Young Bumble Bee Grouper

[Royal Koi]

Hi All. My name is Brian. It's a pleasure to be a new member on this forum. I'm a Koi dealer in Maryland. I owned a pet shop some years ago and have kept just about every large predatory fish there is. Thought I would share a pic and video clip of my just purchased Bumble Bee Grouper. ( 2nd day here and already eating shrimp) Many Thanks to Fish,etc and Norman, for providing beautiful and rare fish. BTW..This guy is in salt water. 180 gal for now. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="

 

[SimonL]

180 gal for now.

Emphasis on the "for now" lol. Awesome fish...Alas, mine got eaten by the sharks at work.

 

[skiptomyzoo]

I was wondering when someone would jump on that (out of my price range) congrats man!

 

[SimonL]

out of my price range

I paid 30 bucks for mine 5 years ago, amazing how much they've jumped in price.

 

[skiptomyzoo]

lol should have mentioned out of my tank size as well when grown.
but wow, that is a jump in price.

 

[Royal Koi]

You're right about that. So hard to find is the reason for $$$. Guess it's worth it if he does well.

 

[SimonL]

Problem is they were overfished (for the seafood industry) and the breeding sized adults are all but gone.

 

[guppy]

Glad you have gone with salt water for it

 

[Royal Koi]

Tried to cut and paste a link to the You Tube video of the BBG. Trying again"

 

[channarox]

nice bbg.
i remember when they were much cheaper.