Livestock pics

[Synanceia]

Here are pictures of some of my livestock divided into 5 messages - comments are welcome.

Top left, top right and botton left - anglers (respectively: 4cm red colour, 5.5cm reddish brown, 8cm black).

Bottom right - Pagasus volitans (longtail seamoth) 6.5cm

[Synanceia]

2nd of 5:

Top left - Pteroidichthys ambionensis (ambon scorpionfish) 4cm

Top right - Sebastapistes cyanostigma (yellowspotted scorpionfish) 3cm

Bottom left and Bottom right - Taenianotus triacanthus (leaf scorpionfish) 5.5cm and 6.5cm respectively

[Synanceia]

3rd of 5:

Top left and top right - pictures of the same fish: Inimicus didactylus 5cm

Bottom left - Dendrochirus biocellatus (fumanchu lionfish) 5cm

Bottom right - Dendrochirus brachypterus 6.5cm

[Synanceia]

4th of 5:

Top left - Scorpaenopsis gibbosa 4cm

Top right and Bottom left - Synanceia verrucosa (reef stonefish) 16cm and 11cm respectively

[Synanceia]

Last (5th) of 5:

Left - Dactyloptena orientalis 6.5cm

Right - Dactyloptena volitans 7.5cm

[jc85]

Impressive! Are they all in one tank?

[Synanceia]

No, they are divided into 4 tanks according to size, aggressiveness, compatibility (one fish will not fall prey to another) and food competitiveness.

Tank 1 - the 2 Dactyloptena, ambon scorpion, smaller of the 2 leaf scorpion, Inimicus, yellowspotted scorpion, fumanchu lion, S. gibbosa.

Tank 2 - 2 x D. brachyptera, the 2 smaller anglers, 1 lobster (pic not taken) and 2 x octopus in closed containers.

Tank 3 - 3 x S. verrucosa, black angler.

Tank 4 - 3 x seahorse, the bigger leaf scorpion, longtail seamoth, 1 small mono.

[Godzilla]

interesting collection u have there, bro..

[evanscence]

exotic stuffs.......

bro, how long hve u kept the fu man chu...it not a easy lion to keep....

[Synanceia]

This particular fumanchu was bought less than 2 months ago. I find fumanchus easier to keep than zebra (D. zebra) and radiata lions so far. They always survive better than the latter two. Once they adapt to the tank, they will do well.

[danano]

Fascinating creatures you have there!

Have you researched on their natural habitat?

[Synanceia]

Well, everytime I buy a new species, I will look for info on it. Fish Base is a good website. However, some of them will require constant trying/training to get them to eat.

[ervine]

OOooo... interesting specimens!! How did u manage to find them?

[Synanceia]

From different shops over a long period. L3* at Pasir Ris is my main LFS and the boss there knows what I'm looking for, so he keeps a lookout for me.

[acidjazz]

bro, i am impressed with ur collection of these fishes. Its not easy to handle them.

[Synanceia]

I take up to 2 hours to feed them all (ghost shrimps and mollies gut loaded with 'seafood' and frozen mysis). Having said that, with the exception of the gurnards, mono, seahorses and seamoth, the predatory fishes (stonefish, scorpionfish, anglers) only need to be fed once or twice a week.

[Synanceia]

Some more new pics:

Top left and Top right - orange anglers 6cm and 7cm respectively.

Bottom left - Un-identified goby 5cm

Bottom right - Un-identified lobster 10cm (without feelers).

[yiling]

impressive collection u have there

how long did u take to collect those ?

[Synanceia]

I acquired the current collection over a period of 3 months, after all my fish died, except the stonefishes, when I shifted house (largely due to stress and inadequate time to set up the tanks). I intensively searched almost all the LFS twice a week, from LCK to Pasir Ris.

[cornyfish]

wow.. i've never seen this species of lobster before.. nice.

[Synanceia]

Oh yes, the lobster which survived the house shifting, together with 3 starfish, 1 sea-cucumber-like creature and some snails. Somehow, the invertebrates seem to be able to cope with stress and a short period of poor water quality better than the fishes. I found this lobster at R*b**n and later saw a similar one at LCK's C*r**f**m, but the latter was more expensive. I don't know if the lobster is a territorial one, so I didn't buy the second one. Its favourite food is, believe it or not, freshwater ghost shrimp. I have tried giving it seafood (marine fish meat) but it will accept almost unwillingly - not like the frenzy state it will be in if offered ghost shrimp. Interesting fellow.

[Synanceia]

A new addition:

All pics of the same fish: Rhinopias aphanes 15cm.

[AquaRa]

can someone tell me what are fumanchus? they sound chinese to me.

[Synanceia]

Fumanchu is a species of lionfish belonging to the Family Scorpaenidae. Its scientific name is Dendrochirus biocellatus - probably named after the big eyespot near its tail. If you go back to the beginning of the thread, there is a photo of it in the 3rd of 5 messages bottom left.

[Rhinopias]

Synanciea, your identified-goby should be Prionobutis kilomatodon.

It's seem that we like similar kind of fish huh? Strange fishes