Matt'sMax Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Does anyone know of any just crazy out of the ordinary marine fish? I mean specifically! I'm talking Weedy Rhinopia's, blue ribbon eels, pinnatus batfish, dragon sea moth, pineapple fish, etc. Only the crazy cool stuff! I really like to stray from the ordinary when getting fish for my tank and really just wanna see what else is out there! Quote Link to comment
Matt'sMax Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 and the flame boxfish! Quote Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 (edited) seahorses, frogfish, scorpionfish, mudskippers (but they are freshwater) Edited June 27, 2010 by Nanobuds Quote Link to comment
cheryl jordan Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 It all depends on the type of system you are setting up ? I thought you had a ribbon eel already ? Quote Link to comment
Matt'sMax Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 Oh,no, i do have one. I'm trying to find a tank mate for him that's really interesting. I know obviously a lot aren't suitable, but it's always cool to find new stuff to learn about! Quote Link to comment
Banjo Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 How about one of these? Lol. Quote Link to comment
William Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 you could do a school of flashlight fish Quote Link to comment
Matt'sMax Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 That would be pretty awesome! They just aren't reef safe enough for me haha. Quote Link to comment
JerseyChick Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 a frilly rhinopius scorpion fish, or an angler japanese dragon moray eel Quote Link to comment
scorpkeeper Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 (edited) pix are worth 1000 words (yes, these are our own fish): Rhinopias frondosa (weedy scorpionfish) Inimicus dactyliophorus (sea goblin/devilfish) Choridactylus multibarbus (bearded ghoul) I. japonicus (pop-eyed sea goblin) & Scorpaena brasiliensis (red barbfish) shall i go on? this barely scratches the surface of some 19 specimens of oddball venomous fish we keep. i guess you can tell i love to share! Edited June 29, 2010 by scorpkeeper 3 Quote Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Dear ScorpKeeper.... You may have just changed the life of one of my tanks forver.... Quote Link to comment
JohnOTS Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 pix are worth 1000 words (yes, these are our own fish): Rhinopias frondosa (weedy scorpionfish) Inimicus dactyliophorus (sea goblin/devilfish) Choridactylus multibarbus (bearded ghoul) I. japonicus (pop-eyed sea goblin) & Scorpaena brasiliensis (red barbfish) shall i go on? this barely scratches the surface of some 19 specimens of oddball venomous fish we keep. i guess you can tell i love to share! Where do I buy these fish! I must have now! Quote Link to comment
Matt'sMax Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share Posted June 29, 2010 Yes! I'm loving it! Definitely go on! Quote Link to comment
thirdchild Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 pix are worth 1000 words (yes, these are our own fish): Rhinopias frondosa (weedy scorpionfish) shall i go on? this barely scratches the surface of some 19 specimens of oddball venomous fish we keep. i guess you can tell i love to share! OMG how big do they get? will they stay small enough for a nano? Quote Link to comment
scorpkeeper Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Dear ScorpKeeper....You may have just changed the life of one of my tanks forver.... they changed our lives, that's for sure! reef WHAT? SH who? it's hard to believe i can walk around the house and see such wonders every day, and we're always on the lookout for new specimens. Where do I buy these fish! I must have now! some come from LFS, others from DD or BZ. OMG how big do they get? will they stay small enough for a nano? actually, that fish is in a 24 gal grow-out tank (it's about 3 1/2" ATM). it will max out at about 8" give or take an inch. here's our adult: R. eschmeyeri (leafy/Eschmeyer's Scorpionfish) Ablabys taenianotus (c.ockatoo waspfish) & Acreicthys tomentosus (bristletail filefish) Paracentropogon rubripinnis (red-fin waspfish [male] ) 1 1 Quote Link to comment
urbaneks Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Awesome! thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment
Katy Reefer Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 This is now my favorite thread of all time. That is one seriously cool collection of fish! If only my wife would let me keep something like that in our house! Quote Link to comment
scorpkeeper Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 If only my wife would let me keep something like that in our house! you could always appeal to her sense of beauty: Pterois mombassae (Mombasa lionfish): Dendrochirus brachypterus (fuzzy dwarf lionfish): the temperate water Parapterois heteratura (bluefin/blackfoot lionfish): D. biocellatus (fu manchu lionfish): 1 Quote Link to comment
scorpkeeper Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 if SIZE matters...P. volitans (lionfish/turkeyfish): this specimen appears on the cover of Frank Marini's new book Lionfishes and Other Scorpionfishes. you could also go cute... D. brachypterus (fuzzy dwarf) & D. barberi (Green/Hawaiian lionfish): lionfish kinda started the whole scorp frenzy for us. we currently have 7 specimens and 6 species. 1 Quote Link to comment
RockinSmall Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 so those dwarfs at the bottom are reef safe? i assume they eat small fish and shrimp? Quote Link to comment
seahorsedreams Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Yes, they eat shrimp and smaller fish. Quote Link to comment
RockinSmall Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 would a dwarf be happy in a 12g biocube? Quote Link to comment
SK8URDEAD Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I wouldn't. nope. the smallest size i kept my dwarf was in a 62G and that was with 9 other fish and full of corals. Quote Link to comment
jeremai Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 That C. multibarbus is amazing. Quote Link to comment
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