Dunckerocampus multiannulatus

Many-banded Pipefish — Photo: By Silke Baron - originally posted to Flickr as Multibar Pipefish, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9746378

Many-banded pipefish  

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/14286

This fish is from the Indian Ocean, Pipefish have difficulty competing for food so are best kept in a tank containing only Seahorses and Pipefish. Live foods are a necessity.

Reef compatible.

Minimum Tank Size 300 litres

Size 19 cm.

Sg 1.020 - 1.025

pH 8.2 - 8.4

Temp. 22-26°C

Water Hardness 8-12 °d

Diet Carnivore Live foods necessary for survival brine and mysis shrimp, may eat whiteworms and hatched brine shrimp.

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