Frog Fish Questions

**bocrayfish** · 06-15-2010, 07:48 PM

A few questions about frog fish.

how is their compatibility with other frog fish
Are guppies a appropriate feeder fish
is a 6 month old 55 gallon tank with no coral, a wet dry trickle filter and a large protein skimmer an appropriate tank to keep either a comerson frog fish or a painted frog fish

**kaimarkhirst** · 06-15-2010, 09:47 PM

hi,

Cohabitance with other frogfish is dodgy at best. In your tank, a 55g, no chance......

55g is fine, youll need a heavy skimmer due to/the waste amd the filter needs to be big.. Lots of live rock is essential...

Guppies/mollies are fine, acclimatised river shrimp is alot better and safer....

What i will say is owning frogfish is not easy. Water quality, feeding quality vetted foods and health is important and easy to get wrong so be careful

Hope this helps..

**rageybug** · 06-24-2010, 04:05 AM

It can't thrive if it only eats guppies. You will want to try some frozen foods too. Guppies are not a natural food source for a frogfish and they do not provide all the required nutrition the frogfish will need.

**kaimarkhirst** · 06-25-2010, 01:25 PM

ragey is right. Sorry should have been more specific about this.. Idiot :-)

Need to switch to frozen foods asap really. See my advice to tanks4thememories on my frogfish under topic fowlr predatorial tank.

I think its called that!!!

Kai

**bocrayfish** · 07-10-2010, 05:44 PM

1.Thank you for the advice I looked around and a local pet shop said it would have a shipment of Histrio histrio frog fish coming in [Sargassum frog fish i think] they told me that it is the easiest species of frog fish to take care of and feed. Is this accurate?

2.They also carry leaf scorpion fish from what I understand you can keep multiple individuals in the same tank without issue, is that accurate?

3.I also heard that leaf scorpion fish are a pain in the @!! to feed would they take guppies for a while while i figure out something better?

4.I have a huge supply of saltwater crabs could I use them for food for either fish?
5. would any of the eat a pair of barber pole shrimp? [I thinks so but the guy at the pet store told me no....]