FROGFISH

[DJC776]

I have reserved a Warty FrogFish that I am going to keep on its own in a 30 Gal full of live rock which will be the main form of filtration. Does anyone have any experience with these awesome predators. I intend to keep exactly the same as my stonefish

[Pufferpunk]

Sounds like a nice tank for one. Hard to get on dead foods.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/Pufferpunk/50gOddballTank/Grumpy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/Pufferpunk/Other%20Fish/FrogfishFace.jpg
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[DJC776]

is that your bad boy?

[Pufferpunk]

Yup, that's "Grumpy".

[DJC776]

what is he eating? do you keep him on his own or with bigger fish? What size aquarium is he in?
Cheers

[Pufferpunk]

He's in a 40g w/a snowflake eel, 2 yellow-tailed damsels & a tasseled filefish.

I bought the damsels for him to eat but he hasn't. All I've ever seen him eat are guppies. I hate that.

[spotfin]

How big are the frogfish and the eel?

[Pufferpunk]

3" & 8".

[Fishes33]

LUCKY!!! That frog fish sooooo cute!! I want one :D

how much did that frogfish cost you? :)

[spotfin]

3" & 8".


Nice frogfish! I've got a 2 1/2" scarlet frogfish in a 15 gal now. Was wondering how your eel and frogfish get along.

[Pufferpunk]

Pretty much ignore each other. Eel hides most of the time. 15g is too small for an eel though. Also be sure to research the adult size of your froggie.

[spotfin]

Pretty much ignore each other. Eel hides most of the time. 15g is too small for an eel though. Also be sure to research the adult size of your froggie.

Interesting that they ignore each other.

[DJC776]

Have picked up my frogfish. One awesome fella just looks like a 6" creamy white sponge. photos to follow

[K A M I K A Z E]

Believe it or not, I saw a frogfish here at a local pet store being sold in a freshwater tank. It even has a pleco inside the tank.
Its being sold for 250 pesos each (less than 5 U.S. Dollars)
Anyway, I think frogfish can withstand the brackish setting only for a limited amount of time but not permanently. Its still a marine fish.

[DJC776]

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff4/DJC776/Uglyfish001.jpg


He is about 7 inches and has settled in well. The only other animals I have in with him is a large Bristle Star and some small hermit vrabs to help clean up afetr him

[JDMARIN]

What is the best place on-line to find a red or orange frogfish? Our LFS only has pink and yellow.

[Rass]

I have kept 3 different species of Frogfish in the past and I found that they are extremely easy to get on non-live foods. I think that most people who say otherwise are probably just throwing the food in and letting it sink or are trying to feed with their hands which the fish will shy away from. Just get a package of wooden skewers (for BBQ-ing shishkebobs and such) and use them to stick feed thawed silversides or krill. This keeps your hand out of sight and you can move the food around in a life-like fashion without displacing a large amount of water. All my frogs (and Mantis shrimp) have fed voraciously with this method with no "training" required. Good luck and 30gallons is big enough unless you have one of the larger two species. A good book to read is Reff Fishes Vol. 1 by Scott W. Micheal. It has a large section on frogfish with many photos.

[Rass]

I could be mistaken but I believe there is only one species of frogfish that can live in brackish known as the Estuarine Frogfish. Can't remember the scientific name though.

[matt08]

i have one in my 30g and put a fuzzy dwark in with it, fuzzy dwarf was in it`s mouth by day 3, this is a bad boy.

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

My buddy just set up a tank and picked one of these guys up, Hes chillin in my reef tank till the tanks cycled. Check him out! Pretty cool fish imo. Hes eating ghost shrimp at the moment and is about 2"


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