Where can i get this fish
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The best way you are going to find one is to go to all your lfs and give them the scientific name and common names that you know. They will look at their suppliers list and if they show up will order them for you. My friend at the lfs remembered I had mentioned wanting a pair and ordered 3 when he saw them pop up, so I just took all 3. I had forgotten I even wanted them.
The 3 I have is the same as the pic you posted, if you looked through my thread, you'll see they all have unique coloring, and there is a difference in males and females. I have 1 male and 2 females, the one you posted is a male.
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Tiki_Reef
My daily driver is a nano.
WWC in Orlando found me a pair, they are like hens teeth and at the time I got them they were going for a premium. I honestly haven't seen them online for sale in a couple years and I was on all the notify me when in stock lists.
These guys are cool too
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Tiki_Reef
My daily driver is a nano.
Usually no because they are wholesalers they only sell to LFS and websites, trust me in the year I was looking for them I tried to contact some. As stated your best bet is to hit all your LFS and put your name on the list, because at the end of the day that is how I was able to get mine.
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Yeah, this is why I suggested seeing if your LFS could order them for you- a lot of wholesalers don’t/aren’t allowed to sell to individuals.
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WWC in Orlando found me a pair, they are like hens teeth and at the time I got them they were going for a premium. I honestly haven't seen them online for sale in a couple years and I was on all the notify me when in stock lists.
These guys are cool too
This guy right
Scorpionfish, which waspfish are a subspecies, are somewhat chameleon-like, their patterns and coloring will vary, and will change with mood and tank dynamics. If you read through my thread I give alot of detail about feeding, foods and methods. The fish pic you posted is a male Paracentropogon zonatus, common names include the pygmy red rooster waspfish and the red bandtail waspfish.
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Tiki_Reef
My daily driver is a nano.
Yeah he is honestly my favorite fish I have lol his personality is hilarious he looks grumpy all of the time.This guy right
Scorpionfish, which waspfish are a subspecies, are somewhat chameleon-like, their patterns and coloring will vary, and will change with mood and tank dynamics. If you read through my thread I give alot of detail about feeding, foods and methods. The fish pic you posted is a male Paracentropogon zonatus, common names include the pygmy red rooster waspfish and the red bandtail waspfish.
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
Just another girl who likes fish
I may be thinking about a different fish, but I don't believe these are a good idea for a newly started tank. I also think I recall them being difficult to feed, so might not be the best fish for a beginner.
But I might be mistaken which is why I'm replying to lion king
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I may be thinking about a different fish, but I don't believe these are a good idea for a newly started tank. I also think I recall them being difficult to feed, so might not be the best fish for a beginner.
But I might be mistaken which is why I'm replying to lion king
That's why I posted a link to my thread, I give alot of info on their care.
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Tired
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You might be thinking of another fish? I don't have much experience with these, just the one, but mine ate frozen foods right off the bat. Probably not the best idea to put any heavy eater in a newly established tank, but I don't think they're especially tricky. Though it's entirely possible I just got lucky.
Google results do show slightly different color trends based on which name you look up, but if you look at them again, they're pretty clearly the same fish. I believe they're sexually dimorphic in color? Along with changing somewhat depending on mood. There are multiple sources that use several names for the same fish, so this seems to be a case of multiple trade names being applied to the same thing. I'd imagine there's probably some amount of people labeling their redder fish as one name, and other people calling their less red fish the other name, without realizing that it's the same animal.
Google results do show slightly different color trends based on which name you look up, but if you look at them again, they're pretty clearly the same fish. I believe they're sexually dimorphic in color? Along with changing somewhat depending on mood. There are multiple sources that use several names for the same fish, so this seems to be a case of multiple trade names being applied to the same thing. I'd imagine there's probably some amount of people labeling their redder fish as one name, and other people calling their less red fish the other name, without realizing that it's the same animal.
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Unique combinations of white, reds, oranges, gold, pink, burgundy are present in both sexes; you don't sex them by color. The elongated spines at the front of the dorsal fin denotes a male, on the female they are stubby. There is a larger fish that;s similar, Paracentropogen longispinus, the longspine waspfish. I have seen some people confuse these 2, but this pic is the pygmy red rooster and that's the one most people want, That Pet Place has a pic of the pygmy red and calls it a longspine.
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Yeah, they said they sometimes get the one species and sometimes get the other - they don’t differentiate between the two when selling. Either way, OP, a much safer option to ensure you get the pygmy red is ordering through a wholesaler via your LFS using the scientific name as mentioned.
Edit: just checked again and realized I was looking at the cockatoo waspfish on their site when I made this comment *facepalm* - my bad. Yeah, they have the wrong name with the photo of the fish as lion king said.
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