The Frogfish Files

[geckoejon]

thanks for sharing everyone.... i will admit that i have read through all 37 pages of this thread. lol that is a lot of info to absorb though.

i have done a bunch of research and am going to start on construction of my first frogfish tank probably this week. i am kind of leaning towards the warty, painted, or hairy frogfish. i am open to other suggestions for frogfish on the smaller end of the scale though.

i am debating between using an empty 29 cube with a 30g sump

or

getting perhaps a 40 breeder with a 30g sump. if i went with the breeder, i was thinking about possibly putting a divider and making it into 2 frogfish habitats.

thoughts between either the 29g cube or the 40 breeder for a frogfish newby?

mind sharing the setups you all are successfully keeping your frogfish in? pics even? size, sumps, skimmers, powerheads, ect..

thanks!

[kniesh]

Just found this thread after looking for good information for over a week without any luck, excellent thread and very very useful. I currently run a 55 Gallon with a few Mushrooms, Zoas, and Acans. I have just bought my first Frogfish, could someone please positively I.D him for me please?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

I plan on putting a Dwarf Fuzzy Lion in this tank with him and possibly a Fu Man Chu lion and a Snowflake Eel. Obviously this depends on the exact type I have here and whether it is at all possible. They will be shifted into at least

[jarrod13]

Looks like either a painted or a warty. Can you get a good pic of the lure?

[kniesh]

I will try to get a pic later, it seems to be on the back of his head though, not out in front

[Kamao]

Any info on the Antennarius sp? How is it compared to the Maculatus. Does it get bigger?

[kniesh]

Sorry for the delay, it is partially out here, not been able to get a better one of him properly 'fishing' yet sorry. Hope this helps the I.D. He has also eaten about 5 River Shrimp today so seems to be doing well, wasted no time in hunting them down

[uberfugu]

Looks like A. maculatus to me... and a real sweet one (visually, not gustatorily)

[kniesh]

Thanks, he is my first Frog but seems very active once he knew the Shrimp were in there. Just got to feed him up now and then try my hand at getting him onto frozen foods too

[geckoejon]

Here is a warty I picked up yesterday for my frogfish / nem duplex poor quality pic, but gives you a general idea....

http://s266.photobucket.com/user/gec...069_n.jpg.html
http://s266.photobucket.com/user/gec..._1456.jpg.html

Not sure why the pics aren't showing up instead of the links. I will try again from my home computer.

[geckoejon]

let's try this again....

[james30ct]

Originally Posted by geckoejon

let's try this again....

That thing is sweet.

[uberfugu]

Nice fish!

Here are two young A. maculatus. Both are about 2 inches (5 cm).

[geckoejon]

Originally Posted by uberfugu

Nice fish!

Here are two young A. maculatus. Both are about 2 inches (5 cm).

very niiiiiiice! i love that facial expressions.

mine has actually seems kind of friendly, and comes to the front of the cage often when i'm there. i'm really enjoying mine so far.

[Kamao]

Found this at the LFS today. Nice color. Shop owner said its an Antennarius Multiocellatus. Any info on these. Do they get big? It was around 5cm.

[Kamao]

Here is another pic of it.

[james30ct]

Originally Posted by Kamao

Found this at the LFS today. Nice color. Shop owner said its an Antennarius Multiocellatus. Any info on these. Do they get big? It was around 5cm.

This says around 13cm at best.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...71778758,d.aWw

[uberfugu]

Antennarius multiocellatus are the Western Atlantic version of A. pictus. Their size and habits are very similar. I think they generally do well in moderate sized aquariums. They've been hardy and relatively long-lived for me.

[uberfugu]

Here is a little guy that Rachel Arnold says is an undescribed species closely related to Antennatus rosaceus.

[uberfugu]

And here are some Antennatus tuberosus. The little jungle gym is made from 35mm film canisters (remember those?) super-glued into a pyramid.

[geckoejon]

uberfugu, nice tuberosus! i really like the little jungle gym as well. lol i won't try putting more than 1 frogfish together again though....

i have had my warty frogfish for months, and saw a fun manchu lionfish at the lfs. they were right at the same size, and the owner of the lfs assured me they would be fine together.... i fed the warty a handful of shrimp, tossed in 3 chromis, and then added the lionfish. 3 days later, i came home to the warty with a huge belly, and the lionfish gone!!! the warty's belly was so fat that it could only touch one fin at a time to the sand! it was like a weeble wobble.... i thought i was going to lose him....

a week later, he is doing alright. i am seriously glad that i didn't lose the warty, but i'm bummed about the fu manchu....

moral of the story, be very... very.... very... careful if you are thinking about putting anything in with a frogfish. mine was well fed and still ate a poisonous lionfish... it was my fault for adding it. i'm just glad it survived... i won't add anything else again...

[uberfugu]

Really sucks for the lionfish Jon. Frogfish are gluttons.

[uberfugu]

More Antennatus sp.

[uberfugu]

and another Antennatus tuberosus:

[geckoejon]

it's a sad day.... my frogfish died today....

i'm pretty sure it was sudden angler death syndrome. it ate a couple chromis saturday. yesterday it was breathing very hard all day, and today he was gone...

i think i am going to try to have him mounted. he was an awesome fish and will be missed a lot.....

[Sweeper13]

I've been following the topic thru every split and turn. I just picked up a Pictus and have had him for a week, setup is 12g eclipse tank. The sand and live rock are from established tank. When I first got him he hid in the live rock for 2 days. Now he's on top/ side of the Marineland heater just hanging out. Staying away from the bottom of the heater element. He hasn't been on the rock since. The live rock is about 6lx5wx4h inches, it does have bristol worms in the rock. Could the worms be bothering him ,that's why he's staying off the rock? Thanks for the help.

Also sorry for everyone's loss on there Frogfish. Sad to see them go.