First fish rescue

blueberryboomer

blueberryboomer

Active Member
Hi all, Anyone thats been on this board for awhile might remember me, and if you do you may recall I said I would never buy a fish from our lfs, they have only 2 sw tanks, and in my opinion they don't really no the first thing about the care of these wonderful critters. Well, I went into the store on Sat. to get some frozen foods, and I was brousing thier tanks, they have had a toadfish in a 20 gallon tank with cc and nowhere for the big guy to hide under for 6-8 months now, he has had pop eye several times and now has scar tissue around his one eye. Tom and I have talked about him everytime one of us has gone into the store, finally (now that I'm not fearful of him eating my new niger trigger) Tom called them and asked what kind of a deal they would give us on him, he explained we have much better living conditions for him then they do. They sold him to us for 20% off, so I can't complain. Anyway he seems very happy in our aggresive tank. He has alot of rock to hide under and a 6in sand bed to burrow in if he so chooses.
He is between 8-10 in and when he opens his mouth you could fit a tennisball in there.
Here's a photo of him I took loast night when the lightswe're out. I hope it shows up.

Later Lisa
 
krunk

krunk

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the pic didnt work.
i neer buy any fish from my lsf either....only 3 tanks. They dont dont squat about sw. Plus way way too overpriced, here's a list.
blue/yellow tang - 55$
LR per pound- 10$(including base rock)
blue damsel - 10$
fiddler crab - 9$
Pep shrimp - 12$
 
grouperhead

grouperhead

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He's very pretty Lisa! They had a nice peach one like that at my LFS for a while, and everytime I went in there I had to tell myself my tank was full. I'd love to have one down the road. They are super cool little fish. Bo
 
blueberryboomer

blueberryboomer

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Thanks everyone, I'm working on downsizing photos, does anyone know of a good program I can buy to put on my laptop.
Thanks Lisa
 
conogre

conogre

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Good luck with your toadfish, or rather with your toadfish's tankmates.
We had two that were recently turned loose when one killed my 7" crocadilefish (the bite was a dead givaway...look at the "fangs" on the upper center of the jaw)
On the plus side, they look like Oscar from Sesame St. and are probably THE easiest of the SW fish to breed......the males guard the nest until the eggs become 1/16" miniatures and venture out on their own.
IMO, toadies are every bit as carnivorous as similarly sized lionfish.
 
blueberryboomer

blueberryboomer

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Thanks mercedes, I think so too, he does have a messed up eye though, he had popeye so many times at the lfs, it has scared him...Lisa
 
clownfish1452

clownfish1452

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I just got one of them too. Mine loves to be feed silversides. I do not think he was ever fed in the fish store. But he hide in the rocks and seems very happy.
Sarah :)
 
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