Frogfish Pico Surprise!

[want2bsleepy]

Friday the 21st is my husband and my 10th wedding anniversary, and I am so excited to surprise him with a 3.5 gallon pico tank for his office!!! I just got the tank today via Amazon, a Marineland 3.5 contour, so today the adventure begins! When I get home I will set it up and get the cycle started. Lucky for this surprise my husband is leaving town for a conference on Sunday and won't be back until late Thursday night, so I can get it all set up for him without his knowledge for when he gets back. He's mentioned how cool it would be to have a frogfish, and since they need a species only tank I decided that a small one would be perfect for the pico! My favorite somewhat LFS up in Virginia, Aquariums Unlimited, is holding a cute little 1-2 inch juvenile painted frogfish for me. She is still black with a few white spots, so it will be interesting to see what colors she changes to as she matures. I cannot wait to get it all set up and surprise him for our anniversary!

 

[LetItReef]

Would like to see a Frogfish on a 3.5g. I have the 5g version.

 

[want2bsleepy]

Took only about 45 minutes total to get it set up! I love it! I was able to get 7 bio balls in the back chamber. Sunday I will get a heater and carbon filters. Don't judge the rockwork, I just threw it in there to start cycling. Next week I'll move the tank to his office, and scape it then.

 

[lennyd19]

Very cool I have a young angler in a 10 gallon. What an awesome fish to watch. I am sure your husband will love it. Enjoy your anniversary and congratulations.

 

[want2bsleepy]

Very cool I have a young angler in a 10 gallon. What an awesome fish to watch. I am sure your husband will love it. Enjoy your anniversary and congratulations.

thanks so much!

 

[jaegers_reef]

Really cool! I'm sure he's gonna be surprised!

 

[want2bsleepy]

Yesterday I got the rest of the stuff I needed for the tank: a heater, chemi-pure, and sand. I also threw in a snail since there is a bit of algae on the live rock I had moved from our 125. From Amazon I just got a collection of little brightly colored fake corals to encourage him to color up. And I went by my LFS where the frogfish is being held for me and I got to see him! He is so stinkin' cute! Solid black with little white dots decorating his fins. He was bouncing along his little section of tank, eyeing the little royal gramma in the section next to him like it would make a good lunch. They gave him a little ghost shrimp, which landed right on the frogfish and lasted a whole 2 seconds before he swallowed it. 4 more days and he'll be in his new home!

 

[lennyd19]

Awesome! Keep us updated! What a great surprise!

 

[want2bsleepy]

Just arranged the rocks and added the (very) fake corals. What cha' think?

 

[want2bsleepy]

Squishy, the frogfish, is here! He is so stinkin' cute! I got a FishKam set up on his tank so we can keep an eye on him since he is at the office. My husband comes home tonight, so tomorrow morning he'll get his pico surprise!

 

[jaegers_reef]

Looking good! Got any more pics of squishy?

 

[want2bsleepy]

Looking good! Got any more pics of squishy?

Just another pic of him exploring, will take more tomorrow when I show it to my husband.

See him on the right rock? Lol

 

[want2bsleepy]

Husband is happy with his surprise! Last night I check on Squishy on the fishkam, and he was swimming all over the place, so cute!

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[want2bsleepy]

 

[want2bsleepy]

I also have a video of him eating today, but I don't know how to load it on here

 

[Mark Gray]

Nice fish

 

[sporty02]

That's an awesome little setup!! Very cool

 

[4FordFamily]

Very cool, but you added the fish really quickly! You watching ammonia levels?

Keep us posted with the fish's progress!

 

[want2bsleepy]

Very cool, but you added the fish really quickly! You watching ammonia levels?

Keep us posted with the fish's progress!

Yes, watching. And some of the rock was already live, and all the sand came from our other tanks, so the tank is pretty good to go. Plus added some Biospira.

 

[want2bsleepy]

correction to my original post, my LFS is Legendary Aquatics. Don't know how I got that wrong, and frustrating that I can't edit the post.