Yesterday I found my new blue stripe pipefish stuck to the side of the powerhead. He was still alive after I shut off the pump but died a few hours later. I think his spine got damaged.
I'm extremely bummed. I only had him for a week and was looking for a long time until I found that fish.
Do you need a special setup for pipefish? He was the only fish in the tank except a goby that never leaves his cave except for feeding. There are a lot of copepods inside low flow corners and caves of my tank. The powerheads also don't feel like they are particularly powerful. The inlet is so weak, I don't even feel any flow with my fingers and my shrimps are grazing on the outside without problems. The outlet is still weak enough, snails are able to move in front of the outlet to eat algae there. I have no idea how this happened so I want to hear about the setup of successful pipefish keepers.
The pump in question. He was stuck to one of the grills.
I'm extremely bummed. I only had him for a week and was looking for a long time until I found that fish.
Do you need a special setup for pipefish? He was the only fish in the tank except a goby that never leaves his cave except for feeding. There are a lot of copepods inside low flow corners and caves of my tank. The powerheads also don't feel like they are particularly powerful. The inlet is so weak, I don't even feel any flow with my fingers and my shrimps are grazing on the outside without problems. The outlet is still weak enough, snails are able to move in front of the outlet to eat algae there. I have no idea how this happened so I want to hear about the setup of successful pipefish keepers.
The pump in question. He was stuck to one of the grills.
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