Things With Stings Reef

[i cant think]

Tank swap is complete (seemed to go well). This guy is loving the smaller grained sand in the new tank.
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I’m assuming this is one of the two pop eyes?

Your tank should be the definition of venomous reef

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Absolutely awesome!!

 

[Sean Clark]

Very cool. Can I assume there is a liability waiver that visitors sign at the door?

 

[Sodaman227]

people say you can’t have fish like these in a reef tank. They really don’t bother anything they can’t fit into their mouth

 

[DHill6]

Wow! The colors and those fish, I couldn’t have imagined all the stingers in your tank. Very cool!

 

[Dave-T]

I’ve posted a few pics of my fish collection here before but figured I should start a tank thread as I’m setting a new tank up.

This was my most recent tank:
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And here are the fish I’m moving across:

1x Ablabys taenianotus (Cockatoo Waspfish)
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4x Centrogenys vaigiensis (False Scorpionfish)
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1x Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fu Manchu Lionfish)
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2x Dendrochirus brachypterus (Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish)
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1x Dendrochirus zebra (Zebra Lionfish)
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2x Inimicus didactylus (Popeye ea Goblin)
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1x Paracentropogon longispinis (Long Spine Waspfish)
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4x Paracentropogon zonatus (Bandtail Waspfish)
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1x Parapterois heterura (Blue Fin Lionfish)
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4x Pteroidicthys amboinensis (Ambon Scorpionfish)
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1x Pterois antennata (Antennata Lionfish)
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1x Pterois radiata (Radiata Lionfish)
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1x Rhinopias eschmeyeri (Paddle Fin Scorpionfish)
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1x Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Yellow Spotted Scorpionfish
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1x Scorpaenodes littoralis (Cheekspot Scorpionfish)
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3x Scorpaenodes parvipinnis (Lowfin scorpionfish)
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1x Taenianotus triacanthus (Leaf Scorpionfish)
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Other fish:
1x Amphiprion ocellaris (Common Clownfish)
1x Calloplesiops altivelis (Comet Grouper)
1x Calloplesiops argus (Comet Grouper)
1x Chelmon rostratus (Copperband Butterflyfish)
1x Halichoeres marginatus (Dusky Wrasse)
1x Halichoeres melanurus (Melanurus Wrasse)
1x Paracanthurus hepatus (Regal Tang)
1x Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Six Line Wrasse)
1x Zebrasoma scopas (Scopas Tang)
(Not sure if the tangs and wrasse will make it to the new tank yet)

Amazing tank! What does it look like from the side?

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

This is by far my favourite scorp, I wish I could dedicate a whole tank to one. They’re beautiful but oh my god the faces!

They’re such a pain to convert to anything but live food. Sadly they might not ever make it to the main tank as they’re just not able to compete at feeding time

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

Amazing tank! What does it look like from the side?

That was the last tank but here’s a few shots over the years. I always preferred the top down view so took some digging to find these.

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

I’m assuming this is one of the two pop eyes?

Your tank should be the definition of venomous reef

It certainly is!

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

View attachment 2684273people say you can’t have fish like these in a reef tank. They really don’t bother anything they can’t fit into their mouth

Yep! I can’t ever imagine going back to “boring” reef fish now

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

Very cool. Can I assume there is a liability waiver that visitors sign at the door?

Ha there probably should be!

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

Centrogenys vaigiensis - such a unique little fish that took me a while to ID before I stumbled across this page: https://reefs.com/centrogenys-a-confusing-fish-that-makes-no-sense/

Jaws evolved for a chewing motion

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

I now have 6 cockatoo waspfish (Ablabys taenianotus). Such an underrated fish. Once settled they get so friendly.

 

[i cant think]

I seriously need to plan for a venomous tank in the future (Probably 5-10 years away though).

 

[Sean Clark]

What does it take to feed this tank? I presume that it is way more involved than tossing some flakes in...

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

What does it take to feed this tank? I presume that it is way more involved than tossing some flakes in...

Ha that’s definitely true.

I tend to feed about 100-200 live river shrimp each weekend and in the week I feed frozen twice.

Some of the fish will take it as it’s falling down the water column:

Things with stings reef feeding time - lionfish, scorpionfish, rhinopias, waspfish, skeletor eel

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Whilst others I tend to target feed on a feeding stick to make sure they get enough food.

Inimicus didactylus (popeye sea goblin) eats from feeding stick

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Leaf scorpionfish feeding

Taenianotus triacanthus feeding video

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Inimicus didactylus (Popeye sea goblin) feeding

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[i cant think]

Have the sea goblins changed colour in your tank or can they not change colouration?

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

Have the sea goblins changed colour in your tank or can they not change colouration?

The videos above are of an old one I had. Sadly it passed away

 

[AngiGiles]

Well I just acquired some sort of scorpion fish and there sure ain't much to read about! I may have some questions soon! Your fish are beautiful!

 

[Things_With_Stings_Reef]

Haven’t posted in a while so here are some pics