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Freshwater stonefish

I had one that lived in strait freshwater for well over a year, I would say they are not super sensative. They just need live food, mine loved guppies, so I had some that were breeding for me and them I had lots of food for him. I finally sold him as I was tired of dealing with the live food for him all the time, he mostly just stayed in a cave till night time then got.super active, so not a fish you get to enjoy allot.

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I understand they are not a super active fish, but that's why I'm interested in them, I find odd and uncommon fish very interesting. I found out my lfs has them living in 1.09 salinity so it's very low brackish

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in australia we have a fish called a 'bullrout'. search it. it lives in full fresh and it is a stonefish. I see them for sale here all the time. The only problem is they are difficult to net as their spines get caught and as you could imagine they are not easy to handle without getting spiked
 
If your lfs already has them in brackish, it would probably not be a good idea to try to acclimate them back to freshwater. "White spots" refers to fungal infections, I believe. ID is generally difficult. Earlier posts have mentioned allenbatrachus grunniens, but there is another species, batrachomoeus trispinosus, which looks very similar. Of course, both species would have better chances in brackish-marine. I believe it was fugupuff that had a list of guidelines for keeping brackish/estuarine fish in fw long term, which included pristine water quality (understocked tank), and hard alkaline water if I'm not mistaken.
 
Allenbatrachus grunniens, which i have and currently keep with a dragon goby, are almost entirely brown where as batrachomoeus trispinosus tend to have tinted white stripes as well. These fish in their natural habitat are thought to thrive in and out of fresh and bracking conditions but little study has been done. People have successfully kept them years in fresh water and when I purchased mine it was a full adult and in FW its entire life though now I keep him in 1.008. He's been in great spirits for months now and even grunts quite loudly at the dragon go by when it come into its territory. Also y its known as a grunting toad fish. Remarkable species, I enjoy mine very much so.



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Its also worth noting that in the case of the misconception of the "freshwater" stonefish this absolutly a brackish water fish. The fact that this is a hardy and versatile species has worked against it but does not mean it is happy or healthy in freshwater its entire life. It needs to be kept in water w a salitity of 1.005-1.015 while a mature adult.
 
badassmc said:
in australia we have a fish called a 'bullrout'. search it. it lives in full fresh and it is a stonefish. I see them for sale here all the time. The only problem is they are difficult to net as their spines get caught and as you could imagine they are not easy to handle without getting spiked
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In the States we have something simular... The mottled sculpin. Came across one while collecting from the creek one day was able to keep it for a couple months before it died from an ich outbreak. very cool fish and definitely not worth overlooking!

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I was just going to suggest sculpin they are awesome!..they don't move to much but they are super interactive when they do mine begs for pellets all the time by running up and down the glass at me..and never stops trying to climb on my hand during tank cleanings.

this is my prickly..I have had her for over 3 years started at under an inch and she is over 7 now.
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mine has this strange symbiotic living arrangement with a cray living in her tank..witch is not all the surprising seeing that in the wild i find them together all the time.
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her thread.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?359692-Prickly-sculpin!
 
Wow that's a cool species. I had never seen it before so thanks. Here's a few pics of my Allenbatrachus. I luv how weird they look its worth setting up a brackish for them in my open. I actually wanted to keep his tank in the bathroom to scary the **** out of people loluploadfromtaptalk1363525667029.jpg

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