Striped Clingfish

[krollins]

Anyone know about these?
https://www.violetaquarium.com/products/striped-clingfish

 

[krollins]

bump

 

[rc8t6353]

I don't but it's a beautiful fish. Here's a bump.

 

[krollins]

Found this
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/yellowstripe-clingfish-diademichthys-lineatus-breeding.123948/

 

[krollins]

So why are these fish difficult to keep? On live aqruia it says they are hard to keep but doesn't give a reason why.

 

[Sigmund]

My experience they are really tough to get to eat. I have tried twice with no long term success. I had them in with pipefish that also are tough to get to eat, and are not fast eaters, and still no success. Really disappointing as i think they are really cool looking, and kind of surf thru the water when swimming. Maybe others have had success, i did not.

 

[krollins]

Do they eat amphipods? If so then my tank is perfect.

 

[Sigmund]

Note if u do find them, a lot of them are more brown then red, might depend on where specifically they are collected.

 

[Sigmund]

Not sure if they eat pods, the tank i had mine in with the pipefish had lots of pods, and still no success. Again just 2 data points on my end. Perhaps both i got just were just too stressed from shipping etc.

 

[jdubDaReefGuy]

This is my clingfish. They are really hardy and will eat just about anything I feed. It took about 3 days using a turkey blaster before it finally tried frozen. Now it can’t get enough. 2 times a week it also gets a ghost shrimp. Don’t let its size fool you it has a decent sized mouth. Which is why the striped clingfish is labeled “expert”. The smaller mouth tends to make it only want live food in my experience.