stupid me

LeeR · #1 02-09-2009, 05:39 PM

myka, thats pretty much they way i see it, i think being stung then carpet surf is probably enough stress i will leave him alone and keep trying to feed. As of last night he wouldnt eat, but i will keep try.

thanks everyone for the help.

Pan · #2 02-09-2009, 07:03 PM

Have you seen your froggy touch your carpet? They move pretty quickly off of it...unless it fell into it....probably touched it and swam away quickly and went in the wrong direction.

LeeR · #3 02-09-2009, 09:01 PM

i figured he probably touched it then freaked out and swam straight up and on to the floor.

reeferious · #4 02-10-2009, 04:30 AM

look at his tail it's already half rotted away. i heartily agree on not catching and further stressing a very active fish that swim all day long. but a frogfish by nature is extremely sedentary and rarely move away from its favorite perch and by carefully netting and disinfecting its wounded part we are not causing it any additional stress. when i was keeping and breeding discus which i consider to be somewhat sedentary in nature i would net out any injured or fungused one and treated it in the same way out of tank.

Myka · #5 02-10-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MacheteAvenue

enough stress i will leave him alone and keep trying to feed. As of last night he wouldnt eat, but i will keep try.

That's not so good.

Nihoa · #6 02-12-2009, 01:19 PM

do you mind if i ask where you got him?

LeeR · #7 02-12-2009, 05:04 PM

i got him from Ian at oceanic corals.. hes one of the vendors on the board.
also last time i was at jl aquatics they had 2 little black ones, give them a call they could probably ship one to you.

also some good news the frogfish is eating again its tail is look alot better.. i guess its just more badass now with a V tail.

thanks again everyone.

OceanicCorals-Ian- · #8 02-12-2009, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MacheteAvenue

i got him from Ian at oceanic corals.. hes one of the vendors on the board.
also last time i was at jl aquatics they had 2 little black ones, give them a call they could probably ship one to you.

also some good news the frogfish is eating again its tail is look alot better.. i guess its just more badass now with a V tail.

thanks again everyone.

I am glad to the Froggy is doing better, He has had a bit of a rough journey, I remember when you picked him up he had an air bubble due to decompression when he was collected, he was just bobbing around trying not to float.

LeeR · #9 02-12-2009, 05:35 PM

its a magic frogfish... best magic tricks i have seen: lay on the carpet for probably a half hour, dislodge air bubbles in its stomach all on its own (2), and swallow a fish that was the same size as it and not chock to death.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #10 02-12-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MacheteAvenue

its a magic frogfish... best magic tricks i have seen: lay on the carpet for probably a half hour, dislodge air bubbles in its stomach all on its own (2), and swallow a fish that was the same size as it and not chock to death.

Wow! He has been through a lot. I wish my Puffer had been able to survive the carpets sting

The black frogfish J&L had were pretty wicked! They had a bright red one too. All gone I think though. I had the red one on hold but then couldn't get back to the store to get one. I am going to ask them to hold the next one that comes in for me. Great looking fish!