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About Brown-Banded Pipefish
A slender, elongated pipefish with a tubular snout and segmented bony body typical of Syngnathidae. Coloration is brown to tan with distinctive darker brown or black bands encircling the body. The male broods eggs in a specialized pouch.
Key facts
- Appearance
- A slender, elongated pipefish with a tubular snout and segmented bony body typical of Syngnathidae. Coloration is brown to tan with distinctive darker brown or black bands encircling the body. The male broods eggs in a specialized pouch.
- Max Size
- 7
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Care Level
- Hard
- Diet Details
- Requires frequent feedings of small live or frozen foods such as copepods, amphipods, mysid shrimp, and other small crustaceans. In captivity, target-feed frozen mysis shrimp 2–3 times daily or offer live cultures to ensure adequate nutrition.
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Difficulty Level
- Brown-Banded Pipefishes are challenging aquarium residents. They require pristine water conditions, frequent feeding with live or frozen micro-foods, and a calm environment without aggressive tankmates or strong currents. They are best suited to dedicated pipefish systems or heavily established, low-flow reef tanks with experienced aquarists.
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, found in shallow coastal waters from Indonesia through the Philippines and into the Pacific. Inhabits seagrass beds, mangrove roots, and coral reef margins.
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
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