WTB Male Red Scooter "Blenny"

[mrwilson]

I've been searching for a male red scooter "blenny" (really a dragonet - I'm talking about Synchiropus stellatus) to pair with my female with no luck. Except on the Diver's Den, all the online retailers seem not to differentiate their sales by sex, and Phishy's hasn't had one in any time I've stopped by.

I had a male for a good long time until he eventually disappeared several months ago. (I have plenty of live rock, a nice-sized fuge, and not many pod competitors, so I feel confident that my system can sustain a pair.)

Watching their mating/spawning "dance" behavior was my wife's favorite thing about the tank, so I'd like to recreate the magic with a new male for the current female. (If you've never seen it, there's a kind of cool video here: http://www.viddler.com/explore/YayHeaven/videos/31/ingroup/marineaquaria/)

Seems pretty unlikely that somebody locally would just happen to have a male that they want to get rid of, but on the off chance someone does, please let me know.

 

[etz23]

I saw some at Aquarium Adventure a couple weeks ago but I didn't look at the sexes.

 

[mrwilson]

Haven't been there in a long time. Thanks for the tip.

 

[rosebud161616]

I stopped into AA over the weekend to get some live brine shrimp. They do in fact have red scooter blennies. However they were the skinniest scooters I have ever seen.

 

[mrwilson]

I was actually in there late yesterday afternoon, and although they had a tank with a couple of scooter blennies, they were the brown/grey variety (Synchiropus ocellatus), rather than Synchiropus stellatus. Must have sold out of the red ones, unless I missed them somehow. The search continues.