allenbatrachus grunniens aka Grunting Toadfish

Just got me 2 from Just for Pets. They are awesome. Anyone have any experience keeping them? Read online that some keep in freshwater and some keep in brack with success and failure in both, mixed review pretty much. Hopefully i can keep them successfully, Just for Pets have had them for over a month in FW.

Mine are about 6"-8" and are chilling in the 80g with my EBJD. They are very chill and laid back. From what they told me and from what i read, these guys are poisonous but aren't fatal, they will leave your hands numb and painful if the sting you. So i've been very careful dealing with them.

They are currently with a ~3" EBJD and this weekend im getting 3 small Ind. Datnoids. I might get 1 or 2 Bichirs (either Ornate or Endli) to complete the tank... then i will have to worry about stocking a 180g im getting this weekend. Oh yea i also have a bunch of Endler fry i threw in as food for them. They also get Hikari Cichlid Bio-Gold + and Hikari Food Sticks, fina go buy some Massivore Delite and Sinking Carnivore Pellets.

Woah. That is kick @$$. Looks like they could do some damage. Nice pick up.

KMX wrote:

Woah. That is kick @$$. Looks like they could do some damage. Nice pick up.

they are very chill only aggressive when they have to eat.

Awesome fish!!!

Holey Rock of Texas wrote:

cool fish tony and i love the new tank. thanks for sharring.

Thanks dude, just wait til i get my 180g

now that is surreal.... Great Aquascaping... Contratz

Holey Rock of Texas wrote:

nice. you are quikly moving up in the world. so did you break up with the girl or did she loosen the rains? lol. congratz!!! are you getting deco's 180?

I know right, the new job is paying the bill! Still with her hahaha. Told her about it and since it was a great deal, she couldn't say no either. Yea im getting it from Deco... That tank probably wont be complete til end of summer, still trying to work out the 80g now...

CajunGator wrote:

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Thanks... i just dont like the beginning phase when everything is trying to acclimate and stuff are melting away and cr@p floating everywhere.. Hopefully in a month or so, id like the front to be covered in the sags and have a grassy field look to it.. and hopefully the swords will fill out. I got some watersprites coming in and they will be on the right and hopefully it will grow out bushy and fill the right side..

Very nice specimen. These fish don't normally look that dark. Very nice fish!