Sea Aquarium

Sea Aquarium

Thursday, 2 November 2017

Worm Pipefish, Nerophis lumbricifomis, mating.

We have a few worm pipefish in the aquarium, they very shy & live hidden under rocks or in the thick sea weeds in the aquarium.
They are fussy feeders, taking live brine shrimp, rotifers & copepods. Today two could be seen entwined together for some 30 minutes; in the video below you can see their two heads moving together in the centre of the picture. This was the best I could record on video.
 Click on the play button to watch video.
They only have a dorsal fin & therefore do exactly as their name implies, they worm around on the bottom.


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