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[prankster705]

I have just edited the post for you mate.

The front glass on my tanks is clean. Why would I want to clean the back glass on a tank which has as its primary purpose the cultivation of algae as a form of nutrient export?

porcupine fish = porcupine puffer = puffer ... it inflates >.>

Porcupinefish = Family Diodontidae. Pufferfish = Family Tetradontidae. Different families from the same Order (Tetraodontiformes).

the inflation thing was a joke ...

and it's just a matter of how many teeth one has (tis the same order )... I suppose it depends on a person how (s)he percepts it... I suppose I can't stand against your superior knowledge, but I'll still call em puffers (coz I like it)...

PS: get more pics of it, it looks better than the froggies

 

[andywg]

Read in PFk a while back small frogfish can go in 20l tanks. I am setting up a 40l nano and wondered what frogfish would suit me and how much i should expect to pay.
Thanks,
Luke

20 litres? I suppose an Antennarius dorehensis might fit in there, as well as any of the Antennatus genus, but the former are very seldom (if ever) seen in the UK, and the latter are very bad shippers and the ethics of obtaining a fish which performs so badly is something to consider.

I would not recommend any frogfish in a tank as small as 20 litres unless the tank is connected to a larger system. Scott Michael is pretty much the authority on keeping frogfish in a hobby setting and in his excellent chapter on frogfish in Reef Fishes Volume 1 he states that although frogfish can be kept in smaller tanks, you really want to look at a 20 US gallon minimum to ensure adequate dilution of any pollution and to help keep the water more stable.

I have found that frogfish travel very badly, even from one tank in a system to another. As such I would always recommend you set up a tank that will hold the frog for life.