Jimbo’s CDA 250

[JojosReef]

Mike from Dr. Reef says they sometimes close their tail fans up. Have you seen it try to spread the tail fan at all? He also is giving us a month to monitor the pipefish for a store credit or replacement if it doesn't make it.

 

[Jimbo327]

Mike from Dr. Reef says they sometimes close their tail fans up. Have you seen it try to spread the tail fan at all? He also is giving us a month to monitor the pipefish for a store credit or replacement if it doesn't make it.

Yeah, I looked at it for awhile to see if the tail will fan out. There is no tail, so there is nothing to fan. Haha.

Just surprised that Dr. Reefs would send a deformed fish to a customer. I don't think reputable LFS would do that. Perhaps, it is an oversight. But I would probably send out a replacement with a tail without waiting for 30 days. It's not even a matter of DOA. One reason I usually don't buy fish online and just get them local, at least I can see the fish is intact with fin and tail. But with CB, it's mostly have to be shipped.

 

[Jimbo327]

I understand they like frozen calanus. I've been dumping Reef Nutrition PacPods into the tank and B2 pellets. Might hatch some baby brine next week. I've noticed mine getting kore active when I add white worms, which includes a lot of baby worms.

I might need to get another white worm kit from you again. It is just hanging in a corner, none of the fish bothers it at all, so that's cool. No fish aggression. That probably think it is a twig floating in the water.

 

[JojosReef]

Yeah, I looked at it for awhile to see if the tail will fan out. There is no tail, so there is nothing to fan. Haha.

Just surprised that Dr. Reefs would send a deformed fish to a customer. I don't think reputable LFS would do that. Perhaps, it is an oversight. But I would probably send out a replacement with a tail without waiting for 30 days. It's not even a matter of DOA. One reason I usually don't buy fish online and just get them local, at least I can see the fish is intact with fin and tail. But with CB, it's mostly have to be shipped.

Send some good pics of it without the tail if you can. I will forward to them. They don't usually ship again for free unless they really messed up.

 

[drexel]

I have a blue stripe female that had her tail pretty much gone from an aggressive female, but it grew back in just a couple weeks. I'm guessing with plenty of food and good water quality, it will regrow.

 

[thresher]

Bummer, its such a fascinating creature. Hope you get this resolved.

 

[Jimbo327]

Thanks @JojosReef for receiving the fish and acclimating the pipefish before pickup.

This is such a bucket list fish for me. It’s fun to look for it in the tank.

 

[JojosReef]

How is the pipefish doing?

 

[mescobar]

Have you considered feed smaller frozen fish food, maybe it would take to baby brine or copepods?

 

[Jimbo327]

Have you considered feed smaller frozen fish food, maybe it would take to baby brine or copepods?

I'm not exactly sure how to deliver the food to the pipefish without all the other big fishes going nuts over the food. It's like Jaws during feeding time.

 

[bakbay]

Now you know how I feel trying to feed a tiny angel in a big tank full of predators! The fight is real. Good luck!

 

[Jimbo327]

While I was at @Dooly picking up my growout frag, I got a tiny female Biota CB Mandarin Goby. It’s less than an inch LOL, the frag plug looks huge next to it. Hoping she’ll grow bigger and pair up with my big male.

Dropped her right in. It’s so small that I don’t think the other fish even noticed. Hard to find her.

 

[bakbay]

I got a pair of Mandarins as well but they’re in my 65gal, easy to find. They are super cool creatures.

 

[JojosReef]

Feed that little girl!

 

[Jimbo327]

I'm not sure when is the next time I'll spot her. It'll be like Finding Waldo.

I got a mix of calanus, oyster eggs, benepets, reef roids and pellets in my autofeeder. It comes on 5 times per day. Plus the tank is full of pods, so I think she'll have plenty of food.

But I got emerald crabs that are bigger than her, so hopefully she know how to get away.

 

[JojosReef]

I'm not sure when is the next time I'll spot her. It'll be like Finding Waldo.

I got a mix of calanus, oyster eggs, benepets, reef roids and pellets in my autofeeder. It comes on 5 times per day. Plus the tank is full of pods, so I think she'll have plenty of food.

But I got emerald crabs that are bigger than her, so hopefully she know how to get away.

That's my mandarin's name! Also came in as small as yours. Now is a pig.

 

[Jimbo327]

I saw the tiny mandarin goby tonight. It was actually pretty close to the big mandarin goby. They just ignored each other.

The pipefish tail is still missing and has not grown back yet. I'm starting to get worried about it, but will wait and monitor.