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[ong2ah]

Hi bro ( i think i should address as mentor) Lester,

Very fascinated by the very gd info and pictures of frogfishes, so post this topic to find out what is the price range of frogfish (from the very ordinary to rare types) should a newbie like me want to start frogfishes...

[Lester]

Hi bro ( i think i should address as mentor) Lester,

Very fascinated by the very gd info and pictures of frogfishes, so post this topic to find out what is the price range of frogfish (from the very ordinary to rare types) should a newbie like me want to start frogfishes...

hi bro ...

long time no see hmm dun call me mentor lei .. paisay and sound veri old
hehe.. u finally into it liao .. GREAT :!!!!

ok .. here goes :

normal anglerfish cost from $6 ~ $20 depending on type and colour say Antennarius striatus, Striated Frogfish and sometime it depends on LFS too ( chop the carrot heads )..

A commerson will cost round $35 for a good 1" and higgest i heard of will be $380 for a food ball size commerson.

A warty will cost from $70 ~ $250 (this depends on the colour, size and the straits on it bobies). For thoses rare and special frogfish/anglerfish like the Rodless or Cryptic Anglerfish (Histophryne cryptacantha) it depends... it may cost a few bucks ~ a few hundreds. due to fact that the LFS itself did not know about the price he/her self ...


IMO i would advise u to go for the normal one first get a few good months on hands experience first before targeting thoses more expensive one

hope to hear from you soon
cheers

[ong2ah]

Whoa, thats a very fast reply, shifu ( since mentor sounds old )... IMO, Frogfishes seem not easy to rear.. and is it really a must to feed them live food...??

Seen LFS putting a damsel or chromis into a tank of frogfish... quite cruel...
Though i think the froggy will appreciate the meal

[AvaNte]

sorry, cut in abit...

its damn cruel lah...but its a matter of getting used to it lah...when i first began my froggy adventure, my gf and parents all not used to seeing the poor damsel being eaten as food...my mum even say the damsels look scared..haha but after awhile, quoting henry, its just a cycle wat...it happens in nature too so ya...also the fact that the feeding time look supremely awesome will make it a tad less hard to accept...haha

btw bro lester and shawn post ya froggy tank setup leh...always only see ya froggies but never see ya setup b4

cheers...

[Lester]

Whoa, thats a very fast reply, shifu ( since mentor sounds old )... IMO, Frogfishes seem not easy to rear.. and is it really a must to feed them live food...??

Seen LFS putting a damsel or chromis into a tank of frogfish... quite cruel...
Though i think the froggy will appreciate the meal

hehe... shifu sound even older !!!! hehe hmm juz call me lester can liao hehe

no worries... jus make sure the tank rearing the froggies are cycled and mature.with a good skimmer running.. before u add ur froggies in .. hmm rem to stock slowly with porper alclimatation ... shall not be a problem... before i forget .. rem not to lift the frogfish out of the water !!

have a few cave for them to hide and ambush for prey
take note of the NO3 and copper level as high level of it are quite fatal to them..
a normal FL will do for lighting if no corals are in dun need reali bright lights...
for current a slow to mid flow will do

as for feeding .. hmmm... in the natural world they are born hunters.. well u can wearned them to forzens... but as for me..... i let feed live food ..

cheers

[ong2ah]

Lester, Frogfish k be reared with corals in the tank also??? I thought frogfishes can only be kept in FOWLR system? Correct me if i am wrong

[Lester]

Lester, Frogfish k be reared with corals in the tank also??? I thought frogfishes can only be kept in FOWLR system? Correct me if i am wrong

hi

yap .. in the reef .. frogfish are found hidding betwwen corals .. infact u will have a hard time finding them from the corals

cheers ( time to report dor work again )

[Lester]

hi bro ... hehe bought ur froggie ???