The Frogfish Files

Rachel,

I am of the opinion that they can live for some time without reliable meals. I saw one sit in a store in Renton (not Barrier Reef, and the store isn't there any more), for more than 6 months with an occasional meal at best. He looked really wasted at the end and wouldn't eat anything. I don't think they ever fed him until I came in on the monthly rounds and reminded them, and then he got a guppy or two if the other fish didn't beat him to it. They had him in a tank with fuzzy dwarf lions, a coccineus I think. This has been about a year ago now.

Also, I have seen my coccineus take out large amphipods, so your guy may be eating some of those. My indicus tried to take out my brittle star the other day, but lets an emerald crab live (so far, and he is well fed otherwise). I really do think these fish will eat anything. So do you have a shaggy to rehome now? ;) What species was this?
 
Well, I do know of an experiment where an unfed angler lasted 21 days, so 3 months is pushing it.

I actually have thought about the amphipod idea, and it may be possible.

This is a Histiophryne, very very very shy genus.

And no, I don't have a striated to re-home :( It climbed out of the tank, can you believe that? I've never heard of such a thing, but... there it was in the morning.
 
You know, I have heard of histrio exiting a tank in dramatic fashion, and also I have heard of people having them climb from one section of a divided tank to another. IIRC, someone in this thread had one climb on a ball of chaeto to get somewhere he shouldn't have been. It makes me wonder if I shouldn't slap a lid on these tanks I have, even though I can't imagine either species getting up enough gusto to actually make it over the edge of the tank. Neither my indicus nor my coccineus have a cover...
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14818983#post14818983 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rjarnold
And no, I don't have a striated to re-home :( It climbed out of the tank, can you believe that? I've never heard of such a thing, but... there it was in the morning.
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Oh I can well believe it. I'm the one in this thread that reported the climbing/jumping frogfish! I'd divided the tank in two partitions to house two frogfish. First the larger one climbed the chaeto ball and found his way into the other side - presumably to make a meal out of the smaller frogfish. I put him back on his side and removed the chaeto. Subsequently, the larger one jumped out and was found as a crispy critter on the top portion supporting the light unit. :( Besides the loss of that frogfish, which I really liked, I was bummed that I couldn't have witnessed either event - to understand how the fish managed to do it!
 
soon... will definitely be starting a new, species only tank for the frogfish. absolutely.. great pictures by the way!
 
Hi Cherie,

Do you happen to know where the first half of this thread was filed? When I clicked on the link on page one of this, it just tells me that the link doesn't work. I found it once before, but I have had no luck in a long time getting to the first half of this beast of a thread...

Thanks :)
 
This was the A. striatus
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He was so pretty.
 
A couple shots of my little buddy. He just started getting the yellow patches behind his eye since i've added 250watt MH. I don't know what it is, but hopefully just more color changing
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Another one just at the begenning of feeding time!
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Ohh... he's purty. :) I wouldn't worry too much about the color "changing," unless you notice a change in his behavior. My indicus does stuff like that, and at first I was worried about HLLE, but it seems to be normal. Mine takes on a ridged appearance in that area, and it can get darker or lighter in color, or he can smooth it totally out, depending on his mood, I guess. Yours may very well just be responding to the change in lighting. One other thing to watch out for might be cyano or diatoms. These fish are sedentary, and if you have any nuisance stuff blooming in the tank, it might settle on your fish. You can blow it off with a turkey baster or gently brush it off with your hand if that is the case.

If I had to guess on ID, it would be A. maculatus. If rjarnold comes back through here, she will probably be able to tell you for sure. Is he living in your 54? Does he have any tankmates? Sorry, I'm just curious. :)
 
Yes i have had a problem lately with diatoms, and this would never have occured to me! Thank you for the tip. I used to have all my stuff in a 20 high and when i moved into the new tank i never upsized my CUC, which is now biting me in the <font size="1" color="#0000FF">profanity removed</font>! The Angler was housed in the 20gal with a Black Saddleback Clown, Yellow Watchmen Goby, and Bi-Color Pseudo. When we went on vacation we came home to only the Angler and Pseudo left in the tank! His belly was very bulged out and you could see the curve of one of the fish pushing against him. The Pseudo is only about 3" and he's been housed with the Angler for over a year without becoming a snack (yet)! Also for now there is a False Lemonpeel 4", and Small Scopas Tang 5". I'm going to be adding a Christmas Wrasse 4.5" in a few weeks and maybe another fish once i upsize my skimmer. I know it will be heavily stocked, but i am looking into a Reef Octo 800s which will be way oversized for my small tank.

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You might keep an eye on your lemonpeel and your tang. They are both grazers that might easily mistake your frogfish as a rock, and he could get nipped. Of course, he could repay the favor by swallowing them whole... ;)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14848375#post14848375 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RedClay
Sorry if this has already been mentioned but I think this guy is so awesome!
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=60730
If only...
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Antennatus is a poor shipper, fyi - many die in shipment because bubbling occurs beneath the surface of the skin, so I would suggest a different species and not supporting the importation of that genus. He is cute, though :)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14851887#post14851887 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jmasterdiver
Notice they have him listed as Antennarius tuberosus, instead of the correct genus Antennatus.
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Oh weird, I didn't even notice that :P There's no such thing as Antennarius tuberosus!
 
Does anyone have a close up picture of the esca of a pictus and a maculatus? I'm thinking that should be a pretty easy way to tell the two apart...or is there a better way?
 
Very Nice Jabol!!!! I love when they're so small. What is that in the pic so i can get an idea of what to compare it too? Very nice white on that little guy. Can I ask, did you get him at ABC Reefs in Syracuse? I'm not sure where Elmhurst is, but i know ABC had a smaller clown angler for a little bit.
 
Thank you:)

I got him from Perry (oceaninthebox). This fish is very tiny; you can see a cap from toothpaste next to the fish.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14967459#post14967459 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefscape15
Very Nice Jabol!!!! I love when they're so small. What is that in the pic so i can get an idea of what to compare it too? Very nice white on that little guy. Can I ask, did you get him at ABC Reefs in Syracuse? I'm not sure where Elmhurst is, but i know ABC had a smaller clown angler for a little bit.
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