AUSTRALIAN BANDED DRAGON PIPE FISH 3"- 6" (CORYTHOICHTHYS INTE

Pipefish needs hiding spaces and will feed on copepods.

The Dragonface Pipefish is a poor swimmer and prefers to travel by sliding its body over substrate and live rock similar to the way a snake moves. The Dragonface Pipefish can also use its tail to loosely anchor itself to corals or rocks.

The Dragonface Pipefish is among the hardiest pipefish, but you need to feed it live items such live copepods in a mature reef aquarium with plenty of live rock or macroalgae.  They do have a tendency to feed off frozen mysis shrimp.   An ideal diet to start this fish on is Nutramar Tigrio Bottled Live Copepods, and vitamin-enriched live baby brine shrimp. However, live baby brine should not make up the majority of its diet. Over time, the Dragonface Pipefish may become accustomed to eating frozen CYCLOP-EEZE®, small Mysis, and Nutramar Ova.