Ghost Pipe

Bret61081 · 10/01/2008, 06:41 AM

Hey guys,

Just wanted to share this with this forum since I though it was amazing! I work at a LFS and this little guy came in about a month ago and sold to a good customer who keeps sea horse's and pipes. So far it has been eating small saltwater ghost shrimp and he said it has even started picking at the PE mysis. If I remember correclty he said it was in a 65g tank. Check it out!

Enjoy

Jeff · 10/01/2008, 07:08 AM

WOW! Very cool.

650-IS350 · 10/01/2008, 10:25 AM

Now thats' sick....

JM68 · 10/01/2008, 10:58 AM

i thought it was illegal to collect them. maybe i'm wrong, anybody with any legal knowledge?? either way that thing is awesome. i hope it lives a long life for the guy that bought it.

Bret61081 · 10/01/2008, 07:29 PM

Not that I am aware of considering they are sending us another one for Friday. The sea dragons are Illegal in Austraila but these are pipes coming out of Bali.

pledosophy · 10/01/2008, 07:31 PM

Few people on here now who have them. One of the ladies on this forum got one in recently as well.

Nice pics.

I like your avatar too. Those are fun fish as well.

danfrith · 10/01/2008, 08:59 PM

Thats awesome! Wish I could find one of these for sale.

philter4 · 10/02/2008, 07:11 PM

They are not illegal, neither are sea dragons with the proper paperwork. The reason they are rare in the hobby is two fold, they are not common in the wild and they go to other areas like japan first because they pay more. They are not the easiest to keep but I bet if you ask your LFS they could special order them, I've seen them on lists from time to time, you just have to be persistant and lucky.

LisaD · 10/09/2008, 12:58 AM

That is really interesting. I've never heard of anyone keeping them alive for any length of time before. I wonder if collection and handling have improved? Please keep us updated.

Ralph ATL · 10/13/2008, 07:55 AM

tag

Psychographic · 10/13/2008, 08:23 AM

Do you remember what it sold for?

mollymonticello · 10/23/2008, 09:08 PM

I had one for a short time. It is true what they say about them, they are near impossible to keep. Even if you are an extremely experienced hobbyist, it comes down to luck and the individual specimen (how it was handled, its health, etc.)

small alien · 11/09/2008, 02:46 PM

All I can say is, "Wow!"

ranger07 · 11/13/2008, 05:02 PM

Simply amazing.I'd love to be able to keep & get them.

MJSavage · 11/14/2008, 08:54 PM

Cool fish!

Mike

Hook · 11/26/2008, 09:03 PM

beautiful!

JHemdal · 11/28/2008, 07:55 AM

Any update on how this ornate pipefish did? The fact that it was eating puts it ahead of like 80% of the ones I've worked with. Shipping mortality is high on these because people don't realize that they cannot be shipped in the regular fashion (oxygen and water). They need to be shipped in large bags of oxygen-charged water, but with no free bubbles. This is how they ship sea dragons. The DOA's that I've seen had air bubbles trapped in their snouts.

Jay

Snail-po · 12/06/2008, 09:33 PM

Thats amazing. thats the kind of thing i see in books but never a fish store. lol you should have got it.

sunfishh · 12/11/2008, 04:09 PM

That truly is a beautiful fish

10/01/2008, 06:41 AM	#1
Bret61081 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 2,078	Ghost Pipe Hey guys, Just wanted to share this with this forum since I though it was amazing! I work at a LFS and this little guy came in about a month ago and sold to a good customer who keeps sea horse's and pipes. So far it has been eating small saltwater ghost shrimp and he said it has even started picking at the PE mysis. If I remember correclty he said it was in a 65g tank. Check it out! Enjoy

10/01/2008, 07:08 AM	#2
Jeff Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 11,907	WOW! Very cool. __________________ Always remember.... any time you reef, you also reef with every reefer that reefer has reefed with. Mitch 2/18/10 IWNFT343F Current Tank Info: Innovative Marine 20

10/01/2008, 10:25 AM	#3
650-IS350 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 14,555	Now thats' sick.... __________________ * RETIRED FROM REEFING * Just enjoying the box of water from afar

10/01/2008, 07:31 PM	#6
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	Few people on here now who have them. One of the ladies on this forum got one in recently as well. Nice pics. I like your avatar too. Those are fun fish as well. __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

