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badfish! 03-26-2012 03:55 PM

I just buy freshwater, and acclimatize them slowly, although if he eats them right away, then less acclimatization would be needed. I have 2 adult mollies and 4 babies in my sump (saltwater) that I got as freshwater.

fishoholic 03-26-2012 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus (Post 697958)
Those gobies are cute beyond description! Haha.

Sorry to hear about the frogfish. Such a cool fish. Hope he pulls through. ... Have you thought about mollies for food? There's this store in Calgary, dunno maybe you've heard of it already, that sells SW acclimated mollies for this purpose.

Ya I'm a sucker for super cute gobies, I love having a little tank full of them :mrgreen:

What store would that be :lol: j/k I had thought about bringing some mollies home but wasn't sure if he would still be alive when I got back home so I didn't bring any back with me. Good news is he's still alive. Surprisingly the little chromis that's in there with him (#3, been in there about a week now) is still alive too.

Sean at AI told me about Metronidazole by seachem and mentioned that it might help, but I don't know to much about it so I haven't tried it yet.
http://www.seachem.com/Products/prod...onidazole.html

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Originally Posted by badfish! (Post 697968)
I just buy freshwater, and acclimatize them slowly, although if he eats them right away, then less acclimatization would be needed. I have 2 adult mollies and 4 babies in my sump (saltwater) that I got as freshwater.

I've thought about this but didn't want to set up a separate tank just to breed saltwater mollies when I'm not sure how much longer my froggy will live for.

fishoholic 03-26-2012 11:00 PM

S.O.B.!!!!!!!!!! :bad-word::bad-word::bad-word: Went to Calgary this weekend and I just got back today and I walked by my 34g and saw a shrivelled dried up thing on the floor......upon closer inspection I realized it was my yasha goby :censored::censored::censored::hurt::cry:

R.I.P. :rip: Picture I took just before I left on Friday
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...g/DSC_0168.jpg

fishytime 03-26-2012 11:14 PM

your Yasha goby???.....thats sucks baby:sad:

fishoholic 03-26-2012 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 698099)
your Yasha goby???.....thats sucks baby:sad:

Ok so maybe it was supposed to have been your yasha :redface: I guess technically I got it as part of your christmas present :wink: Either way it definitely sucks!

fishoholic 05-11-2012 04:49 AM

Doug brought some coral up so I thought I'd post pic's however I was lazy and the glass isn't as clean as it should be

purdy scoly
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...g/DSC_0249.jpg

my sexy who lives in my neon green birdsnest
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...g/DSC_0252.jpg

FTS
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...g/DSC_0253.jpg

Oilers 05-11-2012 05:11 AM

Laurie,
That really sux!!! It was such a beautiful fish. :sad:

badfish! 05-11-2012 01:55 PM

Hows your froggy doing? Big Al's ha a warty one that I want, but I havent got a tank for him, and I'm pretty sure he'll eat some of my wrasses.

fishoholic 05-11-2012 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Oilers (Post 715666)
Laurie,
That really !!! It was such a beautiful fish. :sad:

Ya that totally sucked. I do plan on getting another one though, just have to wait a bit.

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Originally Posted by badfish! (Post 715716)
Hows your froggy doing? Big Al's ha a warty one that I want, but I havent got a tank for him, and I'm pretty sure he'll eat some of my wrasses.

Unfortunately he died about a month ago. I posted it in another thread but forgot to mention it here.

After my experience and from hearing about others not having much success with frogfish I doubt I will ever try one again. Any frogfish would definitely eat wrasses. I saw film of a frogfish eating a lionfish in the wild, it was pretty crazy to watch, they are a species that need a tank to themselves.

badfish! 05-11-2012 04:03 PM

I'm sorry to hear that. I've heard that they'll eat anything that'll fit in their mouths. The only tank I have that I could put him in where he'd be the smallest occupant, he would probably get eaten (I'm "fish sitting" a stonefish, and I've no doubts he would eat the frog at the first opportunity).


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