New Scorp!

[AlexS95]

I've had this little guy for awhile now, but I haven't posted any pictures:


http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/DSC02508.jpg


I also have two more arriving in the morning, so I'll post those when they get settled. :D

[rayn]

Three new guys!? No fair. Cool looking guy there though.

[silentcivilian]

Looks familiar.. is that a longfin?

[AlexS95]

Seeing the one in your thread made me realize I hadn't posted mine (P. rubripinnis). DD called it a Red Rooster Pygmy Wasp, but on Greg/Renee's website it's called Red fin Wasp. Take your pick of names, I guess. :o

[nateqt]

red fin wasp and fortescue wasp are my two favorite fish I've owned, coolest personality out of the scorps I've kept

[jarrod13]

nice pick up alex!! I've never had a wasp, looking foward to it though!

lets see some more pix of this guy

[AlexS95]

Hes one of my favorites so far (but I think I say that about each new addition... :rolleyes:) The new ones are floating now.... :bigeyes:

[namxas]

I love redfins too...waspfish in general, I think they're some of the "sleeper" fish in the hobby in that they're really great fish, but you don't see them often.

Can't wait to see your new fish!

[AlexS95]

So here they are, you can kind of see the second one. I decided to try these little guys, even though I haven't found very much success on here with them. One of them looked really skinny, even though it said they were eating... We'll see how that works out.

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/DSC02512.jpg

I have the lights off now so that's the best picture your going to get for awhile. :wavehand:

[nanoreefer1000]

I love Pygmy waspfish and coral what ever you call it's

[namxas]

I love Pygmy waspfish and coral what ever you call it's

I've always wondered what a "pygmy waspfish", specifically. Waspfish are ALL small fish.

Alex,

You'll want to try the Caracanthus on small ghosties at first. IME, it's hard to get them to eat guppies unless you can get them to swim right down to the fish. You may need to try and net train them if you can't get food to them.

Once the fish are eating, you should try the ol' "dead ghostie on a stealth stick" trick...IME, it's tuff for the fish to resist them.

Beautiful fish!

[StephLionfish]

Three beauties! Hopefully you'll have good luck with the last two.

[AlexS95]

I'll bring home some small Ghost shrimp tonight and maybe try to net feed with some frozen mysis mixed in. Who knows? It could work. :spin2:

[AlexS95]

The Red Fin and one of the Crouchers are eating PE Mysis, the other ate a small ghost shrimp. :celeb3:
And on an unrelated note, I got my Leaf fish to eat some mysis as well. :bounce2::bounce1::bounce3:

[AlexS95]

I went a little camera happy. ;)

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/DSC02511.jpg

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[AlexS95]

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/DSC02514.jpg

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http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/DSC02521.jpg

[namxas]

Cute litlle girl you have there Alex!

[AlexS95]

I really like the last picture I posted, it actually came out decent.

And on an unrelated note, according to Blue Zoo, another 'common name' for the Caracanthus is the 'Fuzzy Nut Goby'... That made my day. :lol2:

[namxas]

You're trying to make me spit coffee onto my monitor, aren't you?

[AlexS95]

Well I almost did the same thing yesterday. :lolspin:

[jarrod13]

beautiful litlle gal!! I love her markings. Going to try to find a male?

[AlexS95]

I was actually going to ask last night if I should bother with trying to find one, but I figured I had spammed this thread enough for one day... Males have the larger dorsal spines, right?

[nanoreefer1000]

I've always wondered what a "pygmy waspfish", specifically. Waspfish are ALL small fish.

Alex,

You'll want to try the Caracanthus on small ghosties at first. IME, it's hard to get them to eat guppies unless you can get them to swim right down to the fish. You may need to try and net train them if you can't get food to them.

Once the fish are eating, you should try the ol' "dead ghostie on a stealth stick" trick...IME, it's tuff for the fish to resist them.

Beautiful fish!I'm talking about Hypodytes rubripinnis
> http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=289043 :hmm5:

[namxas]

Hypodytes in an invalid generic name for Paracentropogon, so the fish is actually P. rubripinnis (AKA the redfinned waspfish).

That being said, it's the sellers/collectors that are getting it wrong. I think the "pygmy" thing is a sales gimmick, kinda like "deepwater"...

FWIW, you'll also see Ablabys taenianotus (the cockatoo waspfish) being ID'd as Amblyapistus taenianotus, which is also an invalid binomial.

