anglerfish

[nycbob]

anyone here keeping one? thinking of getting one for $40 at lfs, but not sure if it will eat frozen food. wants to see people's experience with them.

 

[hunt]

I used to have a black one, we would put a silverside on a stick, dangle it in front on the fish, it would wigle its lure, we'd move it closer and it was gone. So i would say they will eat frozen, but it might be one of those things that varies from fish to fish.

 

[nycbob]

i saw one at lfs. its about 1 inch big. i like the way it moves, and figure it would make an interesting conversation when people around.

 

[cranberry]

What tank setups do you have? Would he be in a species only or would you be putting him in with other fish? If yes to the other fish.... whats ya got in there?

 

[nycbob]

its a full blown reef. no small fish to speak of, except a mandarin.

 

[cranberry]

Mandarin = lunch.
What kind of angler is it?

 

[nycbob]

the angler is only 1 inch big. the lfs has it listed as bali red/brown angler. how fast do they grow? my mandarin is 2.5 inches long and and its fat (thats what she said).

 

[cranberry]

I'm talking about lunch in the future. A full grown angler of any variety can eat a mandarin.
I would never buy an angler for a community tank that I did not have ID'd. If it turned out to be a commerson, or one of several other large anglers, it wouldn't make a difference how big your fish were.... they'd ALL be lunch.
If you can, go back and get a good side view pic of it and a good pic of it's "lure". We can ID it for you.
That's the best advice I can give is to hold off until it's ID'd unless you plan on a species only tank for it.

 

[nycbob]

thanx. i will take a pic if i go back next week. nyc is having a storm currently, and it could be a mess this weekend.

 

[cranberry]

Ew, sorry to here that.
I hope we can ID it for you... you really don't want to wind up with an unplanned commerson.
What other fish do you have?

 

[nycbob]

in the reef, flame angel, anthias, tomato clown, 6 line, mandarin, hippo tang, black blenny, and 2 chromis.

 

[cranberry]

You'd be surprised what a medium sized angler could munch through out of your stocklist.

 

[tonysi]

i think the hippo and maybe the anthias would be the only tank mates left after the angler is done with the others.

 

[cranberry]

Depending on species though.... could be a pygmy (but I doubt it)

 

[tonysi]

Of course depending on species

but if that guy is a commerson....

 

[cranberry]

There was this amazing commerson at one of the local stores. Bright orange and bigger than my head. I would just sit and watch. Unfortunately their aisles were too narrow for me to back up and get a decent pic.... but OMG. AWESOME!

 

[tonysi]

The biggest guy i seen was a red one the size of a softball.They truly are amazing fish.

 

[ricericebaby]

i used to have one in my reef that was 6-7" long, awesome fish but seriously when he gets a few inches bigger he will run a train through ALL of your fish. They are awesome tho, i fed mine frozen on occasion, but mostly gold fish (then i found out that was terrible for the fish!!!) but he would run through some pretty big gold fish with no problem!!!!

 

[nycbob]

they r so awesome, especially the way they walk on the sand. i think i will pass for now. maybe i wll get one in the future if i set up a dedicated tank for it.

 

[cranberry]

Good decision Dood.... good decision.