Squishie89 October 24, 2014 Share October 24, 2014 (edited) I have lost 4 fish previously in my tank. A mandarin due to an unknown weird disease, a mandarin possibly due to lack of food, a blenny and a copperband from cucumber toxin. Now I have lost my 5th, a dragonface pipefish. I was doing my nightly check and I could find 1 pipefish but not the other, but I finally found him behind a piece of fake coral passed away. (I have a mandarin and another pipefish doing great so lack of food is most likely not the issue.) I had this pair for just over a year now. These guys have a lot of personality and have their own quirks, this little guy will be greatly missed. I do plan to get the remaining pipefish another companion and these fish are very social and really enjoy having friends (this is at least my experience). I am going to wait until after the rebuild so I do not stress them out too much and have one less fish to worry about. I believe I have a female remaining given that she is larger, I am going to look more at her anatomy tomorrow in the light. If I remember correctly it does not matter if you put 2 male or 2 female together for these guys. Do I have that right? Edited October 24, 2014 by Squishie89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul b October 24, 2014 Share October 24, 2014 With dragonface pipefish it doesn't seem to matter if you have two males or females, I know bluestripes will fight but not dragonfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishie89 October 24, 2014 Author Share October 24, 2014 With dragonface pipefish it doesn't seem to matter if you have two males or females, I know bluestripes will fight but not dragonfaces. That is what I thought. Thanks so much Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahorseconservancy October 25, 2014 Share October 25, 2014 they don't live long? old age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishie89 October 25, 2014 Author Share October 25, 2014 they don't live long? old age? I am really not sure what the cause of death is. I do know he was smaller and paler than his mate, I have no idea if this is a symptom or just a coincidence (I thought he might be smaller and paler because he was the male as I had heard females are larger). There were no obvious problems. As far as I know he was not very old, probably less than a year when I got him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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