Fw pipefish
#1 Guest_critterguy_*
Posted 18 November 2008 - 01:21 PM
#2 Guest_AndrewAcropora_*
Posted 18 November 2008 - 06:16 PM
#3 Guest_critterguy_*
Posted 18 November 2008 - 10:05 PM
If they do best in full strength seawater...are they really FW pipefish like some of the others sold in the trade? Any experience with African/Asian sp. would be nice too.
Btw, we have a pipefish(unknown sp.) at the lab right now. He feeds readily on adult brine shrimp, and also BBs too. I've heard some sp. can't take larger food items though.
#4 Guest_Clayton_*
Posted 19 November 2008 - 09:47 AM
#5 Guest_fishyz_*
Posted 21 November 2008 - 09:30 PM
#6 Guest_AndrewAcropora_*
Posted 22 November 2008 - 04:23 PM
Depending on the size of your fish, live brine will *probably* suffice. Like I said, they are easy to keep if you can satisfy their demand for live food.
#7 Guest_critterguy_*
Posted 23 November 2008 - 11:19 PM
The one in the lab is not S. scovelli, we caught it in long beach harbor. I've heard that they can waste away without enriched brine(soaked with Selcon or similar). True, false?You said we were dealing with Sygnathus scovelli in your opening post. Sygnathus scovelli are found in estuarine to full-strength seawater environments. And yes, they will require daily live foods. In my experience, getting seahorses and pipefish to switch to dry foods is nearly impossible.
Depending on the size of your fish, live brine will *probably* suffice. Like I said, they are easy to keep if you can satisfy their demand for live food.
I was mainly wondering if they'd be good captives after reading this article. Anyone here have access to them?
http://www.fishchann...hwater-pipefish
#8 Guest_travishaas_*
Posted 24 November 2008 - 12:24 AM
Travis Haas
Livin' below sea level in New Orleans
Edited by travishaas, 24 November 2008 - 12:26 AM.
#9 Guest_PhilipKukulski_*
Posted 24 November 2008 - 01:28 PM
There are at least two breeding populations of truly freshwater Syngnathus scovelli in Louisiana. One occurs in Lake St. John, the other in Lake Bruin - both are oxbows of the Mississippi River. The collection and aquarium husbandry of one of these populations was the subject of a recent article in the Spring 2008 issue of American Currents: "Syngnathus scovelli, the Elusive Freshwater Pipefish" by Mike Hellweg (reprinted from Livebearers, the bulletin of the American Livebearer Association). You could contact the American Livebearer Association or NANFA to request a back issue, if you're interested.
Travis Haas
Livin' below sea level in New Orleans
I can't find that issue, but I seem to remember that Mike Hellweg's collecting location was hit hard by Katrina.
I have researched FW pipefish locations. Those references are decades old. Last year, I called a state park on one of those lakes; they never heard of any pipefish in the lake.
#10 Guest_critterguy_*
Posted 20 March 2010 - 08:52 PM
Edited by critterguy, 20 March 2010 - 08:53 PM.
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