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02-20-2008, 09:34 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barberton, Ohio Age: 29
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 |  Frogfish Anyone?
Does anyone have experience with keeping frogfish? They look very cool, might get one to go with my upcoming lionfish purchase.
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02-20-2008, 10:20 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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Originally Posted by Dustin75  They look very cool.. . | Beauty is eye of beholder...
What else to you plan on keeping with it 
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02-20-2008, 10:22 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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That is a wild looking fish! I agree with Omard, with most of them beauty is in the eye of the beholder!!! But they are crazy looking, a conversation peice. Don't know anything about them though! _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | |
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02-21-2008, 04:51 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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oh i think these are wonderful! I love the way they move - they dont swim but more crawl!! they will eat anything that gets near their mouth tho _________ You will never know whats in my tank as i can only type 15 words  | 
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02-21-2008, 05:38 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Easiest one I ever tried and thats been awhile was the assorted frog fish (Photo posted looks to be one) I think it was called a yellowish about as long as it was tall at the dorsal and it was cool but a real food snob. I got it to eat shrimps .. But they will eat anything that looks twice at the lure (: only a few things you can keep in with them.. Good luck But I'd pass on it myself.. PITA to keep I think.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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02-21-2008, 06:23 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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I'd keep one if I could rely on someone to handle the daily feedings required were we to go away for a few days, like seahorses. | |
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02-21-2008, 09:54 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barberton, Ohio Age: 29
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Thanks for the comments, the one I saw was the striated frogfish looks like the pic. The lfs told me they had special ordered it and the guy did not want it when it came in, he told me if I wanted it I could have it for 25. Still deciding, I will probably go get it this weekend. | |
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02-21-2008, 10:15 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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03-21-2008, 05:26 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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Just an update I did get the frogfish, it took some time, but it is eating whole frozen silversides, about three a week. I will post pictures later, when I transfer it to the main tank from the qt. | |
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03-21-2008, 05:35 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: monterey...cali Age: 25
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well good for you... my LFS had two stone fish for some crazy reason. talk about ugly..
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