anglerfish

[fishy332003]

hi,
is their a good information that i can find about caring this fish, and requirment that they need.
thanks

 

[micoral]

They eat everything that moves. Doesn't matter if it is bigger than they are, or if it is posionous/venomous. I had a 4" frogfish eat a 5.5" foxface....you would have thought I would have learned after that, but the same frogfish later ate a 6.5-7" lionfish. I kept looking around on the floor and under all the rocks trying to find that lionfish. I kept thinking.... no way is that possible!

On a care note please keep in mind they cannot come out of the water at all, if they swallow air they will die. They should be kept in a dedicated system, if kept with corals you should know that they will pearch on them and might irritate them. You shouldn't even keep them with fish that are drastically too big to eat them because the other fish might pick on their lure... or you might find out that they were not as big as you thought...:mad2:

 

[micoral]

Ohh and if you have trouble getting a frogfish to eat at first you can gently grab them on their dorsal fin and they open their mouth.... pop in a thawed silverside or anchove of good size and hope they keep it in. (Don't try that with any venomous fish that look similar) DO NOT use sharp feeding sticks as they will grab the food so fast they could impale themself. Very unlikely it will happen at first as they probibally will not want to eat for quite some time, but once they get the hang of it they will be on the food like a pregnant lady on icecream...BAM!. (My wife is expecting, so I can say that... )

 

[fishy332003]

thanks for all the info.