Wartskin angler tankmates?

hey guys i got another question...

so im setting up a 40 gallon reef ready tank with a 40 gallon long sump and lots of liverock and a protien skimmer for filtration as well as a large cuc. i plan on keeping a
dwarf fuzzy lion
large female maroon clown
ghoul stingfish

and finally i really want to keep an anglerfish that stays about 4 inches or less. possibly a wartskin. what is a small angler that can go in this tank?


Oh and on live aquaria i saw a sanguine or bloody frogfish/angler and it looked pretty awesome... would this work?

 

In my expirence anglers will eat anything that will fit in their mouth almost fish as big as them.
Years ago I keep a angler and added a clown as I watched the clown get closer the angler he started twitching his lure on his head and before I could do anything (gulp)

 

an angler will not only eat anything smaller or the same size as him, but will eat anything that they can get their mouth around, or try to. I personally would set up a seperate tank for your angler. An angler will literally eat it self to death

I have kept several and have never put another fish in wth it One story that sticks in my mind was an article i read in Coral many, many years ago. This guy got an angler (one of the bigger ones) and was doing something when it came in. He stuck it in the tank with a smaller nurse shark (that was 3x the fish size) and went to do something else. Several hours later he came back in and could not find his shark anywhere. He looked at his angler and saw a tail and part of body hanging out of its mouth. Well the shark of course was gone. About 3 days later the angler died. This guy was a marine biologist so he did a necropsy on the angler and found the shark stuck in his stomach.

 

an angler will not only eat anything smaller or the same size as him, but will eat anything that they can get their mouth around, or try to. I personally would set up a seperate tank for your angler. An angler will literally eat it self to death

I have kept several and have never put another fish in wth it One story that sticks in my mind was an article i read in Coral magazine many, many years ago. This guy got an angler (one of the bigger ones) and was doing something when it came in. He stuck it in the tank with a smaller nurse shark (that was 3x the fish size) and went to do something else. Several hours later he came back in and could not find his shark anywhere. He looked at his angler and saw a tail and part of body hanging out of its mouth. Well the shark of course was gone. About 3 days later the angler died. This guy was a marine biologist so he did a necropsy on the angler and found the shark stuck in his stomach.

 

Im setting up a sump so maybe that will work

 

That Antennatus sanguineus on DD is < 1" long and unless you have experience in feeding tiny preds, you'll likely lose it (not to mention tiny juvies are fairly delicate).

Your best bet to keep an angler, esp. if it's your first one, is to keep it in a species setup...it will work out the best for both you and your fish.