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Post by bampy on Dec 24, 2012 18:07:57 GMT -5
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Post by bampy on Dec 24, 2012 20:09:22 GMT -5
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Dec 24, 2012 20:24:19 GMT -5
those are really cool
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Post by spotfin on Dec 25, 2012 20:48:51 GMT -5
Are those the northern pipefish found along the coast? I catch a few during the summer.
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Post by bampy on Dec 25, 2012 22:26:40 GMT -5
Caught off Harpswell.
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Post by spotfin on Dec 26, 2012 20:06:12 GMT -5
Cool. How big are they and how long have you had them? I caught two a few years ago that were huge- 10-12". I've got some pictures on my work computer that I will try to post here.
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Post by bampy on Dec 27, 2012 14:09:58 GMT -5
They are about 8 to 10 inches. They grow fast. Especially if they get a chance to eat half a litter of seahorse fry. oops.
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Post by spotfin on Jan 3, 2013 22:48:32 GMT -5
Dug up one of my pictures of the large pipefish we caught a few years ago. This one was 10". We usually catch them around 4-5".  |
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Post by bampy on Jan 4, 2013 8:53:04 GMT -5
Did you ever try keeping them?
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Post by spotfin on Jan 4, 2013 21:16:04 GMT -5
No. I'm not set up to provide food for them. What do yours eat (other than sea horse fry)?
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Post by bampy on Jan 5, 2013 9:37:08 GMT -5
Mine scoff up frozen mysis like vacuum cleaners. Took about a week to get them from nhbs to frozen. I just let them go a day w/o live food and then offered the frozen. They picked up on it real quick. Seems once one got it, the others followed suit.
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Post by bampy on Jan 5, 2013 10:47:38 GMT -5
They adapt real well to tank life. They seem to like hanging in the same spot most of the time, ready to spring at food. You can hear a loud snap when they snick, like the seahorses. Definitely a covered tank fish. When they go after food it is often fast, but when startled they can fly half way across the room. Think of an arrow.
Hoping they breed.
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Post by spotfin on Jan 6, 2013 11:26:55 GMT -5
Glad to hear they adapt well. Do you have a heater in the tank?
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Post by bampy on Jan 6, 2013 13:00:29 GMT -5
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