My Stonefish PICS!!!!

[Bluetangclan]

They have venomous spines. My old Ich Prof told us a story about when he was on a trawl somewhere in the Pacific and they were sorting the catch and one of the crew got stung in the hand. The Captain apparently non-chalantly grabbed some boiling tea from the kitchen and and stuck the crewman's hand in the pitcher. The boiling water neutralized the venom and the crewman lived. Bet his hand was messed up though, but better than dying I guess.

He also said the fish tasted great- odd quirk, he believed you didnt study a fish until you have eaten them and was always telling us the proper way to cook this or that and what families taste good and which to avoid.

 

[fattytwobyfour]

I know this is an old thread, but just wanted to say that you can own Piranhas in Arkansas. But you've got to have the registered with the state Game and Fish. The game and fish can come to your home at anytime to check on them. So if you've registered four and then you only have three, you have a problem.

 

[cooterbrown]

In Kansas you can have basically any fish. I had an estuary stonefish for a little while until he mysteriously got stuck under a rock. Every pet store here has paranas and they're cheap. Like 15$

 

[Das awesome]

Holy sh**!!! That thing is awesome! How big is it right now?

Whoops... I just noticed this thread is 3 years old! haha

 

[hossa81]

My lfs had stonefish for sale, didnt even realize they were illegal. I have also seen some pirhanas and the occasional arrowana, which are the barracuda of freshwater.

 

[happyjack]

very cool fish and nice action shots. I had a 16" one and had to remove it because it started eating all my fish one by one .

How could you not love that face(when it swallows a 12'' Aussie harlequin tusk! that's how!)

 

[namxas]

My lfs had stonefish for sale, didnt even realize they were illegal. I have also seen some pirhanas and the occasional arrowana, which are the barracuda of freshwater.

Are stonies illegal in IL? I haven't heard of them being illegal anywhere, to be honest.

 

[hossa81]

Are stonies illegal in IL? I haven't heard of them being illegal anywhere, to be honest.

Not sure, but thats what they were labeled as. I im correct they kind of had an orange tint to them, but they had a somewhat similar shape.

 

[namxas]

There are a couple of scorps, in particular Scorpaena diabolis (devil scopionfish, false stonefish) that are often sold as stonies. Seeing a true stonefish in the trade is very rare, as we can attest...we'd have a stonefish if we had ever come across one.

The "best" species is Synanceia nana, which is the smallest of the true stonies, reaching about 6" or so. However, they do still have HUGE mouths. A Canadian friend of ours has kept this species for a few years now.

 

[hossa81]

very cool fish and nice action shots. I had a 16" one and had to remove it because it started eating all my fish one by one .

How could you not love that face(when it swallows a 12'' Aussie harlequin tusk! that's how!)

What other fish did it eat?

 

[namxas]

FWIW, one of the guys on LL had a S. diabolis eat his fu not too long ago...they get big.

 

[manning22]

stone fish

stone fish

hi
wear did you get the stone fish i want to now wear you bought it at

 

[manning22]

wear did you get your stone fish i want to buy one

 

[SantaMonica]

I'm interested in the banning... is it for safety, or economics?

 

[jack.neef]

I have a baby stonefish in my nano ATM

and I love him but he will outgrow it soon

 

[syrinx]

I used to sell them on occasion in illinois. We were regularly inspected by the dept of ag, and never had any issues.

 

[rpjaws74]

awesome fish.but I just wouldnt put a fish that could kill me lol!!

 

[ynot65]

It's cool in your tank !'thanx for sharing

 

[Curtispants]

How do you clean the inside of the tank?? What do you do if a coral falls over...or...there's a hundred reasons I could think of that would make you put your hand in the tank. With HIM in there, I wouldn't put my hand in for a million bucks. lol But seriously, instead of a skewer...take pics hand feeding it. HA!

 

[Das awesome]

I have a baby stonefish in my nano ATM

and I love him but he will outgrow it soon

Where did you get it? I've been looking for 1 for years!