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I love their behavior... They are kind of like intelligent corys.

They swim and "play" all day long like corys, but when they see their owner they come right up to the front of the tank and beg for food like intelligent fish do.

Edit: Here's some information I found about them from here.

"Neovespicula depressifrons is a small, grouper-like predator that can easily be mistaken for a bullrout at first glance. Like the bullrout, it is predatory, but given that it only grows to around 10 cm in length, can be easily raised on small invertebrates such as earthworms, Gammarus, and river shrimp. Small fish are also taken, but besides the ethics of feeding living fish to another fish, this approach is expensive and can introduce all sorts of parasites and diseases (especially when cheap "feeder" guppies are used).

In terms of maintenance it is not demanding. In the wild it inhabits a variety of waters from completely freshwater through to fully marine conditions, but in captivity it can be expected to do well in brackish water with a specific gravity from 1.010 upwards. Unlike the bullrout, it is a day-active fish, and usually swims about at the front of the tank looking for food. Anyone seeing a tankful of these fish will be instantly struck by their cute behaviour and surprisingly attractive colouration, which varies depending on the decorations in the tank. The body is a mottled brown, but there is a light stripe running from the nose along the ridge of the back. The pectoral fins are huge, and used like paddles. The dorsal fin is tallest at the front, and when raised makes the fish look like it has a "mohican" hair-do.

Neovespicula depressifrons is sold under a variety of names, including "butterfly goby", a name also used for the true goby Awaous flavus. It is not a goby at all, but a waspfish, a member of a small family of chiefly marine fish that are well known for being venomous. This fish is no exception, and can deliver a vert nasty sting through the spines in its dorsal and pectoral fins. Avoid handling this fish, and never touch it with your hands. While the sting is not known to be fatal, as with any venomous fish, if you are stung, you should seek medical attention at once. Children and people who react badly to animal stings (such as bee stings) probably should not keep this fish."



Last edited by Cory Addict at 18-Oct-2005 13:55

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

That's awesome!! Great deal, and those fish would look Cool. I have no expierence with them, so I can't be much of a help.



Good luck

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"it's the neck, it creaks under the weight of too much heavy thinking."

whenever i drive by a garage sale and i pop in to see if they ahave anything...they don't, ive never found one tank! i dont know what the deal is, i am in cincinnati though, what a blah town...oh well

Nick
"Impossumable- unable to play dead"

Wow! That is a great deal.

The best thing I found was a run down 10 gallon tank. Then a week later, I found out it was leaking. I had already stocked it.

Nice find...and man, is it hard to decide...cavefish or Leaf Goblins? I pick Leaf Goblins.:88)

The best find I've had is a 20 gallon tank with UG filter and hood for free that I passed on to another colleague, coz I already had 1 79 gallon, 1 56 gallon, 1 23 gallon, and 1 5ish something gallon tank in the house.

So it really wasnt my find