So mad right now GRRRRRR!!!! (R.I.P. froggy)

fishoholic · #1 05-30-2010, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by lockrookie

i wish i could be of more help .. you can always ask a friend to lend a vid camera too. if you can find a small tank that you can quickly plumb into the system with pumps and separate the frogfish from the tank it may help untill you find the culprit.. i know its a pain if i was closer i have 3 10g tanks sitting around

i feel bad for the poor guy

Thanks, unfortunately there's no need for help or to feel bad now. I just got home from my friend's birthday party and I found the frogfish dead

I had been debating on moving him to my sump in my large tank system, but I didn't want to stress him out more by moving him. Also I have a mantis in that sump and I didn't want to risk it hurting the frog. However the mantis rarely ever comes out of his hole in his rock, so it might of been ok...guess I'll never know now

Chaloupa · #2 05-30-2010, 07:04 AM

OH NO, so very sad for you. Wonder what the heck happened...very strange indeed!

fishoholic · #3 05-30-2010, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Chaloupa

OH NO, so very sad for you. Wonder what the heck happened...very strange indeed!

Ya it was so bizarre. He was eating and doing good then his tail falls? off/goes missing. Treated with melafix and he seemed to be doing good and his tail started to grow back. Then this morning he's breathing hard, then his hand goes missing, then I find him dead! I still have no idea what happend to his tail or hand, I'm guessing the hard breathing was from the melafix (which is why I did a water change and added a bubbler) but however, in the end, all I know is that the whole thing doesn't make sense.

lockrookie · #4 05-30-2010, 07:27 AM

i still feel bad a loss is a loss they may not talk to us but they blow kissy faces everytime we look at them. or attitude when we tick them of. mine mostly give me attitude.

Doug · #5 05-30-2010, 01:11 PM

Sorry for your loss Laurie.

Lance · #6 05-30-2010, 03:07 PM

christyf5 · #7 05-30-2010, 03:09 PM

Sorry to hear Laurie.

4lti7ude · #8 05-30-2010, 04:59 PM

Sorry to hear about bumblebee.

Just a random thought tho. If the frog fish was swimming through rocks and crevices, it would be very hard for his tail to get caught if his full body fit through. The only way it could get caught would be a little land slide. Even so, the chances of of a land slide caused by him would be pretty low since they swim very weak.

I watched a bunch of videos on Lion Fish eating in the wild and in captivity, and I totally think a lion fish can rip off a tail no problem. A fin being bit off would be even easier. As for the clean bite, you said you came home to finding this. Which I'm guessing means you were out for quite a while. A series of bites can of the fin off then to the body of the fish can equal a clean bite. Cause as he the fins get nipped off theirs less of a fan to bite.
The lion fish's mouth is for sure big enough to take out the tail in a couple bites and a fin in even one. I couldn't find any pictures of a lion fish's teeth, but if its a carnivore then for sure it has teeth that can do damage.

Maybe you just don't wanna think its the lion fish because hes been eating and being nice to the frog fish; but if you watch a lion fish hunt, the fish around them aren't to worried about them coming close to them. The lion fish just slowly drifts to its position and gets really close, but the fish don't seem to care...and then he attacks. Its like it can change its mood without warning.

fishoholic · #9 05-30-2010, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by lockrookie

i still feel bad a loss is a loss they may not talk to us but they blow kissy faces everytime we look at them. or attitude when we tick them of. mine mostly give me attitude.

So true.

Thanks everyone.