Sargassum Fish

[d9sccr]

I was wondering if anyone had any idea what to feed a sargassum angler. I would assume shrimp, the problem is that he is just under an inch long. I'm not sure what he would eat. I believe Artemia to be too small, but the mysis I have are about 1.5x his size. I still may try one later though. Any direction would be great.

 

[TheSaltwaterGuy]

Keep trying live foods, eventually he'll get the idea and realize its food.

 

[d9sccr]

yeah..the problem is that live food are a little hard to get..i think that is what i'll have to resort to though

 

[TheSaltwaterGuy]

I had the same problem with a small dwarf lionfish. It ended up dying because it never ate Hope the same doesn't happen to you.

 

[d9sccr]

yeah..i hope so too..

 

[smitch]

Post up some pictures.

Im kind of in the same boat as you. I just bought a yellow angler and havent got him to feed yet. At the pet store they said he was eating glass shrimp and brine. I let you know how it goes.

 

[smitch]

Just got back from the local pet store and picked up some roseys and glass shrimp.

Thats all it took to get my angler eating. I fed my lions krill and silversides first to try and get them full first. It took the frog a couple of seconds before he pounced on the rosey swimming right in front of his face. The second rosey didnt take half as long.
I didint see him eat any glass shrimp. I hope to have him eating frozen soon. First things first and that to get him to eat, period.

good luck and I hope yours eats as easy as mine did.

Heres a picture of mine from another thread, hope you dont mind.

 

[d9sccr]

nice frog

 

[Animal Mother]

Looks like Antennarius Hispidus. Great picture.

I had to feed my angler live mollies for the first few days. I froze one, and then offered it on the end of a stick. She ate it, and has eaten frozen foods since. I've had her 11 months.

 

[d9sccr]

I've got him eating amphipods and he seems pretty content with them. I will continue live foods until he is a little older.

 

[cubano2480]

Sargassum Fish bring bad memories to me I had one that eat half off my fish