Muliple Frog fish?
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it's chuck
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I have not personally kept a frogfish, but I am not aware of anything that would keep you from keeping two together. I'll be keeping an eye on the thread maybe I'll learn something new
runn3rb3an
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I think that if you got thm the same size and kept them well fed you shouldnt have problems.
aw2x3
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The chances of getting a mated pair is not likely. For one, you can't tell male from female.
And, Cranberry is right, to some extent...anything bigger than themselves is "not likely" to be eaten, but you'd be surprised.
Anglers don't have good common sense when it comes to "hey, that fish looks alot bigger than me, I better not eat it!"
Anglers will commonly eat fish, much bigger than they can handle. If things go right, the Angler will expunge then fish. If things don't go right (which happens more often than not), the Angler will die.
And, Cranberry is right, to some extent...anything bigger than themselves is "not likely" to be eaten, but you'd be surprised.
Anglers don't have good common sense when it comes to "hey, that fish looks alot bigger than me, I better not eat it!"
Anglers will commonly eat fish, much bigger than they can handle. If things go right, the Angler will expunge then fish. If things don't go right (which happens more often than not), the Angler will die.
caz2022
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Well I picked up a "green" angler at a lfs today. Im being a little risky and not QTing him. Three reasons for this: 1-QT is being used right now. 2-He's the Only fish going in the tank. 3-the store is very reputable, I've never had a problem with anything I've ever gotten from there.
I do have a question-I aslo picked up a strawberry hermit while I was there. My thoght where that it's plenty big enough to not be thought of as food-do I need to worry that it may look at my angler as food? The angler is about almost 4"s and the crab is about the same (alot bigger if you include the shell).
I do have a question-I aslo picked up a strawberry hermit while I was there. My thoght where that it's plenty big enough to not be thought of as food-do I need to worry that it may look at my angler as food? The angler is about almost 4"s and the crab is about the same (alot bigger if you include the shell).
caz2022
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I'll post some pics in few days-once the new guys a little more comfortable. He's just hiding behind a rock. The strawberry hermit went right to work digging through the sand happily munching away. The hermit has three anemones growing on his shell. They dont look like aptasia or mojano. Hopefully someone can identify them for me (once I post pics that is
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rdub62
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my angler eats damsels...he/she is still very young but no bigger than a large damsel and he swallows them whole...just to give you an idea.
hopefully as he grows i can get him to eating krill and away from the 5-7$ fish lol...good luck!
ps...mine acts like an astronaut...like he just floats in the water with out using any fins...and actually jumps up fast and comes down slow.
just amazing fish to watch!
hopefully as he grows i can get him to eating krill and away from the 5-7$ fish lol...good luck!
ps...mine acts like an astronaut...like he just floats in the water with out using any fins...and actually jumps up fast and comes down slow.
just amazing fish to watch!
