What fish would you guys put in a 45 cube?

[reef18ster]

Thought I'd share pics of my pipefishies enjoy! Notice the royal gamma tail to the left in the pic of the banded pipefish.

 

[brandyrb]

Cool pipefish, so do you only have one of each?

 

[reef18ster]

Cool pipefish, so do you only have one of each?

THANKS! 2 dragonface and 1 Banded. I'm probably going to get another banded especially with Barrier's sale coming up. I see the two dragonface hang out all the time together.

 

[brandyrb]

Do you know if you have a male & female dragonface? I read that the males have more brilliant colors on them, but wasn't sure if that's a true ID to sex them.

 

[reef18ster]

Hmmmmmm..... I do see that one is a lot more brownish than the other. It would be cool if I had little pipefish babies floating around one day.

 

[small alien]

why can't you keep them with Acans and clams. I've seen them in tanks with both and they seemed just dandy.

 

[brandyrb]

I think you can keep them with acans. Clams can close up on them and kill them.

 

[small alien]

interesting. sounds ouchy.

 

[Sascha D]

I vote clowns, its true every sw tank needs some clowns! If you had sand I would say pearly jawfish or diamond goby.

I would get a dwarf angel, Potter's are awesome! Rusty angels are pretty nice as well and less common than a CB or Flame angel.

You could get away with a small YT for like a year or two, but you'd have to switch him out for another smaller one later.

 

[small alien]

"baby"? How do you get a baby one of either of those? What does "baby" mean for that matter?

 

[reef18ster]

"baby"? How do you get a baby one of either of those? What does "baby" mean for that matter?

I'm assuming youre talking about my post because that's the only one I see that mentions "babies" on the page. Pipefish babies are made when a male and a female pipefish get freaky deaky and produce babies much like seahorses do. The male carries the young then shoots them out of their bellies once they are ready.