Deep Sea Critters
- Thread starter Aaron
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Amazingly cool fish, I was just looking at a "FROGFISh" similar famaliy as the anglers the other day at my LFS, they had two. I was so tempted to buy one, but not before I read up on them.They need alot of LR for hiding as they are ambush prditors and will sit and wiat for there prey to swim bye them "WAM" they can and will eat most anything that can fit into there massive mouths. The have been know to eat stuff nearley there own size. Check out this link for a quick look at a few anglers and some quick stats and care tips. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?siteid=20&pCatId=19&TopCatId=19
I'm familiar with frogfish even my LFS has them from time to time. I was refering more to the uglier varieties.
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I should have been more specific than just asking about anglerfish.
Like these and these
I should have been more specific than just asking about anglerfish.
I dont know how it could be done; catching one would be near impossible (the pressure change would kill the fish), and i dont know how one would keep it considering it would need no light and hundreds of pounds of waterpressure. It would definitely be the coolest tank ive ever seen though
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i think trying to maintain an appropriate environment for a deep sea angler would be difficult...if you did keep it dark enough then you would have trouble seeing him and I can't even imagine the cost of feeding such a thing...i highly doubt you could even find one
but, im sure it could be done given enough commitment (financial and time)
but, im sure it could be done given enough commitment (financial and time)
im sure if it was brought up from the bottom of the ocean slow enough over a period of a few days it wouldnt explode, but it would be eligal. even if you could get on to the surface and home it would be kinda pointless because you would never be able to see it. but arent fish blind to red light? so you could put a red pc on top of it. just some thoughts.
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Im fairly sure its only inverts that are blind to red light, though im not entierely sure about that. most deep sea anglers are known to fluoresce, so i wouldnt be too worried about lighting. I would be worried about how the heck you'd recreate that much water pressure in a fishtank. Youd have to make the majority of the tank out of metal, and have a very thick piece of plexiglass or something as a view hole. Wouldnt exactly be a coffe table discussion piece under those conditions.
