Pacific spiny lumpsucker

fishoholic · #1 06-11-2013, 02:39 PM

Saw these awesome little guys while at the Seattle aquarium. They are a cold water marine fish but unfortunately I can't find much info on them. I know someone on here used to keep a cold water tank so I thought I'd ask if anyone knew anything about them or if anyone has had any experience with them?

ALang · #2 06-11-2013, 04:24 PM

Gosh these are SSoooo cute! Laurie, you find the nicest fish!

fishoholic · #3 06-11-2013, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ALang

Gosh these are SSoooo cute! Laurie, you find the nicest fish!

I really think they're super cute, it was cool seeing them at the aquarium. The only info I can find is that they need cold water (so a chiller would be needed, which I admit I had no idea that chillers were so expensive! $300+), they can be trained on frozen foods, like to hide in sea grass, are usually solitary in the wild, and have short (didn't say how short) life spans. Also (from reading on the Internet) it seems like they would be near impossible to get

ALang · #4 06-11-2013, 04:54 PM

They are almost worth it to set up a cold tank! All except for the part about their short lifespan and impossibility to get!

ALang · #5 06-11-2013, 04:56 PM

Would also be great to house with seahorses, same seagrass aquascaping, of course except for the warm/cold water compatibility!!!

fishoholic · #6 06-11-2013, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ALang

They are almost worth it to set up a cold tank! All except for the part about their short lifespan and impossibility to get!

Ya that's an issue

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Originally Posted by ALang

Would also be great to house with seahorses, same seagrass aquascaping, of course except for the warm/cold water compatibility!!!

It would be.

Here's a link to a video
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=muq3M...%3Dmuq3MQwjK-k