Angler in a 13.5 gallon?

[MauiAnglerReef]

Anglers are just difficult to keep in general, just food alone can rack up to over 1000 USD every year if you don’t have a tank full of food or a fast and reliable source that is cheap.

 

[MauiAnglerReef]

Yea that works, but I would vary it up a bit and add in the odd fish here or there.

Just out of curiosity, how much do they usually go for? The marine ghost shrimps. And maybe the peppermints, as I would imagine they are at least 7 dollars

I think the marine ghost were like 1-2 dollars? And of course I’ll vary the meals!

That’s a really good price! Better than my 10$ every week… lol

 

[MauiAnglerReef]

What species of angler are you planning on getting btw? Some anglers need a larger tank size than others

 

[rusty shackleford yes]

What species of angler are you planning on getting btw? Some anglers need a larger tank size than others

Maybe the wartskin angler? Just a small one that’s fun to watch!

 

[MauiAnglerReef]

What species of angler are you planning on getting btw? Some anglers need a larger tank size than others

Maybe the wartskin angler? Just a small one that’s fun to watch!

That’s the same as mine! They get up to 4-5 inches long, but don’t move a lot. A 13.5 gallon may work, but eventually there is a possibility that it will overgrow the tank. Maybe it will go smooth though, we’ll see!

 

[rusty shackleford yes]

That’s the same as mine! They get up to 4-5 inches long, but don’t move a lot. A 13.5 gallon may work, but eventually there is a possibility that it will overgrow the tank. Maybe it will go smooth though, we’ll see!

Yeah hopefully!! I’ll post a thread when I actually get one. There’s a couple at the LFS that also has marine ghost actually!

 

[twentyleagues]

I converted guppies and mollies for mine that I had. Be careful to not over feed. I would feed the guppies and mollies with formula 2 flake and some Enriched brine shrimp before I fed them to the angler so they were gut loaded. Mine ate frozen when I got him but would not touch it if I put any type of vitamin on it. In fact he would go on a hunger strike for at least a week if I tried it and hide. You need to also be careful not to feed stuff high in Thiminase it inhibits the processing of thiamin (b vitamin). Krill is high in it as are a lot of other fish and shrimp. Not sure on ghost and grass shrimp I dont think they are though. I cant remember the members name but they have a good list of dos and donts for quite a few marine predator fish its something like Lion king but thats not quite right. I bet @Slocke would know.

 

[Slocke]

I converted guppies and mollies for mine that I had. Be careful to not over feed. I would feed the guppies and mollies with formula 2 flake and some Enriched brine shrimp before I fed them to the angler so they were gut loaded. Mine ate frozen when I got him but would not touch it if I put any type of vitamin on it. In fact he would go on a hunger strike for at least a week if I tried it and hide. You need to also be careful not to feed stuff high in Thiminase it inhibits the processing of thiamin (b vitamin). Krill is high in it as are a lot of other fish and shrimp. Not sure on ghost and grass shrimp I dont think they are though. I cant remember the members name but they have a good list of dos and donts for quite a few marine predator fish its something like Lion king but thats not quite right. I bet @Slocke would know.

It was Lion King but looks like he deleted his account sadly but everything @twentyleagues saif is correct. Glass/grass shrimp are not high in thiaminese. Generally the things to be most concerned about there is gold fish and minnows

 

[twentyleagues]

It was Lion King but looks like he deleted his account sadly but everything @twentyleagues saif is correct. Glass/grass shrimp are not high in thiaminese. Generally the things to be most concerned about there is gold fish and minnows

Oh no! I thought I was going crazy. That's too bad. Hard loss for us.