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Serygo
10-24-2005, 10:51 PM
Is there a profile for a bumble bee grouper?
How hard is it to switch one from SW to FW???
thanks!
Serygo
10-26-2005, 12:58 AM
Anyone know of one, or is it just that blank, that nobody knows anything about them?
There are a couple members who have had them, they probably have not seen your ? yet. I have never had one and just don't know.
Gamble
10-26-2005, 6:16 AM
I think Marshy has one..
Serygo
10-26-2005, 9:18 PM
I know of the people that have the f/w ones,,, i am just curious about the people that have the saltwater ones...
Just curious on if anyone knows of a profile and how fast they grow...
I searched the web for like 5 or 6 hrs just to find one on them, and nothing...
I did not find anything about switching them to fw from salt, as they get older they require more salt and as adults are fully marine, kept properly they reach around 5-6 feet in about 14 years, Max size recorded was 270cm/9feet, and 880 lbs. they are Ephinephelus lanceolatus, here is a baby, a juvie at 18" and an adult.
Serygo
10-27-2005, 5:36 PM
aight ty guppy
thebigfish
11-01-2005, 9:36 PM
If you are talking about the "Queensland Grouper" (Epinephelus lanceolatus), we have had one in SW for aprox 4 years. This one was purchased under these conditions also. It is about 16" now, and expected to grow up to 6-8 feet. I wonder if the growth rate will be higher in SW conditions due to the excess minerals in the water?
marshy
11-01-2005, 9:59 PM
If you are talking about the "Queensland Grouper" (Epinephelus lanceolatus), we have had one in SW for aprox 4 years. This one was purchased under these conditions also. It is about 16" now, and expected to grow up to 6-8 feet. I wonder if the growth rate will be higher in SW conditions due to the excess minerals in the water?
You mean in 4 years it grew only up tp 16 inch? That's really slow....
gomezladdams
11-01-2005, 10:47 PM
WOW :WHOA: how big is your tank
thebigfish
11-08-2005, 1:11 AM
This is the only one of this species I have ever kept, so I really dont have a comparison point for the growth rate. It was raised from 2" in a 125g and housed with a variety of groupers until it grew to 8". Since then (almost 2 years) it has been in an 800g with a 14" Red Emperor Snapper.
marshy
11-08-2005, 5:23 AM
This is the only one of this species I have ever kept, so I really dont have a comparison point for the growth rate. It was raised from 2" in a 125g and housed with a variety of groupers until it grew to 8". Since then (almost 2 years) it has been in an 800g with a 14" Red Emperor Snapper.
I have managed to successfully convert mine to take prepared market prawns as its main diet. What do you feed yours?