Recent content by Paul B

One of the pipes started eating mysis today and will eat all I give him. The other one didn't start yet but my tank is loaded with amphipods so I assume they have been eating those. I know they wouldn't live this long without eating anything. I think they are a pair as they do hang out...

Beautiful walk at 5:30 this morning. We have our friend staying with us for a couple of days so I went out a little earlier. She's the short one that looks like a bear. This was putting wreaths on the graves of Veterans last winter. I walked on the beach at low tide for an hour. As I...

They like Communists there. People in Manhattan are weird and they deserve him. :cool:

The 2 pipefish are still alive, not eating but alive. :unsure: (Don't look, they are not in this picture) My Longnose looks like a Supermodel fish. Most people will feel my tank is too dirty, too much algae, too much cyano, too much sponges (the yellow things) and a too large urchin...

I went to Manhattan for 2 days because they were supposed to coat the asphalt in front of my condo so we were not able to get into our place until 8:30PM. Coincidently, my Grand Daughter graduated from middle school, and we went to visit her and go out to an urban (very overpriced) restaurant...

I have to go to Manhattan today to see my granddaughter's graduation from grammar school. I hate going to Manhattan, but they are finishing paving the road and driveways in front of my condo tomorrow, and we can't walk on it for 24 hours, so I have to leave anyway, as I can't get into my house...

This morning after my sunrise walk at about 5:30 am I took this picture in the dark. Those 2 Janss pipefish were the only fish swimming around. I don't get it, they have not eaten anything that I could tell in a couple of weeks and all the time I have them.

It is definately not easy, but fun. I like to see whats growing under there and remove Godzilla larvae :)

I am thinking of doing something drastic to my tank. Something I think I only did 2 or 3 times in the 55 years the tank has been running. Not sterilizing of course and I don't want to eliminate too many copepods or amphipods because I can't really collect them anymore as the sea is sort of...

The pipes seem great, I don't know why. I run a very natural tank so maybe they are finding something to eat, but they won't eat anything I am giving them. I am 100% sure they would have croaked in a few hours if they were quarantined. A natural tank has plenty of food, I am not sure it is...

It's very hard to see them through the back of my tank. But here they are.

I didn't see them this morning yet but as of last night, I didn't see them eat anything. They are hanging out together in a cave but do venture around the back of the tank. If they don't eat today, I am afraid they will never eat as pipes need constant food. They may not have fed since they...

I see the two pipefish in the back and they look fine. Swimming normally and staying in the back. I tried feeding them twice so far today, and they haven't eaten yet. I have a few different sizes of mysis. If I can get some brine shrimp today, I will try offering that just for a start. I...