Red or Orange Anglerfish
Antennarius commersoni
Identification:
The Red/Orange Angler can range from a vivid red to a deep orange color. Their body can also change color to blend so if you think someone swapped your Angler for a different one, fear not. A good reef dweller, once eating well Anglers are a hardy aquarium member but not recommended for beginners. The easiest method to feed is with live food. The Angler will catch its meal of a small fish or invertebrate by becoming part of the surroundings and waiting for an unsuspecting meal to come by. Then they will quickly make a meal of the passer-by.
TankRecommendations:
Anglerfish should be housed in an aquarium of at least 55 gallons. They prefer a sand substrate and require plenty of live rock for hunting and shelter. Any tank mates that will fit into their large mouths can potentially become dinner and therefore should be avoided.
Food and diet:
Anglerfish are predatory, ambush hunting, carnivores that mainly eat small fish and shrimp in the wild. In the aquarium they should be fed live small fish, brine shrimp, and ghost shrimp. They also can be aquarium conditioned with work to accept frozen and other prepared vitamin enriched meaty foods from a feeding stick (wiggled around near them) such as krill, silver sides, chopped crustacean flesh, bloodworms, chopped fresh fish, chopped mussels, chopped scallops, and chopped clams.
Caution:
An Angler may eat any small inhabitant of the aquarium (crustacean or fish) that is lured into its mouth with the use of an esca (modified first dorsal spine) that looks like a small, tasty fish. In fact, these fish can even swallow prey their own size! It will accept most meaty meals including feeder fish.
Acclimaton Time:
3+ hours
Reef Compatibility
: With Caution since they eat shrimp and fish they can fit in their mouths. They do not touch corals.
Level of care:
Difficult
Approximate Purchase Size:
Small: 1" to 2"; Medium 2" to 4"; Large 4" to 6"
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Small$299.99
Medium $379.99
Large $499.99
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Yellow Anglerfish
Antennarius commersoni
Identification:
: Angler's are a hardy aquarium member but not recommended for beginners. The easiest method to feed is with live food. The Angler will catch its meal of a small fish or invertebrate by becoming part of the surroundings and waiting for an unsuspecting meal to come by. Then they will quickly make a meal of the passer-by.
TankRecommendations:
They should be housed in an aquarium of at least 55 gallons. They prefer a sand substrate and require plenty of live rock for hunting and shelter. Any tank mates that will fit into their large mouths can potentially become dinner and therefore should be avoided.
Food and diet:
Angler's are predatory, ambush hunting, carnivores that mainly eat small fish and shrimp in the wild. In the aquarium they should be fed live small fish, brine shrimp, and ghost shrimp. They also can be aquarium conditioned with work to accept frozen and other prepared vitamin enriched meaty foods from a feeding stick (wiggled around near them) such as krill, silver sides, chopped crustacean flesh, blood worms, chopped fresh fish, chopped mussels, chopped scallops, and chopped clams.
Caution:
An Angler may eat any small inhabitant of the aquarium (crustacean or fish) that is lured into its mouth with the use of an esca (modified first dorsal spine) that looks like a small, tasty fish. In fact, these fish can even swallow prey their own size! It will accept most meaty meals including feeder fish.
Acclimaton Time:
3+ hours
Reef Compatibility
: With Caution since they eat shrimp and fish they can fit in their mouths. They do not touch corals.
Level of care:
Difficult
Approximate Purchase Size:
Small: 1" to 2"; Medium 2" to 4"; Large 4" to 6"
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Small$229.99
Medium $279.99
Large $379.99
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Black Anglerfish
Antennarius commersoni
Identification:
:The Black Anglerfish, which may be a jet black color or with white spots on its body in varied places. Anglers easily blend with their surroundings by using its chameleon like abilities to change color tones to be more like the surroundings they are close to. A good reef dweller, once eating well Angler fish are a hardy aquarium member but not recommended for beginners. The easiest method to feed is with live food. The Angler will catch its meal of a small fish or invertebrate by becoming part of the surroundings and waiting for an unsuspecting meal to come by. Then they will quickly make a meal of the passer-by.
TankRecommendations:
They should be housed in an aquarium of at least 55 gallons. They prefer a sand substrate and require plenty of live rock for hunting and shelter. Any tank mates that will fit into their large mouths can potentially become dinner and therefore should be avoided.
Food and diet:
Anglers are predatory, ambush hunting, carnivores that mainly eat small fish and shrimp in the wild. In the aquarium they should be fed live small fish, brine shrimp, and ghost shrimp. They also can be aquarium conditioned with work to accept frozen and other prepared vitamin enriched meaty foods from a feeding stick (wiggled around near them) such as krill, silver sides, chopped crustacean flesh, blood worms, chopped fresh fish, chopped mussels, chopped scallops, and chopped clams.
Caution:
An Angler may eat any small inhabitant of the aquarium (crustacean or fish) that is lured into its mouth with the use of an esca (modified first dorsal spine) that looks like a small, tasty fish. In fact, these fish can even swallow prey their own size! It will accept most meaty meals including feeder fish.
Acclimaton Time:
3+ hours
Reef Compatibility
: With Caution since they eat shrimp and fish they can fit in their mouths. They do not touch corals.
Level of care:
Difficult
Approximate Purchase Size:
Small: 1" to 2"; Medium 2" to 4"; Large 4" to 6"
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Small$229.99
Medium $279.99
Large $379.99
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