Show off your rare fish

[KC Reef]

Not crazy rare but still nice!!

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg481/Fmtshowalter/100_0691.jpg

 

[KC Reef]

 

[Mont67]

I love both of those Lions! Also that weedy scorpion is really nice.

 

[Mont67]

What can you tell me about the stonefish?

 

[Mont67]

Just added a Black niger foxface to my tank, I'll post a picture when he is acclimated

 

[namxas]

What can you tell me about the stonefish?

Altho Erosa erosa isn't what we consider a "true" stonefish, it does belong to the family Synanceiidae. They're a temperate water species that ranges from southern Japan to northern Australia. The pitted stonefish is a smaller fish, generally about 4" - 5", so about the size of its cousin the bearded ghoul (also pictured above). They possess a potent venom, on par with the stingfishes and waspfishes, which also belong to the same family.

IMHO/IME, they're a really cute little fish that once established will litterally "bounce" over to see what the food god is bringing (their large heads make them look like little bouncing balls). They have the ability to change color drastically:

I really enjoy keeping this fish, and the only real drawback is keeping a temperate setup for it. It's a great tankmate for the bluefin lionfish (Parapterois heterura), which is also a temperate species:

 

[Mont67]

Awesome

 

[Ptyochromis]

That's a sweet C. laboutei you have KC. Still cooler than the Rhomobid wrasse in my book.

 

[Mont67]

Laboutis are my favorite fairy wrasses, I love the swirls

 

[grahf11]

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[grahf11]

sorry for the double post. that fish on top is a lined dartfish ( (Ptereleotris grammica )

and this here is a lipropoma tonstrinum

 

[triggerfish55]

my yellow fin tang (not the actual picture of the fish) mine looks about the same just take off a few inches, its hard to get a pic of him cause there is too much lighting coming from my windows creating glare, but i will give it a try at night when the sun goes down....

 

[Paul B]

 

[Allmost]

 

[Lsufiregal]

Totally thought the hole in that acrylic was a loading symbol and I almost waited for it to start spinning. Lol. Plus I was wondering why it wasn't centered. Been at work for 24 hours. Thats my excuse.

 

[RayL]

What is this? And when did you get it?

 

[Allmost]

What is this? And when did you get it?

this was one of my hybrids I lost in the great wipe out I had some time ago

he was my biggest loss ... cause the guy doesnt seem to be shipping these anymore. Came from Vanuatu about 2.5 years ago.

this was his buddy ... both died within 10 min of each other.



been waiting for the orange lemon peels now .

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

cool hybrids. Someday I want to see a blue potter's angel

 

[RayL]

Allmost, that was a nice fish, unfortunate that it is gone.

One day I will enter into hybrids potentially, right now I am content with my tank

 

[gsiegel]

Isn't a hybrid just another fancy name for a mutt. Like paying $2000 for something foo-foo like a Yorki-Poo? :crazy1: