Angler Fish Diet

cwschoon · 02/22/2018, 10:21 PM

Has anyone had success feeding Angler's anything but live food? I know someone who "knows someone" that says it will take frozen! I will not get one if the general consensus, is that they will only take live, as I am not going to feed a saltwater fish freshwater fish.
Thanks.

Sweeper13 · 02/23/2018, 08:33 AM

I initially had mine on ghost shrimp, then got him to eat lil pieces of raw shrimp you would buy from the grocery store. I had him for 2 yrs. GL

cwschoon · 02/24/2018, 09:15 AM

Thanks for the response. Two years seems to be short lived and I wonder if the diet had anything to do with that? No squid, etc., just ate shrimp?

Sweeper13 · 02/24/2018, 10:03 AM

I tossed him a few other things, he liked the shrimp more then anything and I put vitamins on also. There is a thread out here on Frog fish, very lengthy. Take a look and read that. I will try to link if I can. Some of them lived way shorter spans then mine, and a few have lived longer. GL

Sweeper13 · 02/24/2018, 10:04 AM

Here u go...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=613227

cwschoon · 02/24/2018, 10:13 AM

Thanks!

Louis Z · 02/25/2018, 03:46 AM

I had a large sargassum angler take frozen silversides . He basically went after everything . I also had smaller sargasso s that refused all frozen . Now I know to use Florida guppies for small anglers . Those are usually brackish and will survive in SW a long time . Some guppies are not SW tolerant and do a death spiral right away thus not being a good target for an ambush predator . You can also get sailfin mollies and SW killifish .both of those from the Florida bait companies . You can buy them in bulk and those are usually raised in brackish water too.

cwschoon · 02/25/2018, 09:50 AM

Thanks!

02/22/2018, 10:21 PM	#1
cwschoon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,318	Angler Fish Diet Has anyone had success feeding Angler's anything but live food? I know someone who "knows someone" that says it will take frozen! I will not get one if the general consensus, is that they will only take live, as I am not going to feed a saltwater fish freshwater fish. Thanks.

02/23/2018, 08:33 AM	#2
Sweeper13 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Northlake Posts: 189	I initially had mine on ghost shrimp, then got him to eat lil pieces of raw shrimp you would buy from the grocery store. I had him for 2 yrs. GL

02/24/2018, 09:15 AM	#3
cwschoon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,318	Thanks for the response. Two years seems to be short lived and I wonder if the diet had anything to do with that? No squid, etc., just ate shrimp?

02/24/2018, 10:03 AM	#4
Sweeper13 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Northlake Posts: 189	I tossed him a few other things, he liked the shrimp more then anything and I put vitamins on also. There is a thread out here on Frog fish, very lengthy. Take a look and read that. I will try to link if I can. Some of them lived way shorter spans then mine, and a few have lived longer. GL

02/24/2018, 10:04 AM	#5
Sweeper13 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Northlake Posts: 189	Here u go... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=613227

02/24/2018, 10:13 AM	#6
cwschoon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,318	Thanks!

02/25/2018, 03:46 AM	#7
Louis Z Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Montgomery Posts: 1,257	I had a large sargassum angler take frozen silversides . He basically went after everything . I also had smaller sargasso s that refused all frozen . Now I know to use Florida guppies for small anglers . Those are usually brackish and will survive in SW a long time . Some guppies are not SW tolerant and do a death spiral right away thus not being a good target for an ambush predator . You can also get sailfin mollies and SW killifish .both of those from the Florida bait companies . You can buy them in bulk and those are usually raised in brackish water too.

02/25/2018, 09:50 AM	#8
cwschoon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,318	Thanks!