[psykokid]

Nice find! I love small scorps, really easy to keep in a mixed reef with careful selection of tankmaktes. I managed to luck out and find a small S. papuensis back in june.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FyeaHIo5isM/Te8icB6bdlI/AAAAAAAAGpE/nJCniTIz2Sw/s800/IMG_2868.JPG

He did great for a while, but then went off his feed a couple of months ago and withered away :( . I was really bummed about that one because he was a REALLY aggressive feeder. It was funny to watch him steal food from my Ablabys taenianotus as they had completely different "hunting" styles. The Cockatoo will creep up slowly on prey whereas the Papua would dart and grab.

[jarrod13]

Yes Alex the males have a longer dorsal spine

[btsd]

Wow great pictures and info. thanks for a great thread

[AlexS95]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FyeaHIo5isM/Te8icB6bdlI/AAAAAAAAGpE/nJCniTIz2Sw/s800/th_IMG_2868.JPG


Very cool! I've never seen one of those before. :eek1:

[nanoreefer1000]

Hypodytes in an invalid generic name for Paracentropogon, so the fish is actually P. rubripinnis (AKA the redfinned waspfish).

That being said, it's the sellers/collectors that are getting it wrong. I think the "pygmy" thing is a sales gimmick, kinda like "deepwater"...

FWIW, you'll also see Ablabys taenianotus (the cockatoo waspfish) being ID'd as Amblyapistus taenianotus, which is also an invalid binomial.Your too smart, wait I got it! Your a robot!:lolspin:

[StephLionfish]

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/DSC02521.jpg

This pic is awesome! She's beautiful.

[namxas]

Heyas Jake...LTNS!

That sux about the papuensis. It's weird when you get one of those "mystery deaths" like that.

Your too smart, wait I got it! Your a robot!

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE...

Nah...I just know a little bit about scorps is all.

[AlexS95]

I wasn't sure what to expect from a 'pair', but they are staying on the opposite sides of the tank and one will usually flare up at the other if it gets to close... But both are eating PE Mysis now. I have to use a turkey baster to get it within about an inch of them, then they chase after it. I'll try to get a video of them eating up soon.

[jarrod13]

You could possibly have two males

[seahorsedreams]

I was actually going to ask last night if I should bother with trying to find one, but I figured I had spammed this thread enough for one day... Males have the larger dorsal spines, right?

Male

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll73/hixphotobucket/Our%20Fish/waspfishpretty700-1.jpg

Female

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll73/hixphotobucket/Our%20Fish/waspsmall900.jpg

[AlexS95]

Two weeks and both of the Caracanthus are still doing good. Eating mysis like pigs (as long as they don't have to move to get it :hmm3:). I took some pictures of them today, but I got a new camera for X-mas and haven't connected it to my laptop yet... Will work on that after school manana. :celeb1:

[AlexS95]

Not quite on Renee's level of photography, but I tried... :o

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/Camera1-8237.jpg

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[StephLionfish]

Awesome pics! Got a feeding video of them? In second pic, those eyes are awesome.

[AlexS95]

I'm going to try a video tomorrow, but the tank is on my desk and it's hard to maneuver around it with a camera while feeding... I don't think it would turn out good, but I guess I'll find out. :)


Here's a few more pictures I couldn't fit into that post.
http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/Camera1-8143.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/Camera1-8263.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/Camera1-8135.jpg

[StephLionfish]

I just realized how incredibly similar yours is to Renee and Greg's. The fish in the last post ( dang I already forgot the name of it ).

[namxas]

Nice fish and pix! Your redfin is really coming along and looking good!

[jarrod13]

She's a beauty! Those crouchers always look like they need to shave lol

[AlexS95]

I used a tripod! :lolspin:

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[StephLionfish]

They're funny :lol:

[namxas]

Cool vid Alex!

If I may make a suggestion...rinse your mysis before you feed it out. All those little particles and chunk-ettes are just going to pound your water quality.

[AlexS95]

Normally I do, I just happened to forget the one time I get it on camera... :headwally:

[namxas]

Normally I do, I just happened to forget the one time I get it on camera... :headwally:

LOL...WHAT? You didn't think of EVERYTHING??? ;)

[AlexS95]

I thought I had it all covered. :lolspin:

[Tiffanyxoxo]

<3 <3 <3

[AlexS95]

Still have everybody, they're doing great.

I have added since those pictures were taken:
http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/redleaf012.jpg

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu122/iTeeeeeeeeeeeeen/redleaf021.jpg

[StephLionfish]

:inlove: :inlove: