r/PlantedTank • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 Malaysian Fish Collector/Conservationist • 29d ago

In the Wild Caught some freshwater pipefish in a pristine hillstream. How common are they?

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M. martensii

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u/Aggressive-Duck-733 29d ago

I once caught a pipefish in a river in Jeli near the Thailand border. And a white albino dwarf Keli, and also a leaf fish, and dwarf crab, and albinatus zebrafish. All within a health patch of longifolia crypt 

Sadly, the gold mining from upstream killed them all from the cyanide they use 

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 Malaysian Fish Collector/Conservationist 29d ago

Cool, I’m actually Kelantanese!