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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!

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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!

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scorpkeeper

pix are worth 1000 words (yes, these are our own fish):

 

Rhinopias frondosa (weedy scorpionfish)

 

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Inimicus dactyliophorus (sea goblin/devilfish)

 

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Choridactylus multibarbus (bearded ghoul)

 

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I. japonicus (pop-eyed sea goblin) & Scorpaena brasiliensis (red barbfish)

 

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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!

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pix are worth 1000 words (yes, these are our own fish):

 

Rhinopias frondosa (weedy scorpionfish)

 

fondosayoung700.jpg

 

Inimicus dactyliophorus (sea goblin/devilfish)

 

goblingrump700.jpg

 

Choridactylus multibarbus (bearded ghoul)

 

ghoulflash.jpg

 

I. japonicus (pop-eyed sea goblin) & Scorpaena brasiliensis (red barbfish)

 

newfriendsbras700.jpg

 

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!

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pix are worth 1000 words (yes, these are our own fish):

 

Rhinopias frondosa (weedy scorpionfish)

 

fondosayoung700.jpg

 

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?

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scorpkeeper
Dear ScorpKeeper....You may have just changed the life of one of my tanks forver.... :mellow:

 

they changed our lives, that's for sure! reef WHAT? SH who? :lol: 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:

 

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R. eschmeyeri (leafy/Eschmeyer's Scorpionfish)

 

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Ablabys taenianotus (c.ockatoo waspfish) & Acreicthys tomentosus (bristletail filefish)

 

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Paracentropogon rubripinnis (red-fin waspfish [male] )

 

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Katy Reefer

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! :lol:

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scorpkeeper
If only my wife would let me keep something like that in our house! :lol:

 

you could always appeal to her sense of beauty:

 

Pterois mombassae (Mombasa lionfish):

 

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Dendrochirus brachypterus (fuzzy dwarf lionfish):

 

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the temperate water Parapterois heteratura (bluefin/blackfoot lionfish):

 

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D. biocellatus (fu manchu lionfish):

 

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scorpkeeper

if SIZE matters...P. volitans (lionfish/turkeyfish):

this specimen appears on the cover of Frank Marini's new book Lionfishes and Other Scorpionfishes.

 

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you could also go cute... D. brachypterus (fuzzy dwarf) & D. barberi (Green/Hawaiian lionfish):

 

friends700.jpg

 

lionfish kinda started the whole scorp frenzy for us. we currently have 7 specimens and 6 species.

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