I saw them for sale last December. After doing a lot of research, I was ready to buy them but they got sold that morning. Here is what I found. They are not reef fish, but found on sand flats. They hover, tail down, over a burrow in the sand. When spooked, they go hyper fast back into the burrow. Maybe PVC in the sand may make them comfortable? They are plankton eaters that should be fed often. I am soooo jealous.
I got it and it was small, so it hid a lot when small, it’s still not full grown but the bigger it gets the more it comes out. The 2 full size ones I’ve seen in other reefs were always out. They’ll usually poke their head or tail out of a cave like a moray eel. They mimic snowflake morays.
Thanks very useful and I have plenty of PVC. Have you tried ordering them from your LFS? Mine has brought in 10-15 over the last two weeks.
Ny Aquatics has them listed. I might pull the trigger.
The Starki Damsel.
This guy is nothing like the typical damsel and the picture doesn't do it justice. Never had any issues with mine being aggressive.
Especially because they're not gobies, they're scorpion fish. Makes them cooler imo.
The Spanish hogfish was one of my favorite fish from when I had a tank in middle school through high school.
Those fish have a great looking color to them!!What about pictilis anthias. The females are quite striking. I don't see many posts on these.
Toby puffers are really neat!
Less aggressive than the African. I’ve been looking for one of these for several years.
For sure eels and other aquatic life are included!!! eels had always fascinated me, even when I was a kid. Also, cephalopods are super neat as well!!If okay to answer for "what is a fish" by inclusion:
Morey eel for lack of eyesight but other compensating/developed senses.
Morey eels and Cephalopods are of personal interest.
Cephalopods are capable of jetting ink in which contains pheromones to confuse eels.
Also of interest "halo"
I find Cephalopods fascinating quite intelligent or "sentient."
Observed a few Cuttlefish impersonate a larger Cuttlefish to intimidate a larger Cuttlefish herding/guarding females.
I also find Cephalopods interesting not only for puzzle solving, mimicking, but dying of boredom or lack of purpose.
Cephalopods are an incredible creation capable of reproducing colors by flexing pigmented muscle fibers.
Whether by trance/hypnotic effects, shapes, and or sizes Cephalopods are well learned by either genetic instinctive/mutations or intelligence... .
Perhaps after further "evolution" Cephalopods might avoid death or perish from boredom by solving the greatest life /riddle/mystery/puzzle
Lastly, Cephalopods seemingly demonstrate true intelligence "learned/knowing," too well when or not to reflect backgrounds (to not contrast, oppose, stand out, or be not indivisible) like Vampires
