Need Help regarding scorpionfish

[Archer82]

Hi All,

I recently acquired a "goby" from a fellow aquarist who didn't know the exact id of the fish.

Wanting to do an id today, I left the fish in a betta box in my main tank and this morning found it had jumped over the box into the water...

Cursing my luck I discovered a msg by the same bro saying that the fish is a rogue scorpionfish...he had found the id that night..

now wondering what to do as I have kepy lionfishes bfore but not this particular fish..

Any bros here with experience can state what they eat ? That guy's been fasting since morning..

I've been trying to catch him but to no avail as he is small enough to disappear between the rocks

Cheers

[gothia]

do you have a pic of that "goby" if not very hard to tell leh...some many diff kinds of goby...

moreover, you can only keep scorpion fish in a specie tank only.

better fish out your goby asap!!!

[Reefbum]

Be very careful when keeping scorpionfish.The dorsal fin is extremely poisonous.Use very thick gloves.

[Archer82]

Hi bros,

Here's a sad ending

I managed to catch the fish using a small green net and placed it in my sump together with the damsel I was gona give for adoption.

When I returned in the evening the damsel was fine but the scorpionfish died...

I have no idea why.

Feel kinda sad as I hate LS dying in my care..

Archer

[gothia]

aiyo..why like that..

RIP to your scorpion

[Reefbum]

My condolences.

[mUAr_cHEe]

proberly becuz u expose yr scorpion fish to air... i believe.....

they can't be exposed to air... same as frogfish....

thats to my knowledge... maybe some old bird might wanna correct me??

[shiraz]

i think they can be exposed to air... i saw an LFS owner carry a frogfish, left it on the table for awhile and then placed it in another tank... maybe 1min out of water?