Forgot to add that he has a white spot near his belly on the bottom of him. Is this something I should be concerned about? It's about the size of the diameter of a pencil eraser. It has been on him for a few months. If it's a fungus or parasite is it treatable since it is a scaleless fish?
FreshWater Stonefish/lionfish/toadfish info plzzzzz
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I have a grunting toadfish (Allenbatrachus grunniens) and have kept it in total fresh for the entire time since i purchased it in Nov 2005. Still going strong, growing steadily and had spawned once. The female toadfish sadly died shortly after the spawning. I feed mine 10-15 feeder goldfish every month or two. It will pick them off over a period of a couple of weeks and then not have any food for the next month or so. If yours is eating silversides everyday then that is fine IMO.
Any pics of the spot you are talking about?
Any pics of the spot you are talking about?
Hey thanks for the info Cichlas but now with your information I am more stumped lol.
After looking at the pictures of Allenbatrachus grunniens I either have that or a [SIZE=-1]Batrachomoeus trispinosus. They are both very similar. Mine is more camo looking.
The pictures of the grunting toadfish look exactly like mine with close to the same design colors. However then I go over to pet solutions site and the [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Batrachomoeus trispinosus looks like mine.
I've never heard them grunt although I have read they only grunt when spawning. Is this true?
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After looking at the pictures of Allenbatrachus grunniens I either have that or a [SIZE=-1]Batrachomoeus trispinosus. They are both very similar. Mine is more camo looking.
The pictures of the grunting toadfish look exactly like mine with close to the same design colors. However then I go over to pet solutions site and the [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Batrachomoeus trispinosus looks like mine.
I've never heard them grunt although I have read they only grunt when spawning. Is this true?
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Here are a few pics of mine. I think the trispinosus should be fairly easily distinguished by the "horn" like spines on the head (which I think is where the "three spined" toadfish name comes from). As you can see, mine doesn't have those.
and the some eggs when they spawned
I've never heard mine grunt. I was led to believe they grunt if taken out of water, but even when mine has been netted out a couple of times it still hasn't grunted.
Can't really see well enough in your pics what the lump might be
and the some eggs when they spawned
I've never heard mine grunt. I was led to believe they grunt if taken out of water, but even when mine has been netted out a couple of times it still hasn't grunted.
Can't really see well enough in your pics what the lump might be
Haha I didn't realized you had already replied. I just private messaged you.
Here are some pictures of mine, I think they look pretty much the same.
He didn't really eat anything for like 3 weeks when i first got him because I didn't have anything to feed him so he would stay hidden all the time. Now I feed him 1 silverside a day and he sits in front of the tank looking out at the glass at me. I'll go up to the tank and he will get all excited and go back and forth on the front of the glass.
My digital camera sucks, I use my gf's step fathers camera but he left it at his office today. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some decent pictures of the white spot on his belly.
Here are some pictures of mine, I think they look pretty much the same.
He didn't really eat anything for like 3 weeks when i first got him because I didn't have anything to feed him so he would stay hidden all the time. Now I feed him 1 silverside a day and he sits in front of the tank looking out at the glass at me. I'll go up to the tank and he will get all excited and go back and forth on the front of the glass.
My digital camera sucks, I use my gf's step fathers camera but he left it at his office today. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some decent pictures of the white spot on his belly.
Ok.. So what happened to this thread. I will throw my 2 cents in.
I kept one for 4 years in a 20 long freshwater with a whisper hob filter and airstone undergravel. I had lots of hiding places for guppies. The guppies bred. Very seldom I would run out and have to restock. Once every 6 months or so. He made the grunting... knocking sound. After 4 years he had grown to maybe 5.5 6 inches. I sold him to the pet store. Mine looked just like the pictures on this thread. I sure would like to know what happened to the eggs that I saw in this thread. maybe this bump will reanimate this subject.
I kept one for 4 years in a 20 long freshwater with a whisper hob filter and airstone undergravel. I had lots of hiding places for guppies. The guppies bred. Very seldom I would run out and have to restock. Once every 6 months or so. He made the grunting... knocking sound. After 4 years he had grown to maybe 5.5 6 inches. I sold him to the pet store. Mine looked just like the pictures on this thread. I sure would like to know what happened to the eggs that I saw in this thread. maybe this bump will reanimate this subject.
Here's a large one I photographed, living in his cave in the Caribbean.
We found him by following the croaking sound.
We found him by following the croaking sound.
Serial;1663690; said:
Has the white spot cleared up yet mate?
kingeawig;2039132; said:
Nothing came of the eggs mate. I had nothing the remove the eggs to at the time and was leaving on business for a week. They had to take their chances in the tank with the surviving male (the one I still have), when I got back, they were all gone
hey man i have a major feeling they have the wrong fish aswell my mans mate just got one the other day and its in a FRESHWATER tank with a magrove jack which was SALTWATER converted and a sooty and a convict (yes the convict is going happily in a tank with huge ass fish) but yeah all those pictures everyone posted and all those fish the said werent looking the same as this thing......
Cichlas;568707; said:
