New Scorp!

I was actually going to ask last night if I should bother with trying to find one, but I figured I had spammed this thread enough for one day... Males have the larger dorsal spines, right?
 
namxas said:
I've always wondered what a "pygmy waspfish", specifically. Waspfish are ALL small fish.

Alex,

You'll want to try the Caracanthus on small ghosties at first. IME, it's hard to get them to eat guppies unless you can get them to swim right down to the fish. You may need to try and net train them if you can't get food to them.

Once the fish are eating, you should try the ol' "dead ghostie on a stealth stick" trick...IME, it's tuff for the fish to resist them.

Beautiful fish!
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I'm talking about Hypodytes rubripinnis
> http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=289043 :hmm5:
 
Hypodytes in an invalid generic name for Paracentropogon, so the fish is actually P. rubripinnis (AKA the redfinned waspfish).

That being said, it's the sellers/collectors that are getting it wrong. I think the "pygmy" thing is a sales gimmick, kinda like "deepwater"...

FWIW, you'll also see Ablabys taenianotus (the cockatoo waspfish) being ID'd as Amblyapistus taenianotus, which is also an invalid binomial.
 
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Nice find! I love small scorps, really easy to keep in a mixed reef with careful selection of tankmaktes. I managed to luck out and find a small S. papuensis back in june.

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He did great for a while, but then went off his feed a couple of months ago and withered away :( . I was really bummed about that one because he was a REALLY aggressive feeder. It was funny to watch him steal food from my Ablabys taenianotus as they had completely different "hunting" styles. The Cockatoo will creep up slowly on prey whereas the Papua would dart and grab.
 
namxas said:
Hypodytes in an invalid generic name for Paracentropogon, so the fish is actually P. rubripinnis (AKA the redfinned waspfish).

That being said, it's the sellers/collectors that are getting it wrong. I think the "pygmy" thing is a sales gimmick, kinda like "deepwater"...

FWIW, you'll also see Ablabys taenianotus (the cockatoo waspfish) being ID'd as Amblyapistus taenianotus, which is also an invalid binomial.
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Your too smart, wait I got it! Your a robot!:lolspin:
 
Heyas Jake...LTNS!

That sux about the papuensis. It's weird when you get one of those "mystery deaths" like that.

Your too smart, wait I got it! Your a robot!
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RESISTANCE IS FUTILE...

Nah...I just know a little bit about scorps is all.
 
I wasn't sure what to expect from a 'pair', but they are staying on the opposite sides of the tank and one will usually flare up at the other if it gets to close... But both are eating PE Mysis now. I have to use a turkey baster to get it within about an inch of them, then they chase after it. I'll try to get a video of them eating up soon.
 
Two weeks and both of the Caracanthus are still doing good. Eating mysis like pigs (as long as they don't have to move to get it :hmm3:). I took some pictures of them today, but I got a new camera for X-mas and haven't connected it to my laptop yet... Will work on that after school manana. :celeb1:
 
I'm going to try a video tomorrow, but the tank is on my desk and it's hard to maneuver around it with a camera while feeding... I don't think it would turn out good, but I guess I'll find out. :)


Here's a few more pictures I couldn't fit into that post.
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I just realized how incredibly similar yours is to Renee and Greg's. The fish in the last post ( dang I already forgot the name of it ).
 
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