That was my first Hoplolatilus chlupatyi, my second vanished without a trace a few months ago.
There's one of these at my local Petco. Very cool but gets too big for my tank and not reef safe.I keep a lot of uncommon even rare fish and I’ve done it without paying ridiculous prices!
Not reef safe?? They are planktivores.
I have two checkered puffers which I think to be pretty uncommon in LFS and online fish stores, although very commonly found in Florida waters, I have one in my FOWLR tank and one in my mixed reef, I think they're nice to look at and full of personality, haven't had any issues with them nipping at corals or eating inverts.Marine marvels: Do you keep uncommon fish in your tank?
Many reef keepers keep the standard array of fish in their tank including clownfish, damsels, chromis, tangs, common wrasses, and other fish that can be found in nearly every local fish store. However, sometimes we come across unusual fish and, with some research, we are able to add them to our tanks and provide a healthy environment for them to thrive. Please tell us about your experience with keeping fish that may not be considered “mainstream”. Do you keep uncommon fish in your tank?
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Forgot to mention Goldflake angel and Oreni.
Yeah I live mine! I have him on frozen foods. He is super shy still. Did yours start to swim around more when you were watching? Mine gets scared and hides when he sees me. Had him about 2 weeks now
The issue was as babies they only eat Mysid shrimp which are not readily available in MI and ordering them in bulk and keeping a stock of them is difficult because they themselves are cannibalistic. I would order 250 at a time for about $80 and that would last roughly a week. After about 6mo I was able to switch them to marine grass/glass shrimp which was a bit easier. There was a point where all that was available was peppermint shrimp, that was an expensive week of feeding…went through ~50 peppermints in about 10 days!
Hey, I've been looking into getting a Humu trigger to see how it does in my mixed reef however I have heard that can be pretty risky. How is it working out for you? Have any tips?
What’s on the bottom? Jawfish? Blenny?Does uncommon count if they’re on the rarer side in the hobby or a PITA to keep alive for many?
If so… Here’s just a few of my many uncommon fish I’ve yet to struggle with but everyone else seems to struggle with or they’re just uncommon and 3 digits.
I believe that’s a flashing tilefish (@i cant think) can confirm though.
That’s my old Hoplolatilus chlupatyi
