Angler Nano Reef?

[smoney]

Does anyone have an angler nano reef? I just bought a 24g nano for cheap and I was thinking of doing an angler nano cube.

 

[Jordan55]

I had one of the smaller speices in my old 12 gallon nano cube.

I only had him for a few months. Death was unkown but I think I wasn't feeding him properly. If he is only eating live, get him on a wide variety of live fish, such as freshwater guppies, ghost shrimp, small mollies, and small damsels if he is big enough.

Try to get him into frozen though. Much better for him.

Anglers are very neat. He would look nice in a colorful reef.

Good luck!

 

[smoney]

Yeah, I got some anglers to eat freeze dried krill off a feeder stick so thats good.

Is their any fish that you could keep with them, like two anglers together, is they are the same size?

I was looking at a compatibility chart and it said that a boxfish is compatible with an angler? true?

 

[Jordan55]

Well an angler will eat... or should I say *try* to eat anything that is its own size or smaller. With that said, you should get no fish that is smaller than it. And with a 24 gallon system, there arn't really many fish that would work.

You could get 2 anglers. Just make sure they are the same speices, do not get very big, same size when you get them, and they grow at the same rate.

I am not sure about a boxfish, but I think those can get pretty big.

The only fish that I can think of would be a dwarf lion. A 24 gallon would probably be suitable for them. Just make sure he is bigger than the angler when you get him, and the angler will not exceed his growth.

 

[smoney]

I may just get two anglers, what if they are the same size, but not the same species? is that bad?

 

[ECEKatko]

I wouldn't get the dwarf lion. Depending on the species of lion and angler, the angler is one of the few natural predators of the smaller lions. If the angler ever does try to eat it, they could both end up dying. Boxfish can get pretty big, and if they don't, they'd be a quick meal.

Often species get different sizes. The biggest thing is to keep them so they're always the same size, and watch what species you get. Thus, they need to start out the same, have the same growth rate, and same max size. You don't want a Commerson's, for instance.

 

[Jordan55]

The only thing about a different speices that isn't good is the growth rate. You may find them growing fine for a few months and then all of a sudden, one could take off in growth.

 

[smoney]

Yeah, I think I am going to get two of the same size that are the same species.

 

[smoney]

I just put a bunch of zoos and a small frogspawn in the nano, now Im ready for my anglers.

Could I get a small White Collar Angler (Antennarius sp.) and one of equal size Black Angler (Antennarius commersoni)? or just two white and two black?

 

[ECEKatko]

Commersonis get huge, probably around a foot.

Mixing Antennarius species can be tricky, they vary a lot in size. I'd look to get two of the same species if possible, but sometimes it's tricky to tell them apart. A. maculatus and pictus aren't too hard to find, I'd stay away from the a. commersoni though.

 

[smoney]

I was planning to keep them small for awhile and then take them out once they outgrow the tank, but is size the only factor about keeping a black and a white together?

why are any two anglers tricky to keep together?

 

[TriniReefer]

Box Fish

Box Fish

I almost ate a few pounds of fresh Box Fish in Grand Cayman.lol.We had went reef fishing and we were catching them like crazy and they are big or i should say they get pretty big.Realy nice fish too.I wouldnt put them in a nano tank at all.BTW we found out you cant eat box fish if they are caught with a fishing line (thats when they become poisonus) anybody want to hear more about that just pm me always in the mood to chat.:rollface:

 

[ECEKatko]

The only tricky part is making sure they are always about the same size. Sometimes different species will have the same max size but different growth rates, or vice versa. I know there are people around here that breed frogfish, so the same species can be easily kept together - as long as they're the same size. With some anglers, they'll eat anything the same size as themselves or smaller, at least with other types of fish. Then again, as long as they're well fed, you shouldn't have a problem.

Another thing to keep in mind - a couple types of angler can change color some, similar to a chameleon, depending on the colors in your tank. You can also find many different colors of the same species of angler, but sometimes you have to look pretty hard.

 

[ClamIAm]

A white frogfish could easily be a commerson's. The lure and location collected from are the best ways to identify the types of anglers you're looking at.

 

[vthondaboi]

You really shouldn't keep anything with a frogfish unless you are willing to lose it and the frogfish.

Frogfish will die trying to eat things twice the size of it's mouth.