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About Yellow-Banded Pipefish
The Yellow-Banded Pipefish is a slender, elongated fish with a tubular snout and a distinctive prehensile tail. It features yellow and white or cream-colored bands running along its body, with a small mouth characteristic of the pipefish family. The body is flexible and relatively delicate in appearance.
Key facts
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Diet
- carnivore
- Diet Details
- Feed small live or frozen foods including copepods, amphipods, mysis shrimp, and other small crustaceans. Frequent small feedings (multiple times daily) are necessary as pipefishes have high metabolic rates and small digestive capacities.
- Max Size
- 7
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, found in coastal waters from Indonesia and the Philippines throughout the Indo-Pacific, typically in shallow reef environments and seagrass beds.
- Feeding Schedule
- 3-4 times daily
- Common Health Issues
- Starvation (difficulty accepting non-live foods), parasitic infections, bacterial infections, decline in captivity without proper copepod/amphipod populations
- Care Requirements
- • Tank: minimum 20 gallons, tall setup preferred • Water: 75-78°F, pH 8.1-8.3, stable salinity (1.020-1.025) • Diet: small live foods (copepods, amphipods, mysis shrimp), frequent feeding 2-3x daily • Setup: dense macroalgae, seagrass, or synthetic anchors; gentle flow, no aggressive tankmates • Breeding: pairs bond readily; provide sheltered anchoring sites
- Care Level
- Hard
- Appearance
- The Yellow-Banded Pipefish is a slender, elongated fish with a tubular snout and a distinctive prehensile tail. It features yellow and white or cream-colored bands running along its body, with a small mouth characteristic of the pipefish family. The body is flexible and relatively delicate in appearance.
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