Angler/Frogfish

I am going to try frozen mysids and baby brine shrimp. Don't worry, there's nothin they can eat at this size. They are about as long and wide as a fingernail.

 

FWIW, I'm all for wild collection as long as it's done within the laws of your region, in a sustainable / nonpolluting manner (i.e. nets vs cyanide), and to fish that are not in any way threatened or near impossible to keep (unless you have the means to rear them and/or aim to breed them or something)

I don't know what the end result of 60 anglers will be in a captive reef, but probably no worse than they'd fare in the wild. The only drawback I see is that you'll be depriving some larger fish a tasty snack.

If you're interested in captive breeding of them then starting with a single brood isn't ideal, but if you just want to raise a bunch and pawn them off on LFS's and such then it sounds like a plan.

Also, PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.



-Doug

 

I only have 6 of them, not 60. Some other people took the 60 anglers. They look like this-
https://www.petsolutions.com/Default.aspx?ItemID=105900L

 

And In case anyone was wondering about it being legal... It is...
FWC Saltwater Fishing Regulations - Recreational Harvest of Marine Species

 

ok gotteeguy, since there SO SMALL you need copepods, and fast. there still in the copepod eating faze, and will be for a little bit, setup a smaller tank for copepods and but some plastic in there (will create diatoms which copepods eat) and you should have a good farm in a few days. feed them 2-3 times daily until they can accept larger foods ex. baby brine shrimp.

good luck and i can help you as much as needed.

 

also plankton would be good to have on hand. theyll eat that also.

 

Good, because I have phytoplankton and I also have a plankton net. I could scoop out some plankton from the spot I found them in. I ordered some pods for my mandarin from the LFS. They are frozen though. But I do have brine and mysids.

 

sweet! if you can, get as good of pictures as you can so we can id them.

 

I'm gone for a few days...

 

ok thats fine.