Do Frogfish Shed

[Doodleface]

I was curious if frog fish shed their skin,, more specifically, the painted and wart skin frog fish. I have a painted that is shedding skin but I can find nothing about this behavior any where and I wanted to know if it is normal.

thanks for your time

 

[Monkeyfish]

Are you sure it's his skin? That is NOT good. I know scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae) shed a layer of mucus off their skin to get rid of algae and parasites. Not sure about frogfish. If its just body slime it may be a similar behavior. If the fish's actual skin is coming off he's either very ill or was wounded somehow.

 

[Doodleface]

I am not sure, I know my Leaf fish sheds his skin as a whole
but this frogfish seems to be shedding somthing off of him all over him and I don't know how he could ever be wounded he is th only fish in the tank and always has been.

 

[Animal Mother]

Mine did that right before he died. Let us know how yours does.

 

[Doodleface]

He Died last night
My curiosity is wht was he doing and why did he die, because I want another frog fish but I want to learn from my mistakes so I don't kill this. I successfully kept this one fr 2 months. Where did I mess up.
My question is does anybody no the common cause of death with that particular symptom, Thanks.

 

[Animal Mother]

Frogfish tend to die for seemingly unknown reasons. The longest I kept one was 10 months and it was missing an eye and had a large lump in its mouth. Every other one I've gotten appeared much healthier and yet died within a couple of months.

 

[LisaD]

Sorry about your loss. Frogfish should not shed their skins like Hawaiian leaf fish do. Possibly bacterial infection with skin sloughing? Or algae on the skin coming off?

I've had my painted frogfish several years, I think it's been three. I raised if from a 1.5 inch baby. I had his mate (they spawned) about three years as well, but lost her last year. I have had several frogs die suddenly for no apparent reason.

IME, the following help with frogfish longevity:

very good water quality
moderate to low flow
appropriate or no tankmates
a high quality, varied diet (getting them to eat frozen is important)
temperatures not above 80 degrees F
avoid changes in the tank - keep things stable