I am still in the very early planning stages of this tank. I am still in the process of setting up my new 120 reef and am planning this as a 'side project'. For now I am doing tons of research and am trying to locate stores in my area that would carry these fish. Diver's den gets predator fish in regularly so I will be browsing there as well. Diver's den also has an NPS section.
For now... Do you think that a 40b would be fine for all of those fish? If not I might be able to find some more room.
Thanks!
The fish I listed? It would require atleast a very veeeery spacious 'seabed' to achive peace and order. Anyways nevermind my fantasy of the oddball convention lol.
About the list you posted tho, have you seen a green wolf eel? Snowflakes are nice, also called as 'eel blennies' it nicely fits the oddball category. It's basically a blenny in an eel's body, and its NEITHER eel or blenny. Weirdest dottyback fish ever.
I don't wan't to discourage you with the anglers by any means, but I will point out some issues you might face. I've been lucky to own)observe/study various frogs, scorps and wasps(only the roosters) up close and personal, a friend of mine back home (Philippines) had easy access to acquire marine life local to the Phils.
Anyways, just clarifying that i'm not an expert by any means, just passing down info. from local experts and a bit of personal exp.
Warty Frogfish
- Well taught choice, relatively smaller (close to 6in) compared to most froggies.
-Hit or miss on compatibility with other 'anglers', despite being ambush predators expect territorial disputes against other 'anglers' or frogs.
-An an old timer used to say "Either a single frog or a mated pair, any other fish small enough to fit in a 60g is dinner", I have heard stories like , a volitans swallowed by a slighty smaller hairy frogfish, both died.
-And I noticed froggies have this habit of getting too close to scorps, haven't seen one actually get stinged , trust me, frogs dont care about venomous spines, if they are of same size expect the frog to take a chance and swallow the other. Lol
scorpion/waspfish hmm only know about the 'leaf/y' kind of scorp. And anyone correct me if i'm wrong, wasps are 'leaf/y' scorps aswell right?
Anyways, haven't encountered any scorp(specially when 'settled' in a tank) attempting to eat anything as big as itself as long as its well fed of course, frogs on the other hand...crazy appetite, voracious, fearless :lolspin:
My LFS had a frog/scorp of smaller variety on a long tank, both predators naturally 'pick' a spot/side, real estate is crucial so long tanks solve any territorial issue.
Adding a weedy scorp (really awesome choice) later on is tricky. Get the biggest weedy scorpion available, sure they are a lot bigger than wartys , but just to be sure.
I havent even touched on the lionfish, but i'll end it here:
Scorpionfishes (in general) are not aggresive and actually like to chill most of the time. Scorps patiently lie motionless in one spot and when prey is close enough it literally 'vacuums' its victims in a blink of an eye. Never saw one swim tho, most of the species I saw 'walked' slooowly in short distances.
Frogfish (In general) are huge PITA for its tankmates. Wartys have appealing colors, entertaining little bastards lol. The species I encountered walked but also 'swam in bursts'. I noticed that most of them would even stalk unsuspecting prey if given the chance. Again, Froggies are aggressive and doesn't tolerate any of its own kind. Despite all these things frogfish have amusing character.
Lastly, environment set up is crucial. Scorpions need to able to blend easily so substrate, rockwork and even coral choice should cater to them more imo. Frogfish dont make much of an effort to 'hide' its body but they stay still , camouflaged, but prefer using their lures most of the time.
There we go. Apologies for such a lenghty insight. I just wrote everything I could think of atm and didn't proofread the whole thing lol. And just to remind you, everything you read is based from my personal exp. , research and knowledge shared by awesome people that has been working/keeping these group of oddballs. I actually enjoyed writing this.
