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Great picture of the frogfish! Have you ever had a chance to see it put out its angler "fishing lure"?

No, I haven't seen the lure yet

Here is another picture showing the side view of the Frogfish
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_1523.jpg

Every time I see it I still get amazed at the unbelievable camouflage of that fish!

Those things are scary as hell I think. Can you keep'em with a reef and small fishes?

Brett,

No, the Frogfish isn't safe with small fish and invertebrates. They can swallow anything up to about ¾ their size and will try to swallow fish even larger. I have it in a tank with clams, large urchins, brittle stars and turbo snails all of which are too large to eat.

The only thing at risk in the tank is a Green Chromis. The chromis stays at the water surface and is a very active fish so is hard for the frogfish, who can’t swim but instead walks on the bottom, to catch. Any fish that goes near the bottom wouldn’t last very long.

I originally had the Frogfish alone but couldn’t get him to eat. Once I added the chromis the frogfish started taking frozen foods. It appears I need to have the motion of a live fish in the tank to stimulate the frogfish to eat. When the frogfish starts paying attention to the chromis I know it is time to feed it.

You can keep a frogfish in a tank with other fish larger than them and no shrimp, etc that they can eat. You also need to be careful of fish picking at them mistaking them for a piece of algae.

Riverfront had two of these when i was there last. one yellow and one blackish they looked awsome to bad i dont have a second tank.

New hiding spot for frogfish

More great frog pictures! Did you replace a fan or decide you needed the additional cooling?

When I first got the 250 W the temperature jumped from 77 to 82 degrees. I placed a fan in front of the tank and the temperature dropped back down to 78. I had a fan on the desk until I found this small clip on to replace it.