Red Rooster Pygmy Waspfish (Hypodytes rubripinnis)

what other fish can I add with him in a 20 gallon tank? i think im going to have soft or lps corals in the tank. i would like some fish that will swim around.

 

i dont think you can add any, and 20 might be a little small. you could possibly try a clown with a host coral, but your risking it IMO

 

I was thinking of adding a fish like this to a 75 but I dont know if it will play well with others in a reef setting but I would like to know.

 

Remeber that they are related to lions & scorpions, so they are sitting type fish, meaning they arent active in the water column alot or biger swimmers, so the potential is there for them to sit on corals & irritate them. They can be housed normally in smaller tank cause like mentioned they sit fairly often so a large piece of water real estate isnt needed. Being like lions/scorps mean they think crabs & shrimps are very tasty. While they dont have the large mouth opening capacity of thier lion relatives, I wouldnt put it past them to try and fit something in thier mouth if they want to bad enough, but fish thier own size at least would be a smart move. Since you have already been looking at them you are aware they venomous, but im throwing that fact out for follow on readers.

 

they are one of the few scorps that can be done in a 20 though, but from what i've seen they can open their mouths pretty wide. i would make it a species only tank, and lots of snails as a CUC.

 

yep thanks i want to add corals so theres somthing to look at in the tank bc i know i wont see the waspfish much.