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WTyson
02/24/2012, 09:25 PM
I would like to include a scorpion or small lion in my 34 gallon cube. Other tank mates Include a golden dwarf moray, fairly flasher wrasse, and a firefish.

gobymasters
02/24/2012, 09:34 PM
Leaf but would be careful with flasher and firefish

WTyson
02/24/2012, 10:16 PM
Both the flasher and the firefish are. Fairly good size, and I would start off with a smaller specimen. Some thoughts

D. barberi
D. Zebra
D. Biocellatus
T. triacanthus
A. taenionotus
P. longispinus

Anyone know of any other small or smaller varieties ?

gobymasters
02/24/2012, 10:19 PM
Both the flasher and the firefish are. Fairly good size, and I would start off with a smaller specimen. Some thoughts

D. barberi
D. Zebra
D. Biocellatus
T. triacanthus
A. taenionotus
P. longispinus

Anyone know of any other small or smaller varieties ?

(Taenianotus triacanthus) i had for a while it was a red and very active

silentcivilian
02/24/2012, 11:42 PM
Check out my thread for a p. Longispinus... fantastic addition

DoubleM 10
02/25/2012, 08:49 AM
i have a cockatoo wasp. awsome addition. not the most colorful. very active. waddles everywhere other than that great fish.

MonsterTankMan
02/25/2012, 09:02 AM
Leaf fish...that's what I did in my 34 gallon.

oflaherty21
02/25/2012, 04:48 PM
id say leaf as well

WTyson
02/25/2012, 05:15 PM
My only main hesitation about a leaf as I have found them to be the hardest to wean from live. So I would preferably like to choose a species that will except live more readily, this isn't a huge deal, but weekly trips to get ghost shrimp can add up

CuttleKid
02/25/2012, 07:09 PM
If you are willing to drop the cash, a rhinopias would make a good addition for a dedicated system if you aquascape it right

WTyson
02/25/2012, 07:13 PM
I think it would get too big, and the way my scape is currently, I don't know if it would work out http://img.tapatalk.com/8b34b693-86e7-d74b.jpg

I removed the Rock on bottom left

namxas
02/27/2012, 12:37 PM
If you are willing to drop the cash, a rhinopias would make a good addition for a dedicated system if you aquascape it right

A Rhino will eat the heck out of wrasse (depending on its size) and the firefish. Also, a 34 gal is too tight for a Rhino, IMHO/IME...esp. with as little open substrate as the OP's setup has.

I'd suspect that a leaf scorp would possibly suffer from food competition and as mentioned, they're not the easiest to wean.

Waspfish would be a great addition...the cockatoo is my fave by far, altho a red-fin would be a bit more showy, and is also a great fish IME.

You could go with a small-species scorp such as Scorpaenodes litoralis, S. carribaeus, etc.

A dwarf lion would be OK...D. biocellatus might be the best fit.

HTH

WTyson
02/28/2012, 11:22 AM
I'll take a look at those, know of any good online retailers for scorps/biocellulatus I have been looking at my normal ones and coming up empty btw tank Dimensions are 20.5x18x22