Best Scorpion for a 34 gallon cube.

[WTyson]

I would like to include a scorpion or small lion in my 34 gallon cube. Other tank mates Include a golden dwarf moray, fairly flasher wrasse, and a firefish.

 

[gobymasters]

Leaf but would be careful with flasher and firefish

 

[WTyson]

Both the flasher and the firefish are. Fairly good size, and I would start off with a smaller specimen. Some thoughts

D. barberi
D. Zebra
D. Biocellatus
T. triacanthus
A. taenionotus
P. longispinus

Anyone know of any other small or smaller varieties ?

 

[gobymasters]

Both the flasher and the firefish are. Fairly good size, and I would start off with a smaller specimen. Some thoughts

D. barberi
D. Zebra
D. Biocellatus
T. triacanthus
A. taenionotus
P. longispinus

Anyone know of any other small or smaller varieties ?

(Taenianotus triacanthus) i had for a while it was a red and very active

 

[silentcivilian]

Check out my thread for a p. Longispinus... fantastic addition

 

[DoubleM 10]

i have a cockatoo wasp. awsome addition. not the most colorful. very active. waddles everywhere other than that great fish.

 

[MonsterTankMan]

Leaf fish...that's what I did in my 34 gallon.

 

[oflaherty21]

id say leaf as well

 

[WTyson]

My only main hesitation about a leaf as I have found them to be the hardest to wean from live. So I would preferably like to choose a species that will except live more readily, this isn't a huge deal, but weekly trips to get ghost shrimp can add up

 

[CuttleKid]

If you are willing to drop the cash, a rhinopias would make a good addition for a dedicated system if you aquascape it right

 

[WTyson]

I think it would get too big, and the way my scape is currently, I don't know if it would work out

I removed the Rock on bottom left

 

[namxas]

If you are willing to drop the cash, a rhinopias would make a good addition for a dedicated system if you aquascape it right

A Rhino will eat the heck out of wrasse (depending on its size) and the firefish. Also, a 34 gal is too tight for a Rhino, IMHO/IME...esp. with as little open substrate as the OP's setup has.

I'd suspect that a leaf scorp would possibly suffer from food competition and as mentioned, they're not the easiest to wean.

Waspfish would be a great addition...the cockatoo is my fave by far, altho a red-fin would be a bit more showy, and is also a great fish IME.

You could go with a small-species scorp such as Scorpaenodes litoralis, S. carribaeus, etc.

A dwarf lion would be OK...D. biocellatus might be the best fit.

HTH

 

[WTyson]

I'll take a look at those, know of any good online retailers for scorps/biocellulatus I have been looking at my normal ones and coming up empty btw tank Dimensions are 20.5x18x22