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oops, also it wasn't even earth frogfish it was warty posting on small phones are niceLooks like you posted in the wrong subforum?
(But if there was a fish that can control the pumps and lights in an aquarium, I think it would be very very interesting. )
I've kept both, I currently have a warty. I enjoy the painted best for it's more aggressive personality, the warty is alot more laid back. Warty stay smaller; max out under 4" and grow pretty slow, about an inch a year on average. The painted seems to grow faster has a much more voracious appetite, will quickly grow to 4" and max out at about 6" The painted seems to interact more with you outside the tank; the ones I had would follow me around the tank, fish me and only me like they recognized me. One that I had would come from the other end of the tank and perch on a rock above my shoulder when I was perched on my favorite chaise. The warty takes his swims, but more like a drone on a recon mission scouting for food. While the painted would launch, feet behind him, jet packs puffing, bouncing off the walls and rocks, and a crack up because usually not sticking the landing. The warty seems to wait for his food to come to him; while the painted has no problem going after his, getting it in a corner and slurp. I feed live and only recommend live or you will end up with an ornament that eats, and you'll never see any of the activity these guys exhibit when maintaining their true predator spirit. Of course color and physical attributes are different as well. To keep the colors you must decorate your tank with vibrant colors, either live or fake corals, Reds, yellows, and oranges; in the wild many of them live among the sponges of these colors. Small black anglers are either juvenile painted that will not stay black; or a mis labeled commersons which get huge.
Ayyy, I watched his vids too XD. He's the reason I asked the QI think the painted gets larger. Wartskin Anglers (Antennarius maculatus) get to be about 4", Painted Anglers (Antennarius pictus) get to be about 6". I think both can shift their colors and patterns slightly to match their surroundings, but wartskin seem to have the two distinctive colors and painted are a solid color with blotches of camouflage. I'm no expert, but I looked into them a little bit after Inappropriate Reefer got one.