Leatherjacket fish in aquarium

[Fish-Finatic]

Hi Peps went fishing the other day and caught myself an LJ, it was still alive when i got home so i put it in my 4 foot tank in the garage and has been thriving ever since its been about 7 weeks now.
Was all natural stuff sand from beach water etc.
heres some pics.

 

[grmanrocks]

very cool native marine ]v[onster ive always had a soft spot for filefish

 

[mamapuff]

wow. thats an awesome fish. salt water?

 

[Fish-Finatic]

Yep is a saltwater six spined Leatherjacket.

 

[Hoyo12]

Very cool. Wish I could start a Saltwater Native Tank.

 

[Eric A]

G'day Fish-Finatic.

 

[Fish-Finatic]

Hey Eric

 

[Fish-Finatic]

hi eric

 

[Vinnielp]

hi eric

Niiiice. I'm originally from Denver so I never even considered that a native marine tank was possible. Congrats and great job.

 

[6 bar]

G-day mate. That is an amazing catch! It makes me wish I was in the land of Aus and I could catch Jardini, barramundi, rainbows and so forth.