rayfong Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Where to start, last summer or spring I picked up 6 of these guys from Big Al's. I housed them in a fluval edge with established sand and media from one of my other tanks. Two of them died on me leaving me with four. I keep them on a diet of baby brine shrimp. Water is just plain old Edmonton tap water, no added salt except what is on the baby brine shrimp that I feed them. In October I noticed a baby pipefish. This guy and I think he has a sibling have survived and are just starting to color up now. As young they are a very dull grey and very hard to see against the sand. They are literally the size of a .5mm pencil lead and maybe 1/2 inch long. Currently it seems the parents were at it again and I have close to a dozen of the little guys swimming around. I will get some pictures up of the adults soon and hopefully I will be able to get some pictures of the babies once they get big enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gBOYsc2 Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Congrats! I am curious to see what these guys look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Here are pictures of the adults. Latin name is Enneacampus ansorgii I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautilus Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Very very cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 You don't happen to have a FTS, do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gBOYsc2 Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Very cool fish! Are those the juvies or parents? Are they fed exclusively BBS or do you feed them anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Congrats thats really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 congrats! those are some neat looking fish. their heads look very 'seahorse-ish'. i know seahorses and pipefish in saltwater are in the same family, so would freshwater pipefish be related as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceturf Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) wow, those are so cute! Are they active? Burrowers? You got a good thing going over there! Edited February 15, 2011 by Iceturf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 WICKED!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syno321 Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Latin name is Enneacampus ansorgii I believe. Correct. They are also known as Red-nose Dwarf Pipefish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Very cool fish! Are those the juvies or parents? Are they fed exclusively BBS or do you feed them anything else? Those are the adults, I feed them exclusively BBS. The adults do eat frozen brine shrimp as well. congrats! those are some neat looking fish. their heads look very 'seahorse-ish'. i know seahorses and pipefish in saltwater are in the same family, so would freshwater pipefish be related as well? They would be related. These freshwater pipefish can tolerate a little bit of salt as well. wow, those are so cute! Are they active? Burrowers? You got a good thing going over there! They don't burrow, although they do swim around. Its fun watching them feed, they raise themselves into a vertical position and start sucking away the the BBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceturf Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 bump what ever happened to these guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 They are still breeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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