10/02/2008, 07:11 PM	#8
philter4 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: sunrise fl Posts: 1,497	They are not illegal, neither are sea dragons with the proper paperwork. The reason they are rare in the hobby is two fold, they are not common in the wild and they go to other areas like japan first because they pay more. They are not the easiest to keep but I bet if you ask your LFS they could special order them, I've seen them on lists from time to time, you just have to be persistant and lucky. __________________ Life is short, buy fish Current Tank Info: 1 fish and 1 reef new 24 gal current nano

10/01/2008, 10:58 AM	#4
JM68 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 658	i thought it was illegal to collect them. maybe i'm wrong, anybody with any legal knowledge?? either way that thing is awesome. i hope it lives a long life for the guy that bought it.

10/01/2008, 07:29 PM	#5
Bret61081 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 2,078	Not that I am aware of considering they are sending us another one for Friday. The sea dragons are Illegal in Austraila but these are pipes coming out of Bali.

10/01/2008, 08:59 PM	#7
danfrith Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: st. louis, missouri Posts: 1,470	Thats awesome! Wish I could find one of these for sale.

10/09/2008, 12:58 AM	#9
LisaD That's not a salmon Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: central North Carolina Posts: 6,986	That is really interesting. I've never heard of anyone keeping them alive for any length of time before. I wonder if collection and handling have improved? Please keep us updated. __________________ Keeping saltwater tanks since the late '70s Current Tank Info: tankless at the moment

10/13/2008, 07:55 AM	#10
Ralph ATL Formerly mysterybox Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Flowery Branch, GA (North ATL) Posts: 1,842	tag __________________ Ralph Scheriff

10/13/2008, 08:23 AM	#11
Psychographic Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 439	Do you remember what it sold for?

10/23/2008, 09:08 PM	#12
mollymonticello Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 563	I had one for a short time. It is true what they say about them, they are near impossible to keep. Even if you are an extremely experienced hobbyist, it comes down to luck and the individual specimen (how it was handled, its health, etc.) __________________ - Felicia - Current Tank Info: 55 + two 20 gallon refugiums coldwater with puffer, seahorses, gobies, crabs, starfish all from the Atlantic. 90 gallon w 20 gal refugium with Tilefish, Swallowtail Angel, Blue Tang, Clingfish, Naked Clown, Fancy white clown, brachio blenny, mollies

11/09/2008, 02:46 PM	#13
small alien The fungus is among us. Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 3,884	All I can say is, "Wow!" __________________ This moment is all we have. Current Tank Info: 75 mixed reef. F OSFF, Clingfish, M/F Leopards, M Mandy, Darwin Clown, Bullet Goby, Green Clown Goby, M/F Matted Files, Bluestripe Pipe, Tailspot Blenny, Canary Wrasse, Royal Gramma, Papua Toby Puffer, Snooty Maori Wrasse.

11/13/2008, 05:02 PM	#14
ranger07 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: lewisburg Posts: 100	Simply amazing.I'd love to be able to keep & get them.

11/14/2008, 08:54 PM	#15
MJSavage Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: SLC Posts: 266	Cool fish! Mike

11/26/2008, 09:03 PM	#16
Hook Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Manchester, Kentucky Posts: 51	beautiful! __________________ I've always been crazy, but its kept me from going insane~~~Waylon Jennings Current Tank Info: getting out of reef...keeping some stuff back for fish only though!

11/28/2008, 07:55 AM	#17
JHemdal Moved On Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,971	Any update on how this ornate pipefish did? The fact that it was eating puts it ahead of like 80% of the ones I've worked with. Shipping mortality is high on these because people don't realize that they cannot be shipped in the regular fashion (oxygen and water). They need to be shipped in large bags of oxygen-charged water, but with no free bubbles. This is how they ship sea dragons. The DOA's that I've seen had air bubbles trapped in their snouts. Jay

12/06/2008, 09:33 PM	#18
Snail-po Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 117	Thats amazing. thats the kind of thing i see in books but never a fish store. lol you should have got it.

12/11/2008, 04:09 PM	#19
sunfishh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fullerton, Ca Posts: 1,875	That truly is a beautiful fish __________________ It's nice to be important, but important to be nice