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Here are some pictures of my newly acquired brackish stonefish.

http://home.messiah.edu/~dw1178/pictures/fish/stone1.jpg

http://home.messiah.edu/~dw1178/pictures/fish/stone2.jpg

http://home.messiah.edu/~dw1178/pictures/fish/stone3.jpg

Very cool! Tell us more about him, eh?

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Very nice pictures..how big is the stonefish?

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Definitely cool! Need more info

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Currently he's about 3 or so inches long. Very much a nocturnal fish, remaining completely motionless during the day, usually hiding in his cave. From what I've been able to determine, he is Halophryne trispinosus and grows to about ten inches. At the moment he'll only eat live food, but I'm working on training him to eat dead stuff. I'm keeping him at 1.010 SG for now. He doesn't really swim when he does move, more like crawling along the bottom, fun to watch, though you have to be up really late to see it.

On a slightly disturbing note, he is mildly venomous, or at least that's what I've been told. I have decided however, that it would probably be wise not to test it.

wow that fish is pretty cool. What does it eat? Goldfish? Fatheads?

What size tank are you keeping him in?

Really cool fish & pictures. Please keep us informed with any information you might discover. What do you feed him?.



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He's in a 29 gallon right now. Ghost Shrimp and rosies have been on the menu.

Eventually I hope to get him onto dead stuff since it's generally healthier then feeders.

Here are two more pics of him, he's adjusting quite well and eating rosies for now. I've found that if I wait about a half hour after turning the lights off, I can add the rosies without having the archers go after them. That way the stonefish gets them. (they are almost always gone by morning) Anyway, here are the pics!

http://home.messiah.edu/~dw1178/pictures/fish/stonefront.jpg

http://home.messiah.edu/~dw1178/pictures/fish/stoneside.jpg

wow he is really cool!
He looks an old man with a gotee
I wanna get one but my electric bills getting to high from all my tanks.
Maybe in the future I will consider one.

He looks like oscar the grouch.

lol, I never thought of that, but he does sort of resemble the grouch. Of course if you touched this grouch, it would not be good. Bad swelling and pain are the result of being stung by these guys.

He gave me quite a scare yesterday. I have one of those mangrove roots in my tank and it's hollow inside. He managed to go in the big hole underneath and then slide down into one of the "legs". I must have spent 15 minutes looking for him, in and around the tank. I finally pulled the root out and checked thoroughly inside it. That was when I saw him, just his head was visible...I was glad I didn't stick my hand in there!

EDIT:His scientific name is actually Batrachomoeus trispinosus, assuming I have identified him correctly.

Last edited by puffer_archer at 30-Jan-2005 14:32