Yellow spot scorpionfish

[rayn]

I loved all your fish! You had a awesome collection.

Don't worry, you'll get there again!

 

[rayn]

Slightly better pic today.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Das it, come on out little guy.

Is the first photo yours as well, Doug?

 

[rayn]

Yeah, not sure why it duplicated like that.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I mean your first post when they were still at the store.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Sweet fish!

 

[rayn]

Yeah, I snapped that one before I even decided to buy the one. First ones I had seen.

I mean your first post when they were still at the store.

 

[rayn]

AND HE EATS! Frozen at that! So sweet to see him strike at the food.

 

[michellejy]

I don't even have my nano up and running, and I am really tempted to do a predator tank of little ones like this now. He is fantastic.

 

[SurlyT]

Funny coincidence, this is one of my all-time favorite fish and I just ran across a pair of them last week after looking for almost two years. They're a relatively common fish in the wild but extremely hard to find in the aquarium trade.

Anyway, I bought both of them on the spot and put them in separate tanks; one has since vanished (possibly eaten by an anemone) but the other seems to be doing well. They're skittish feeders in my experience so if you can get them eating you're on the way. Sometimes I've had to use live ghost shrimp to trigger a feeding response.

There's a pretty good article about this fish here (you might have to create a login to view, not sure): http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/magazine-tiled-q3-2007-5.html

 

[mort]

I've had one of these little guys for over a year now and its still as shy (won't feed if it can see you) but will take anything you put in the tank, flake, pellets, frozen...........
The only problem I have had and the reason it lives alone is that it killed a leopard puffer. I say killed as I witnessed the puffer swim near it and then saw the scorp repeatedly stab the puffer with its dorsal spines. I'm not sure if this is an isolated problem or if something else was involved (the puffer seemed in really good health) but it put me off mixing it with anything else.

 

[michellejy]

I was looking at the facebook page for where you picked him (her?) up, and I saw a picture. I thought you might want to see it. :)

https://www.facebook.com/RiversToReefs/photos/pcb.583226165165909/583223975166128/?type=3&theater

 

[rayn]

Nice pic @michellejy!

So we are now eating frozen mysis, frozen brine shrimp, and frozen krill all out of the water column! All thawed before feelings too.

 

[rayn]

Frozen mysis again tonight and he is now chasing them out of the water column and sucking them down. I'll try and get a video if I can

 

[SurlyT]

Mine was thin when I got him but he seems to be filling out with daily feedings. I noticed his gut looked pretty distended this week so he must have caught something on his own (maybe a shrimp) but he's still eating. Seems to like LRS Reef Frenzy a lot.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

He's probably got a belly full of pods.

 

[SurlyT]

Not a great picture, but here he is with a mouthful of ghost shrimp. And I spotted the other one today, so both are still alive.

 

[DevonMeep]

Gorgeous fish. I'll have make a predator tank someday.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Hah! That's a great pic!

 

[rayn]

Also got one tonight of mine.