Sargasso Fish

Hey guys, I have a Sargasso Fish.
My daughter's boyfriend picked it up off the beach at Surfside last weekend.
Must have come in on one of the clumps of seaweed.
I'm researching to find what it eats and such. Anyone here have any
experience with these?

Cindy

There's a number of different fish that live in the
sargasso weed.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Cindy wrote on 5/2/2006 11:51 AM:
Hey guys, I have a Sargasso Fish.
My daughter's boyfriend picked it up off the beach at Surfside last weekend.
Must have come in on one of the clumps of seaweed.
I'm researching to find what it eats and such. Anyone here have any
experience with these?

Cindy

Wayne Sallee typed:
There's a number of different fish that live in the
sargasso weed.

Been researching....Sargussum Anglerfish, Histio histio.

Reef Safe in that it won't hurt your corals. Will easily
eat small fish. May have some venom in it's spines, though
unless you are allergic it's no big issue. Ghost shrimp
would make a good food. Unfortunately most stores don't
sell salt water ghost shrimp. I like the salt water ghost
shrimp because they will live in the salt water aquarium
for a long time until they get eaten.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Cindy wrote on 5/2/2006 4:04 PM:
Wayne Sallee typed:
There's a number of different fish that live in the
sargasso weed.

Been researching....Sargussum Anglerfish, Histio histio.

Mollies work good in salt water.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Wayne Sallee wrote on 5/2/2006 4:23 PM:
Reef Safe in that it won't hurt your corals. Will easily eat small fish.
May have some venom in it's spines, though unless you are allergic it's
no big issue. Ghost shrimp would make a good food. Unfortunately most
stores don't sell salt water ghost shrimp. I like the salt water ghost
shrimp because they will live in the salt water aquarium for a long time
until they get eaten.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Cindy wrote on 5/2/2006 4:04 PM:
Wayne Sallee typed:
There's a number of different fish that live in the
sargasso weed.

Been researching....Sargussum Anglerfish, Histio histio.

Wayne Sallee typed:
Reef Safe in that it won't hurt your corals. Will easily
eat small fish. May have some venom in it's spines, though
unless you are allergic it's no big issue. Ghost shrimp
would make a good food. Unfortunately most stores don't
sell salt water ghost shrimp. I like the salt water ghost
shrimp because they will live in the salt water aquarium
for a long time until they get eaten.

How about peppermint shrimp? Mine are hiding or have been eaten, though
they are longer than it is.

Cindy

Yea they will eat peppermint shrimp if they can stuff it
in. They are like lion fish in that they can eat sizable
foods.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Cindy wrote on 5/2/2006 10:38 PM:
Wayne Sallee typed:
Reef Safe in that it won't hurt your corals. Will easily
eat small fish. May have some venom in it's spines, though
unless you are allergic it's no big issue. Ghost shrimp
would make a good food. Unfortunately most stores don't
sell salt water ghost shrimp. I like the salt water ghost
shrimp because they will live in the salt water aquarium
for a long time until they get eaten.

How about peppermint shrimp? Mine are hiding or have been eaten, though
they are longer than it is.

Cindy

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Yea they will eat peppermint shrimp if they can stuff it in. They are
like lion fish in that they can eat sizable foods.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Cindy wrote on 5/2/2006 10:38 PM:
Wayne Sallee typed:
Reef Safe in that it won't hurt your corals. Will easily
eat small fish. May have some venom in it's spines, though
unless you are allergic it's no big issue. Ghost shrimp
would make a good food. Unfortunately most stores don't
sell salt water ghost shrimp. I like the salt water ghost
shrimp because they will live in the salt water aquarium
for a long time until they get eaten.

How about peppermint shrimp? Mine are hiding or have been eaten,
though they are longer than it is.

Cindy

I'm finding that this thing will go after anything that moves...if it
floats, and I jiggle it with a chopstick, he'll grab it. No problemo.
He is such a cool fish!

Cindy