VFC (Venomous Fish Club)

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

You tank & fish are gordeous. I really enjoyed the feeding videos. kudos.

I’ll try and get some more recent ones taken this weekend!

 

[srcleary]

I’ve had this citron clown goby (Gobiodon citrinus) in quarantine for a while which has toxic mucus (so I guess it's more poisonous than venomous).
@srcleary do you still have your stingrays?

I still have Blue Spot Kuhlii. It’s been a challenge. I had three the first time. One wouldn’t eat and then one had its tail bitten off and died of the stress. Assume it was a shark by accident.

so that left one.

I ordered three more. Have been working with them for nearly 2 months. One is doing great. One is eating pretty well and one wouldn’t eat and died the other day.

Hopefully the three I have now will do well. I’ll leave them in their temp 300g tub until the new tank is ready.

they are my favorites! Two of them I hand feed.

 

[i cant think]

I still have Blue Spot Kuhlii. It’s been a challenge. I had three the first time. One wouldn’t eat and then one had its tail bitten off and died of the stress. Assume it was a shark by accident.

so that left one.

I ordered three more. Have been working with them for nearly 2 months. One is doing great. One is eating pretty well and one wouldn’t eat and died the other day.

Hopefully the three I have now will do well. I’ll leave them in their temp 300g tub until the new tank is ready.

they are my favorites! Two of them I hand feed.

Do you have any photos of them? The Blue Spot Kuhuli is a beautiful species of ray.

 

[Tonycass12]

Here is my sole venomous fish. I picked him up last week and he's in quarantine until December.

Its fun watching how much his colors and patterns shift with his moods.

 

[i cant think]

Here is my sole venomous fish. I picked him up last week and he's in quarantine until December.

Its fun watching how much his colors and patterns shift with his moods.

He looks tiny! How big is he?

 

[Tonycass12]

He looks tiny! How big is he?

Just over 4"

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

Another newbie I added a few weeks back that I’ve struggled to ID.

 

[Slocke]

Another newbie I added a few weeks back that I’ve struggled to ID.

That is some incredible camouflage.

 

[MaxM]

Holy cow! Those are beautiful fish but the group shot looks like something out of the mind of Stephen King. LOL Perfect for Halloween. I have a tiny Coral Croucher scorp. He's one of my favs in the tank. I would love to have more but my tank is just a 5g. I think the pygmy rooster waspfish would be great but is probably still a wee bit too big for my tank.

I have a spotted coral croucher in quarantine awaiting shipment to me. Really wanted this fish and it was hard to find!

 

[Karen00]

I have a spotted coral croucher in quarantine awaiting shipment to me. Really wanted this fish and it was hard to find!

They are super cool fish! What size is your tank? They're tiny and cryptic and shy so if you have a large tank you might not see him too often. My tank is only a 5g and my guy can still disappear. Usually under the rocks or into a crevice or hidey hole. They usually pick one spot and never move. Food has to come to them. I target feed my guy plus I have pods in the tank.

 

[MaxM]

They are super cool fish! What size is your tank? They're tiny and cryptic and shy so if you have a large tank you might not see him too often. My tank is only a 5g and my guy can still disappear. Usually under the rocks or into a crevice or hidey hole. They usually pick one spot and never move. Food has to come to them. I target feed my guy plus I have pods in the tank.

40gal breeder. I have pods and am raising baby brine shrimp. all fish in the tank stay under 3 inches. Lots of rock and corals and nems.

 

[Karen00]

40gal breeder. I have pods and am raising baby brine shrimp. all fish in the tank stay under 3 inches. Lots of rock and corals and nems.

Nice! I also feed live baby brine shrimp along with the pods. I target feed frozen bloodworms and mysis. Take a pic once you get yours.

 

[srcleary]

Do you have any photos of them? The Blue Spot Kuhuli is a beautiful species of ray.

I lost another today. So frustrating.
Here’s a few pics of my female. I’ll leave the male in QT for a while. He’s eating but only mysis right now. Need to get him on other seafood.

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

A few photos with a better camera

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

Feeding time!

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Feeding time!

Amazing tank and fish! I love how the hippo tang is trying to eat the ghost shrimp as well. For people who just want one or two predatory fish, do you recommend just dumping a hundred or so ghost shrimp in at once and letting the fish eat them over a period of several weeks? I would imagine that this could cause issues with the fish overeating, but it seems like a way to keep predatory fish without the need for frequent live feedings and maintaining a feeder tank. Thank you!

 

[dennis romano]

WOW!

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

Amazing tank and fish! I love how the hippo tang is trying to eat the ghost shrimp as well. For people who just want one or two predatory fish, do you recommend just dumping a hundred or so ghost shrimp in at once and letting the fish eat them over a period of several weeks? I would imagine that this could cause issues with the fish overeating, but it seems like a way to keep predatory fish without the need for frequent live feedings and maintaining a feeder tank. Thank you!

I feed a 2-3 hundred ghost shrimp in one setting every weekend and they last less than 10 minutes. I do have quite a lot of mouthes to feed though! It might work if you had less fish but scorpionfish are VERY greedy!

 

[Karen00]

There’s a tonne on my Insta - things_with_stings_reef and here’s a few on Youtube from the last tank:

Rhinopias eschmeyeri slow mo feed

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Paraploactis kagoshimensis feeding

Paraploactis kagoshimensis (velvetfish) shrimp feeding

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Taenianotus triacanthus slow motion feeding

Leaf scorpionfish slow motion feeding

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These are cool videos! I would love to have a waspfish. I think there is a tiny one called the rooster waspfish/pygmy waspfish that would be fine in my tank and with my coral crouchers but I haven't been able to find one yet here in Canada.

 

[oldbob50]

I have a Foxface that eats nori from my hand. Never been stung.