Dwarf scorpion fish

[badwinston]

Im wondering if anybody has experience with dwarf scorpion fish I acquired one yesterday and just looking for information having a difficult time finding some.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Very cool! Where did you aquire it? @lion king knows a thing or two about scorps

 

[lion king]

Yellow spotted scorpionfish, very cool fish, you may find some info if you search that name.

They are very fast so be careful when working in the tank. They are predators and will eat shrimp and small fish. Seem to accept dead food ok, but as with all these type of predators, can be challenging. Feeding dead can also be a challenge to provide the proper nutrition, so do your research. Would greatly appreciate being fed live ghost shrimp and live guppies.

 

[eggplantparrot]

wow it's so cute.

I think I saw a bunch in my last a while ago (before the thing that happened) and almost took one.

 

[badwinston]

Yellow spotted scorpionfish, very cool fish, you may find some info if you search that name.

They are very fast so be careful when working in the tank. They are predators and will eat shrimp and small fish. Seem to accept dead food ok, but as with all these type of predators, can be challenging. Feeding dead can also be a challenge to provide the proper nutrition, so do your research. Would greatly appreciate being fed live ghost shrimp and live guppies.

I tried messaging you, but it wouldn't let me before I made the post. I have experience with Lionfish, they're one of my favorite. This guy is tiny how big will he get ? He is eating mysis as of now also is this a dwarf ?

 

[badwinston]

Very cool! Where did you aquire it? @lion king knows a thing or two about scorps

A fish store that has a supplier out of cebu, he always has oddball fish/ rare predators

 

[lion king]

Sebastapistes cyanostigma, in the wild they get to 4", in captivity you can expect about 3" to 3.5". Their care would be similar to a lion. If he;s eating mysis I'd start offering him PE mysis, it's a more nutritious mysis with a higher protein content. Hikari mega marine is also good to mix in, as well as mincing up any seafood you would like to include; shrimp, scallop, salmon(highly recommended). Don't expect him to get enough to eat from the water column, you need to target feed him with a baster or pipette. When he gets larger you'll want to offer him little chunky bits of seafood, PE mysis would still be good. As a tiny guy feeding daily may be fine then every other day; eventually no more than every other day or a couple times a week. They benefit from a gorge/fast feeding routine just as in the wild. They are not classified as dwarf, per se, but are one of the smallest scorps offered.

 

[Apotack]

I’ve had one for about a year cool little fish doesn’t do much but still pretty cool. The post above pretty much covers everything. Mine eats anything chunky that I squirt near him.