there's a new scorp in town...

[namxas]

meet our newest charge...Sebastapistes cyanostigma (yellow-spotted scorpionfish):

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll73/hixphotobucket/Our%20Fish/yellowspot700.jpg

this is a species we've been looking for for awhile, and it showed up on DD last week. it's currently eating live ghosties, but i know if Renee has her way, it will be converted in short order. hopefully, this little dude/dudette will color-up a bit more once it gets comfy.

[LukFox]

Nice score!! Those little guys are awesome. Be sure to keep us updated with more pictures!

[johno4]

very cool looking fish. Good luck with the conversion!

[welsher7]

Greg,
You and Renee are like the kid in the neighborhood who has all the cool toys.

Awesome little guy! How big is he?

[FMarini]

Greg-
as Always renees Photos are stunning.
if you havent seen this already here is a few sentences from some unnamed book on basic husbandry of this fish

The yellow spotted scorpionfish is a hard coral dweller that limits its range to within a coral colony, found between 5 to 50 feet of water. Typically found among the branches of Pocillopora corals in surge areas of seaward reefs, as well as between the branches of the fire coral Millepora and Styllophora. All feeding occurs on fish and invertebrates that live among the coral branches. These are attractive little scorpionfish that frequently show up with yellow pectoral fins and yellow spotting on a reddish brown body color. They appear to possess oversized eyes, and aren’t as sedentary as many scorpionfish. In the home aquarium, it is best to provide the yellowspotted scorpionfish with a sandy substrate, some rock rubble and either live or dead pieces of pocillopora, should this is not be available, coral skeletons. It will frequently take up residence among or on top of the coral branches, awaiting any passing fish or invertebrates for food. These fish feed aggressively on ghost shrimp and any small feeder fish. Since these fish are so small, they can be kept with bigger fish in a mid sized reef tank or as a centerpiece for a nanotank, but do be mindful that they could become food for any larger predator.

[namxas]

Greg,
You and Renee are like the kid in the neighborhood who has all the cool toys.

Awesome little guy! How big is he?

you know what they say..."he who dies with the most toys wins". actually, Renee and i don't really spend our "mad money" on anything else but the hobby ATM, and since we're both into it... :dance:

this fish is slightly less than 2", and is expected to double in size.

Frank,

thanx for the preview...what a tease you are! funny, i wrote almost exactly the same thing in a care article i'm working on. GMTA, i guess!

i was upset when Renee told me that the opus was "truncated"...PHOOEY!

[anbosu]

Really cool little guy, at some point you guys are going to run out of tanks!

[michael_cb_125]

"at some point you guys are going to run out of tanks!"

Run out of tanks?..... Ha, no such thing. ;)

[namxas]

Really cool little guy, at some point you guys are going to run out of tanks!

i think it's more like we'll run outta room to PUT the tanx...we have 12 up and running ATM...:crazy1:

[Mentat]

Congrats Greg! Glad you and Renee grabbed one of the Yellow-spotted Scorpionfish from DDs last week. Liked the little guys, but out of QT space right now. Wish you good luck with him and please keep us posted with your awesome photos.

[Juggler]

Kyoot!!!

[FMarini]

greg--
these are great little fish- you'll really enjoy their "personality".
However given your multitude of current tank setups, i dont see where he'll fit --w/o fitting into another scorps mouth. So he might be a species-only for quite a while

Great minds do think alike-- so where is said care sheet ending up?

In regard to my opus, well i was told by my editor- that space= money. so while I think describing husbandry for 50 different fish is important, it appears you can group husbandry and introductions and save space. The book read very well and it still conveys all the key points- its just that 50 +pages have vanished.
The bummer in all this is i lost 20 photos - of which i had hoped came from Ms Hixson-cole- PRO-fesional scorpionfish photo-grapher

[Mental1]

I saw that guy too but have no where to put him! He is great looking. What fun!

[namxas]

greg--
these are great little fish- you'll really enjoy their "personality".
However given your multitude of current tank setups, i dont see where he'll fit --w/o fitting into another scorps mouth. So he might be a species-only for quite a while.

yeah...we figured we'd have to keep it on its own for a bit, altho it might be a candidate to hang with the smaller of our two P. rubripinnis for a bit. maybe it will learn how good frozen is (if Renee hasn't gotten her way by then!). as you can imagine, one of the reasons we have so many setups is because some of them ARE species tanx.

so where is said care sheet ending up?

Renee and i have a little "pet project" that's slowly taking shape...i think you'll like it.

In regard to my opus, well i was told by my editor- that space= money. so while I think describing husbandry for 50 different fish is important, it appears you can group husbandry and introductions and save space. The book read very well and it still conveys all the key points- its just that 50 +pages have vanished.

while i "get" that, it seems that one of the things about the book is that it IS a special interest book, and there isn't a good "bible" out there ATM. the best thing out there now (that i know of) is the section in Scott Michael's Reef Fishes Vol. I. as for the pix, EVERYONE loves pix!

perhaps a vol II will be in order???...:D

[FMarini]

Greg--
the key will be how well a "special interest" book sells. I know your a rabid fan and a few other hobbyists are as well, but the publishers concerns are that these types of books are low volume sellers-becuase they are for small groups of hobbyists. Believe me- i get it.

Scott's book hits the right audience because it contains lots of other fish besides scorps for hobbyists to want to purchase, so its a more general audience

[namxas]

agreed...Mr. Michael's book is definitely a "must" IMHO, and it's well-used in our home. however, i DO see a bit more "scorp awareness" lately, which is always a good thing, so your book will be right on target for those folks.