[reef_dart21]

well i guess i did order alligator ^_^ any ways i will have pics soon and the pipefish is going nuts on my toadstool leather (also know where i can get kelp/calpuera?

 

[reef_dart21]

i need help!! the pipefish wont eat any thing i put in the tank.....

how can i persuade it to eat? but it DID eat some algea strips i put in but no flake mysis brine cyclops clam scallops red and green algea.

 

[reef_dart21]

GOOD NEWS PICS WILL BE UP TUESDAY ^_^ !!!!!!!! right now my camera is broken and im getting a new one come monday so my pipefish will be here ^_^

 

[rays862]

Pipefish by nature eat pods, some can be weaned over to BS and frozen mysis, and some can't. Good luck with your pipe.

 

[reef_dart21]

thank you!! right now i am hatching live brine ^_^

 

[clownfish11]

pics yet?

 

[reef_dart21]

Originally Posted by ClownFiSH11
http:///forum/post/2520520
pics yet?
pics be up tuesday since my cmer finally died on me