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Yah, reserved the last two. Collecting today. Will post the pics once I take them.

Gives me an idea. Maybe I should tell all the LFS to sell me all their froggies once they arrive in Singapore, then sell to the froggies-die-hard fans at cost price +$10 for the less colourful ones, and cost price + $20 for the more colourful ones. No lah, I not so bad. I didn't buy the red froggy. Who bought it? Better own up fast...my reputation at stake.

I have found its scientific name before, but I can't remember it now. Maybe you'll like to pose the question in the ID forum. I have seen it a few times at Aq**mar** too, but it's always reserved by someone else, until this specimen came along.

You can count me in. As for the name, I can go with any of your suggestions. Nice red colour there, bro shawncel.

Don't think Ah Beng is fat...but yes, there are many other shops at the same number. I don't think I can take any more big frogfish...maybe some more 2 to 3 inches one still ok.

No idea on its identity. You can see my previous thread in this forum for its picture.

Yes, bought the frogfishes from Ah Beng. They are in a tank with 5 other frogfishes and 1 stonefish. The red one is a big fellow.

Bought them from Pasir Ris. Seldom seen them for sale too, that's why I bought them. Bigger of the 2 is about 4 inches, smaller one is about 3 inches. They will make nice companions for my murderous lobster.

Some more pictures.

Pictures to share.

Hi Bro Lester, Bought the reddish one (around 5" in length) at W*k*i, Sungei Tengah, and the warty at M*r**e L*f* H*b****t, West Coast (around 3" in length). The warty took frozen fish at the first feed but the reddish one needs moving shrimp (and only those on the gravel - shrimps in mid-water are ignored - same as the orange warty I posted previously). Your white angler seems to have the same colouration as mine (both of us bought at W*k*i, but mine later than yours, remember?). Hopefully, we'll be able to keep comparing them for years to come.

Take this opportunity to introduce new members of my tanks:

Actually I wouldn't have believed that my lobster could have killed 3 frogfishes in such a short timespan. One moment okay, next moment dead in the grasp of the lobster. The first frogfish was already dead when I found the lobster chewing on it, so I thought it was scavenging (which it never does - it only feeds on fresh shrimps or freshly thawed fish). The second one was still struggling when I found the lobster carrying it. The third one had its skin on the upper jaw peeled off - nothing else in my tank could do this. So now the lobster is staying on its own in a 3 footer all by itself - until I find a suitable companion. The hermit crab was also caught red-clawed - it grabbed a frogfish right before my eyes and chewed a chunk of the latter's tail off.

No man, the lobster is at the most (excluding those long antennae) 3.5 inches. You can have a look at it in the picture - does it look like a murderer?

Hi bro angry, Nice specimen you have there. Hope I can find something like that too.

Just like to alert people keeping frogfish - don't keep them in the same tank with lobster and hermit crabs. My 3 orange frogfishes were killed within 4 days by my seemingly innocuous lobster (which until now feeds only on ghost shrimp and frozen fish). My hermit crab, which has been with me for over 1.5 years, lives in permanent isolation because it kills fish (any fish). Now my lobster seems to be going down that path too. Because frogfish are not fast, and stays in one spot most of the time, they are easy targets. So please beware - don't end up heartbroken like me.

$25. But alas it did not survive. I spoke to a fish pathologist today and she postulated it may be caused by filamentous bacteria. Apparently this type of bacteria likes to reside in the mouths of fishes. If so, they may be amenable to antibiotic treatment. However, all this is postulation, unless a bacteria culture and histopathology are done to confirm. The problem is that in all the diabolus which I've seen afflicted with this disease, they stop feeding. And once that happens, it is difficult to get them well.

Yes, bought it from aq**m***n. Care to post a pic of your red diabolus? Your frogfish is still doing well.

Hi bro acidjazz, This specimen was given to me by a colleague of mine about 3 weeks ago. In that time, it had doubled to twice its original size. I had kept juvenile batfish before, but none ever survived beyond a month. I still don't know whether this new batfish will be a success, or what special requirements it has. But if you are interested, I will keep you posted. Right now the fellow is feeding on frozen mysis.

Oh, I had a couple of deaths as well from the specimens which pictures were featured in my first thread. The pegasus volitans (rare species, even rarer than the 'goose scorpion') died while I was away on holiday. Both expected and unexpected. Expected cos it needs to feed continuously. Unexpected cos I had started to acclimatise it to feeding once in 2 days, trained it to accept frozen mysis, and had arranged someone to feed all my tanks once in 3 days. But I suppose it still suffered a lack of nutrition. The Eschemeyer's scorpionfish died from a foolish mistake of mine. I fed it with clownfish instead of the usual damselfish, and it died the next day after eating 2 clownfish. Good habits and food should not be forsaken for something new. Painful and costly mistake. The oriental flying gurnard died when it didn't eat at all. It was not in the best of health when I bought it, so it was not unexpected. The new specimen in posting 1 is a cute little fellow just an inch long. You will love it if you see it feeding eagerly on frozen mysis.

Multiple images 3 of 3. The yellow diabolus was the first all yellow specimen I had ever seen. Really beautiful under good lighting. Unfortunately it had a sort of necrotising disease which ate away the lower jaw bone. I have seen this disease in diabolus very often, and it always starts at the tip of the lower lip, appearing as a whitish area, then gradually enlarging and eating away the skin, muscles and bone until a hole is formed. The Inimicus specimens were 2 of the 4 I bought over 3 weeks. None survived beyond a week. Don't know why. The smaller specimen I bought about 4 mnths ago is happy and growing in my tank. Just don't know why these bigger specimens can't survive.

Multiple images 2 of 3:

Pictures of newly added livestock divided over 3 postings. Last posting are for fish which are new but did not survive past a week. There are also other new and old stock which I could not manage to capture pictures of. But will keep on trying. Enjoy.

You should not feed lions too often for the following reasons: (1) It is not their natural behaviour. Since they are more an ambush type of predator than an active one, meals are infrequent. Once to three times a week should be sufficient. (2) They grow too quickly if you feed them too often, outgrowing the tank and produce too much waste. (3) They may develop lipidosis if energy intake is excessive (anecdotal). From personal experience, I also find that ambush predators should not be fed within a few days of purchase(I advocate 3 days including the day of purchase). The stress somehow affects their ability to digest, and they will eat more on impulse than out of hunger. In any case, once they feel full, they will reject food. So you don't have to be worried if a lion eats today and not tomorrow. But if its stomach is flat and it rejects food, then something is seriously wrong.

The sargassum anglerfish is classified as an angler (belonging to the Family Antennariidae as all other frogfishes). It's genus is different (Histrio compared to the Antennarius of others). Information in the fishbase: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSum...iesname=Histrio There are other genera in the Antennariidae Family: http://www.fishbase.org/identification/spe...=&fins=&c_code=