Quarantining pipefish

[Uptowngirl]

I have two wild caught pipefish in quarantine along with a yellow head jawfish. Just observation right now. I got them in yesterday with all intentions of quarantining them and already one day in I’m nervous they are gonna starve. I am hatching brine shrimp and adding several times daily but I haven’t seen them eat. Which isn’t to say that they haven’t eaten, I just haven’t witnessed it. At what point should I just stick them in my dt where they have a huge pod population? Or is there a faster way to see if they have anything bad I don’t want to put in my tank?
Only 1 other fish in my dt was quarantined

 

[Jib]

Could you add some bottled pods during QT?

 

[Alaeriel]

Highly recommend adding pod cultures or otherwise enriching the bbs; they'll do for short term, but aren't a good food source

 

[Uptowngirl]

Alright I think I’ll pick up some pods tonight and add some each day. How do I even know if pipefish have parasites or anything? Are they a special case like seahorses?

 

[Pistol Peet]

Alright I think I’ll pick up some pods tonight and add some each day. How do I even know if pipefish have parasites or anything? Are they a special case like seahorses?

I know they say to quarantine every fish that comes in however a pipefish is not one that I would recommend quarantining very specialized diet and behavior and flow conditions needed and need a stablished mature tank for sure even then they don't always survive most of the time they still go missing in your tank never to be seen again