Odd hitchhiker - can anyone ID?

[lmm1967]

Came in a batch of Tampa Bay Saltwater rock.

It's about 4" long

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[hzheng33]

looks like a mud skipper

 

[lmm1967]

Confirmed as Toadfish. Likely pregnant.


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[shrimpy brains]

Toadfish! Cool hitchhiker, although you might not want to keep him with other fish.

 

[lmm1967]

She's currently in the sump. Hope I can get her to eat frozen / dead food. Will probably end up in the display fuge once I get some of the rock transferred over to the main tank.


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[grouper therapy]

I would research them some. If I remember correctly, I was told by an older charter boat captain that their slime coat is toxic. It even causes irritation to some who handle them.

 

[shrimpy brains]

Lmm1967;1097326 wrote: She's currently in the sump. Hope I can get her to eat frozen / dead food. Will probably end up in the display fuge once I get some of the rock transferred over to the main tank.


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That will work for now, but you might want to consider a long term plan. Pretty sure they get rather large. Maybe they aren't active swimmers. I believe they just bury themselves and wait for prey. Never kept one though, just various things I remember reading.

 

[lmm1967]

Shrimpy Brains;1097354 wrote: That will work for now, but you might want to consider a long term plan. Pretty sure they get rather large. Maybe they aren't active swimmers. I believe they just bury themselves and wait for prey. Never kept one though, just various things I remember reading.

I will have to sort out a long term plan for sure - she's not going to fit in my tanks very well.

I'm hoping it will settle in a little and start eating - then I may end up looking for a better home.

I would HATE to have to invest in another tank just for this. :lol2:

 

[shrimpy brains]

Saltwatertanks........not just a hobby.....it's an addiction.

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