dive girl
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I'm hoping to add a frogfish tank to my collection. It's a 26g that will be a species only. I'm looking at a wartskin (A. maculatus) angler that about 2 inches in length.
I've bugged saxman with tons of questions and now I'm here to bug you all (I feel like a big pest...poor saxman! He's been so patient.). Also after searching there's a few specific questions that I have.
I've ordered some marine feeder shrimp (P. vulgaris) that I want to quarantine should I need them for feeding. I want to treat them for external parasites before they go into their holding tank. Can I use some formalin in a bath with inverts? If so, what's the dosage I should be using. I know that I add formalin to my seahorse fry tank but don't know the safe dosage for inverts.
Everything I've read so far (and saxman confirmed) is that you can overfeed and actually kill your frogfish so they should only be fed 1-2 times a week. Easy enough. How many shrimp should I put in it's tank during a feeding?
I'd like to train it to eat fresh or frozen. What should I start with? Fresh shrimp/fish pieces? Frozen PE mysis pieces?
The tank is already cycled (has been for months) with live sand and rock. There also some macro in it. It's got a protein skimmer and a HOB filter. Right now there's a powerhead (I think a Koralia 3 maybe?) but I'll probably remove that since frogfish don't need much flow. There's also a colony of clove polyps and some faux sps so that it can perch in those if it decides to. Lights are PC.
Thanks for any information!!
I've bugged saxman with tons of questions and now I'm here to bug you all (I feel like a big pest...poor saxman! He's been so patient.). Also after searching there's a few specific questions that I have.
I've ordered some marine feeder shrimp (P. vulgaris) that I want to quarantine should I need them for feeding. I want to treat them for external parasites before they go into their holding tank. Can I use some formalin in a bath with inverts? If so, what's the dosage I should be using. I know that I add formalin to my seahorse fry tank but don't know the safe dosage for inverts.
Everything I've read so far (and saxman confirmed) is that you can overfeed and actually kill your frogfish so they should only be fed 1-2 times a week. Easy enough. How many shrimp should I put in it's tank during a feeding?
I'd like to train it to eat fresh or frozen. What should I start with? Fresh shrimp/fish pieces? Frozen PE mysis pieces?
The tank is already cycled (has been for months) with live sand and rock. There also some macro in it. It's got a protein skimmer and a HOB filter. Right now there's a powerhead (I think a Koralia 3 maybe?) but I'll probably remove that since frogfish don't need much flow. There's also a colony of clove polyps and some faux sps so that it can perch in those if it decides to. Lights are PC.
Thanks for any information!!
