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Seahorses &
Pipefish:
Notes From Penny:
Pipefish to date are wild
collected & as such may be difficult to get to eat in
captivity. Here at AquaCorals all our pipefish are
eating both chopped PE Mysis shrimp & Cyclopeez. I
hope to have spawning activities soon!
Care
Codes
Janss' Doryrhamphus janssi
Banded Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus
African
Bluestripe Doryrhamphus excisus
Chocolate Errectus Hippocampus errectus
Yellow Keloggi Hippocampus keloggi
Black Kuda Hippocampus kuda
Dwarf Seahorse Hippocampus zosterae
DIY "Large Seahorse" Feeder Tube
(not meant for Dwarfs ;)
This simple feeder tube
greatly reduces waste, allows your seahorses to feed at
will all day & is easy to make at home! Just drop
a small piece of PE Mysis shrimp in the tube & as
they melt, they drop down into the intake screen where
the seahorses can snick them out! Shown below is a
piece of 3/4" vinyl tubing, a MaxiJet powerhead hanger
(spare parts we don't normally use), a bulkhead intake
screen and held together with plastic ties. I clip
off the excess tie & smooth the sharp plastic tie edges
with a lighter. Best to put the tie heads on the
back so they face the tank glass when hung and the top of the
vinyl tube should be under the water just a bit. (not
like what's pictured here ;).
Feeder tube in operation. Other fish will
quickly learn to feed here as well! The Yellow
Clown Goby pictured here certainly did!