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Sorry about the delays....the storm wasn't too bad personally but was apparently hell on the ISP's! As to stroking a lionfish, there's no problem as long as you learn this is one fish you don't want to rub the wrong way!**grin**

LOL! I might just take you up on that!**grin** I suspect that the sexing may be temerature dependent as with many reptiles, where eggs laid and/or babies developed at certain temps are one --- and a few degrees higher are the other. That's almost a ringer for mine. DO NOT use the gallon glass...

If you use the seafood variety it won't harm any of the others that eat it (believe it or not my 12" Vlamingi tang LOVES it, too!) and yes just place the appropriate amount on the bottom. Don't be surprised to see your sharks' attitude change somewhat, as they are scent oriented, much like the...

Try some moist catfood, as in the foil pouch, preferably "seafood banquet" or such...it comes in various sizes such as cuts, fillets, niblets, etc.....if you have a cat, let the cat lick off all of the "gravy" and then use the leftovers. If no cat, then place in a collander, strainer or similar...

Count your fingers....sometime's there's no pain til the shock wears off.

Thanks CG...be REALLY careful petting the scorps, and NO, I don't pet the stonefish!**grin**

Watchee fingers...puffers bitey!

Doesn't everyone hand feed their fish? The kicker is that eve my adult P. volitans lionfish like to be petted...they'll swim up, fold their dosal fins and roll on their sides to be stroked. The cleaning behavior of many fish and crustaceans is well known, but what's more and more surprising is...

Actually, I'm STILL having a problem getting it to eat dead foods with a ways to go before I can fully relax, but as it took it's first dead feeder from handheld forceps on day four, I know the battle is largely won and it's just a matter of time. If he's fed a live small feeder, he'll then...

Here's a photo of a Barbfish sitting next to a false-stonefish, S. diabola that closely resembles the flasher scorpions. the barbfish is the orange/reddish one. One of the things I love about the scorionfish is that many truly seem to enjoy the company of their own kind or relatives. The only...

royalshrimp, the Rhinopias is the other one, new photo below. Yours, while superficially similar to the other one in my photo (S. papuensis) has major differences in head length, head/body proprtion, jaw length and placement and dermal appendages (the skin flaps "whiskers" on mine. While I'm not...

Here's another photo, and both are the same fish. This one is a S. diabola or False Stonefish and as you can see was white when I got it. In just a month or so it kept setting next to a piece of LR that I allowed cyanobacteria to grow on and obviously liked the color purple. Keep this in mind...

Yep, he's right, and yes, it's sweet!**grin** They had it labled as a Striated Angler and made my whole year. Mine's doing great, but keep in mind that like many Lionfish and Scorpionfish they may require live feeders at first and for God's sake NEVER feed your SW fish goldfish!!! They produce a...

Feeding them chunk food, such as small pieces of shrimp helps. They have quite the appetite and tend to get more aggressive when they are hungry....then again, so do I! I keep them regularly....whenever you put your hand in the tank, they are in it ASAP, checking between fingers and such for...

I'm not sure what you mean by "created" havock", but if you're saying they can stand up to a pair of Clownfish, often pretty territorial in their own right, yep, that's the fish alright. They're also perfect for a "revenge" fish on that little damsel that many bought to cycle their tanks (I use...

Hey Wocka, that's a blenny, a variety known as a "Molly Miller" (don't know what they call the males!**grin**)NOT the peceful little algae eater, but a little tiger who'll guard a cave instead. Great for community tanks as a "one of" fish, rarely two in bigger tanks, but a little belligerant...

These are definitely breedable in a home aquarium if you decide to give it a try. Maturity (sexual) usually takes 2.5-3 years with a fall breeding period which is probably largely decided by photoperiods, so you have two workable options if you decide to try it. What's worked for me is to place...

My pleasure...are those yellow rays? If so, they're one of the smaller vaieties and you might just get them to breeed with good food and a cuople of years worth of TLC.

Nah, just hitchin a ride. We get used to seeing Plecos all the time and forget that with the sharksuckers and remoras the suction disc is on top of the head and has nothing to do with the mouth. In the photo you're looking at the sharksucker's belly and mouth along the front edge. The tang STILL...

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