+1 on the clean break, no way that is a bite, it would be more ragged looking both the skin and the muscle within. My guess he caught it and broke it off in a rock somewhere. That is one clean looking break.

+1 Too clean of a cut.

Definitely looks like a clean cut from pinchers.

Anyone good with prosthetics?

Ken

I also had thought that if the lionfish was going to attack that he would of spiked him or something not bite. Thankfully the frog doesn't seem to be bothered by it. He's acting normal.

I never thought about him being able to "break it off" I just really freaked out when I got home and found him that way. The only thing at the time I could think of was that my lion must have done it, mostly because I couldn't think of how else it could of happened. However that didn't make a lot of sense to me as the lion has never shown any aggression towards the frog. Not sure if they are able to shed parts or not, I just hope he will be ok.

Thanks again everyone for the imput, I never thought it could be a break, so it's good to know that's most likely what happened and that it probably wasn't the lionfish.

That is reasuring, thanks Christy.

Trust me no pinchers were involved :lol: The thought of a prosthetic is knida funny though, thankfully he is able to still swim around.

Call him stumpy from now on.

Ken

Unless frogfish are special, I don't think his tail will grow back much if at all. My experience with chomped tails is that if its below the caudal peduncle (the area where the fin joins to the meaty part containing the backbone) it won't grow back like it was before. It may just be a stump. My understanding is that frogfish don't really use their tail much anyways so I don't think this will be a problem.

However I could also be talking out of my arse on this so just to cover mine in case his tail grows back fully, I'll mention that in case I look like a doofus later on :razz:

I think if the bone is gone (where all the tail bones/cartilage grow from), then parts after that will not grow back. In this case I don't know if much would grow back there at all. But like Christy I might be talking out my behind too.

Definitely looks like a dropped tail for some reason. That looks very similar to the end of a lizard's tail right after a drop.

I think you're both right I doubt his tail will grow back.

Also it really does look like how a lizard's tail looks when they drop it. Don't know why he'd drop it though (or if that's possible) but I'll check when I get home and see if I can find the tail in the tank.

I have heard of frog legs but frogfish tail anyone?

Reminds me of my younger days......... Get off work and spend half the night searching for a piece of tail. :mrgreen: