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I haven't got pictures yet, but I picked up two itty-bitty baby Anglers yesterday at Pet-O-Rama in Bedford. One is definitely Antennarius Hispidus, and the other I'm thinking is Antennarius Pictus, possibly Commerson.

The Hispidus is about 2 inches long, the size of my thumb. The Pictus is significantly smaller.

Haven't taken pictures yet, but they look like this:
http://www.starfish.ch/photos/frogfish-Anglerfisch/guest/Buschenreithner-P3028569.jpg

http://www.edge-of-reef.com/antennaridi/ANTantennarius-pictus-2.jpg

Already got the Pictus to eat a tiny frozen silverside off the end of a skewer. For now they are living in seperate critter keepers in my 75 gallon so they don't eat each other. They were co-inhabiting the same tank at the store drooling over a Keyhole Angel about twice as big as they are.
 
I think those are cool fish. I plan on setting up a tank for some when i get my reef tank how i want it.
 
I'm eventually going to put them in their own tanks. I'm pretty sure keeping them together would result in one of them disappearing. Not to mention my big girl is about 6 inches long now. She would make a snack out of them both. Although, they are in plain sight for her and she doesn't seem to pay any attention to them.
 
@ss95003 wrote:
really i thought you could keep them together. said:
Really not a good idea. Like any other fish, if it fits in the mouth, it's food, and they can literally swallow anything practically as large as themself.
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