However, before you get a frogfish it is important to have a readily available food source for those finicky eaters.  The marsh shrimp I have successfully used are Palaemonetes pugio. Commonly called marsh shrimp or grass shrimp.  You can get them from many on-line retailers including Reefs2Go and even E-bay now.

 

Having SW feeder shrimp is a very convenient way to keep your frogfish initially, although it could become a bit spendy to rely on this method.  I do recommend having the shrimp in a separate tank and only introducing a few at a time.  Although, if you only have a few available it will likely not be necessary.  In the past, I have ordered a hundred at a time.

Incidentally,  the Rhinopias I recently acquired has no interest in shrimp at all.  It shows almost no reaction to anything on the stick or to shrimp.  But, he does go after damsels. I have yet to keep a frogfish that wouldn't strike on ghost shrimp though.

 

 

This fish will stay fairly small, just a few inches long (and about as wide).    A three gallon tank would work well for a painted frogfish.  The main draw back is that you will only be able to have this single fish.  But, in a three gallon tank, one fish is likely all you could keep anyway!  Snails and hermits are completely safe, but cleaner shrimp will eventually become dinner.

 

For information try:  frogfish.ch   There is a lot of good information and some nice photos.  Be aware that these fish will change colors. Unfortunately, it seems they often change from a very cool color to a less cool color.  The reason I mention this, is that you can generally get a less colorful fish for less money. And - when spending more on a colorful fish, you risk the chance that it will change anyway.

 

Good luck. Let me know what you decide!

 

The once bright orange fish is now black.  Same cool personality, less cool color!

 

 

I still have it in the same tank as well.

 

 

Mike

 

You got it! Thanks!