Pinniatus Batfish with scorps?

[gwhunter]

With all the great scorp tanks posted around here, I've been kicking around a 75g with some different scorps and other odds and ends that will not be lunch. I've always wanted a pinniatus bat fish and they seem to be being bred in captivity more frequently now. Does anyone think that mixing them will be an issue?

Matt

 

[natebedwell06]

in that small of a tank yes, pinnatus batfish get HUGE

 

[MrTuskfish]

I've seen that these batfish are being tank-bred (not just tank raised) now. Amazing. The juvis I've seen could be eaten by many scorps, they're only about 1 1/2 "; the adults. should have about 300 gals. (LA). What are you planning in the way of scorps? 75 gallons keeps you fairly limited; but there are options.

 

[silentcivilian]

So if you stuck a full sized pinni in my tank, his fins would be out of the water. They grow very fast! With these guys they can get up to 17" in size minimum, so its not even how long your tank is, its how tall it is. To keep them you need a very very tall tank.

 

[mytosis_matth]

Not only do pinnatus batfish get huge, but they also lose ALL of that awesome orange coloration and their extra tall fins regress. You basically end up with a black & tan fish the size of an extra-large pizza pan.
It's great that they're being aquacultured nowadays...now if there was only a dwarf species, hahaha.

 

[namxas]

Not only do pinnatus batfish get huge, but they also lose ALL of that awesome orange coloration and their extra tall fins regress. You basically end up with a black & tan fish the size of an extra-large pizza pan.
It's great that they're being aquacultured nowadays...now if there was only a dwarf species, hahaha.

More to the point, a dwarf that keeps its juvie coloration...

 

[gwhunter]

Batfish are very delicate when small and wouldn't do well in my 210 being so small. The 75 would just be a grow out tank and I'd like to keep weedy scorps and possibly anglers or something else. I really asking if the scorps would either eat the bat or the constant movement of the bat would be bothersome to the scorps.

Matt

 

[namxas]

If the size differential allows, the batfish will be toast. One of our R. frondosas came to us from the LFS with a belly full of SH, which they didn't think could be eaten. The anglers are another definite, maybe moreso.