Temperate fish of the week!

droblack · Sep 12, 2012

Grunt sculpin is my fav thus far. All of them are cool. Coldwater tank is truly exotic to us here in South FL.

andr3w · Feb 22, 2013

Lumpsucker rocks.

kes · Aug 10, 2013

gosh, so exotic, so exquisite!!

Reef Fever · Aug 10, 2013

my all time favorite (i like fish that sting) Fortescue waspfish

cottoncandyMonster · Aug 19, 2013

That grunt sculpin look like a pokemon ..lol..guess ill be setting up a cold water tank next

Mike Savage · Aug 31, 2013

He is pretty cool!

Eienna · Aug 31, 2013

Never knew the true Anthias was a coldwater fish.

DaniSLOelle · Sep 3, 2013

C.M.A. Josh said:
New week means a new Coldwater fish!!!

GRUNT SCULPIN ( Rhamphocottus richardsonii)

Fishbase info
Rhamphocottus richardsonii, Grunt sculpin : aquarium

These are cool! I got to see a very pregnant female and lots of fry yesterday on a behind the scenes tour of the Long Beach Aquarium in CA. Do you own these?

AquaticEngineer · Sep 5, 2013

Had one for about a year, been on the lookout for one ever since.

clownfitch · Sep 25, 2013

No tank pictures. Does anyone here have a cold water set up? I'd love to see some pics of one.

skulls_and_sparrows · Dec 25, 2013

Great thread Josh...really shows what coldwater has to offer

darylb94 · Jan 9, 2014

The wrasses look awesome all the beaches up the west coast of Perth Western Australia are cold water I see quiet a lot of wrasses

NathanJayC · Jan 14, 2014

One of my favourite temperate fissh is sandagers wrasse that lives in new zealand
(male in the front creamy coloured female at the back, i was swimming with one a couple of days ago

and blue eye triplefins are also a favourite but unfortunately that are like mandarins to keep

heres one of my old ones ( i dont keep them anymore )

AquaticEngineer · Jan 15, 2014

NathanJayC said:

I WOULD KILL PEOPLE to be able to import Triple Fins from New Zealand.

You should petition the government to allow regulated and sustainable ornamental collection and export.

They dont seem to care how many billions of fish people catch, kill, and export for food but heaven forbid you send one alive to go in an aquarium, lol.