thanks for the info, really hope that this is a brackishwater species because ive checked it also on the web on this site....http://www.frogfish.ch/species-arten/Antennarius-biocellatus.htmlFrogfish are marine animals. Many SW fish travel into BW & even sometimes FW, looking for food but always go back to the ocean, where they belong. Many LFS will sell them in BW, so they can get more fish into people's homes who wouldn't normally set up a marine system. Selling ploy, I'm afraid...I've seen it with juvie dogface puffers, too.
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I don't know anything about this fish, but it very cool looking. If you look closely you will notice it has no gill flaps, the water is expelled out of a round port located under the armpit as seen in pic 5. I noticed this while looking at an angler fish at my LFS, I beleive this is so it can hide better without showing any movement to give away its position.
Yikes... I just read up on Rosy Reds and they also contain thiaminase. Thiaminase is an enzyme which breaks down thiamine (vitamin B1) in fish and can lead to some pretty nasty issues; poor growth, loss of appetite, convulsions, etc. I was feeding Rosy Reds to my Needle Nose Gars. The three Columbian Shark Catfish will eat them too, along with their varied frozen diet (bloodworms, squid, Mysis Shrimp). Puffer, you said to not feed these thiaminase-rich-fish to SW species... Does it apply to brackish and freshwater fish as well? I'm gonna play it safe and switch back to Guppies... This article was pretty informative:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_6/volume_6_1/thiaminase.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_6/volume_6_1/thiaminase.htm
Gosh, IDK how you'd be able to tell one from another... I think even if kept as a BW fish, it would be at the upper end, probably around 1.015-18. What SG do you have him in now? I still think it would be way easier to keep him healthier in SW with live rock & protein skimmer, than all the $alt required for weekly water changes in BW.
Not sure why you think everything needs to be in salt water. This is antennarious biocelltus one of the 2 that have been found in complete freshwater. In new guinea, phillipines and Taiwan sometimes. It has two distinct occeli. Coles range from brown to red and yellow.
Just because many of you have not seen one, heard of one, kept one, doesn't mean it doesn't exist
