What kind of grouper is this?

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Im no expert in this area, but they do look a lot like the “freshwater acclimated” bumble bee groupers i’ve been seeing for sale over here in recent months...

And yes, i know how crazy that sounds, but a few LFS’ here have got (at least) similar looking fish in completely freshwater, although no idea how they did it or how long they would actually survive in full fresh...
 
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Fat Homer said:
Im no expert in this area, but they do look a lot like the “freshwater acclimated” bumble bee groupers i’ve been seeing for sale over here in recent months...

And yes, i know how crazy that sounds, but a few LFS’ here have got (at least) similar looking fish in completely freshwater, although no idea how they did it or how long they would actually survive in full fresh...
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not 100% just very low salinity.

not as long as they are supposed to live usually couple of years i heard
 
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Galantspeedz said:
not 100% just very low salinity.

not as long as they are supposed to live usually couple of years i heard
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I dont even think its low salinity, as they claim they dont add anything to the water??? Although that could be just a way for them to sell the fish to un-suspecting customers which wouldnt surprise me either...
 
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Fat Homer said:
I dont even think its low salinity, as they claim they dont add anything to the water??? Although that could be just a way for them to sell the fish to un-suspecting customers which wouldnt surprise me either...
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not sure if possible but some do sell as 100% fully converted.... iirc origin from taiwan
 
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not sure if possible but some do sell as 100% fully converted.... iirc origin from taiwan
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That could explain the origins since i live in Asia as well...
 
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Are they kept in completely fresh or have a little salt added as well???
 
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I suspect they will need a lot of salt if they are too live very long.
 
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