New tank ~ 1.5 months old - Aquarium Advice

Bonez · 05-30-2007, 09:11 PM

24 gal sw, hoping to go reef!!!

blazeyreef · 05-30-2007, 09:16 PM

looks great! now I have never heard of a Striated Frogfish can you give me any info? also out of curriousity what size tank? it looks like a 24gall cube or somthing...
anyways looks great!

Bonez · 05-30-2007, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by blazeyreef

looks great! now I have never heard of a Striated Frogfish can you give me any info? also out of curriousity what size tank? it looks like a 24gall cube or somthing...
anyways looks great!

Yeah, it's a 24gal cube... hrmm, it's like a hairy frogfish with less hair :P hehe

Hara · 05-30-2007, 09:45 PM

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that fish is really not appropriate for your tank. it will get quite large, quite fast. The following is from wet web media

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Antennarius hispidus (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the Hairy or Shaggy Anglerfish. Indo-Pacific; particularly Malaysia, Indonesia. To eight inches in length. Coastal bays near camouflaging sponges. Occur in oranges, tans, yellows, and apparently black. N. Sulawesi images. You can tell this species apart from the similar A. striatus by its pom-pom like esca.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/anglerfishes.htm

All other places I looked, suggested a 70 gallon as a minimum tank size.

Bonez · 05-31-2007, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Hara

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that fish is really not appropriate for your tank. it will get quite large, quite fast. The following is from wet web media

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Antennarius hispidus (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the Hairy or Shaggy Anglerfish. Indo-Pacific; particularly Malaysia, Indonesia. To eight inches in length. Coastal bays near camouflaging sponges. Occur in oranges, tans, yellows, and apparently black. N. Sulawesi images. You can tell this species apart from the similar A. striatus by its pom-pom like esca.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/anglerfishes.htm

All other places I looked, suggested a 70 gallon as a minimum tank size.

Bah! That sucks...I'll have to give him back when he gets a little larger...I enjoy his company in my tank though

He was in a 2 gallon cube sectional at the LFS, I know thats just how they keep carnivorous fish, but I assumed I'd be giving him a better home. Oh well - maybe it was an impulse buy and I need to think realistically... thank you for the advice, I'll give him back to the LFS - hopefully they'll credit me so I can get some blemmy's or gobi.

Thanks again!

-derrick

**roka64** · 05-31-2007, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonez

maybe it was an impulse buy and I need to think realistically

That's a good idea. I have to resist buying fish from my LFS, until I can do some research or ask the folks here. If I would have done that, I would not have had a royal gramma only last 1 day, poor little guy.

Bonez · 05-31-2007, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by roka64

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Originally Posted by Bonez

maybe it was an impulse buy and I need to think realistically

That's a good idea. I have to resist buying fish from my LFS, until I can do some research or ask the folks here. If I would have done that, I would not have had a royal gramma only last 1 day, poor little guy.

Eeeesh...sorry to hear that

It's hard giving up fish that look like this though, it'll be a sad day indeed

Do LFS that you buy the livestock from usually give you credit? or do they just take it from you lol? kinda always wondered that

blazeyreef · 05-31-2007, 09:47 PM

they should give you a percentage of the price you bought if for.

**roka64** · 06-01-2007, 09:07 AM

Mine gives me nothing.

paul_219 · 10-28-2007, 07:23 PM

Looks gr8.

05-30-2007, 09:16 PM	#2
blazeyreef Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,575 Images: 1	looks great! now I have never heard of a Striated Frogfish can you give me any info? also out of curriousity what size tank? it looks like a 24gall cube or somthing... anyways looks great! __________________ Houston "Face Trials with Smiles"-Porter Ellett *My aquariums-3gall betta, 5.5gall nanoreef, 10gall planted,* *29gall planted* *"We are nothing until we make ourselves somthing"* *CTR*

05-31-2007, 09:47 PM	#8
blazeyreef Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,575 Images: 1	they should give you a percentage of the price you bought if for. __________________ Houston "Face Trials with Smiles"-Porter Ellett *My aquariums-3gall betta, 5.5gall nanoreef, 10gall planted,* *29gall planted* *"We are nothing until we make ourselves somthing"* *CTR*

06-01-2007, 09:07 AM	#9
roka64 Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,330 Images: 12	Mine gives me nothing. __________________ Uh-oh, I just overloaded my Bioload! Questions loved, heeded advice greatly appreciated! Vote for AA Good reading about: Nitrogen Cycle Fishless Cycling Need more help? Articles Acronym List --Scott

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