Banded pipefish in seagrass tank feeding help

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  1. packerfreak25

    packerfreak25 Bristle Worm

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    I bought a banded pipefish from the LFS on Wednesday and wondering what to feed it. Got nutramar ova.
     
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  2. FatBastad

    FatBastad Zoanthid

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    Cool! Those guys are really, really cool!

    I think they eat copepods.

    Also, they really are not strong swimmers so your tank shouldn't have strong flow I've been told. My LFS had a really cool one in a refugium and I wanted him but just couldn't put him in my tank.
     
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  3. Camkha1234

    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    I'm pretty sure they eat live Brine Shrimp. Have you had any experience with Pipefish before?
     
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    BMXCLAY Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Start off with live brine shrimp. Then go to live brine with zoe (vitamins in a liquid form). Then you should be able to feed him frozen brine soaked in zoe. Mysis shrimp also should work.
     
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    BMXCLAY Purple Spiny Lobster

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    When switching live brine to frozen you can mix them together and slowly just go to frozen.
     
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    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    FB is also right ;) They also eat copepods.
     
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  7. packerfreak25

    packerfreak25 Bristle Worm

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    Does anyone know where I can get some live brine. And I would assume ghost shrimp are too big because that is what I feed my alligator pipefish
     
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    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    Does your LFS sell it? Not all stores sell it. If not, you may want to order them online. Then maybe breed them?
     
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    BMXCLAY Purple Spiny Lobster

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    You can order eggs online. Its fairly simple
     
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    Its important to keep in mind that brine shrimp are very nutritious, as Mr. Bill put it "Brine shrimp are like potato chips to us." Try to ween them onto mysis if you can.
     
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