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  1. neibotlai

    What should i do now?

    ZOINKS!!!!! thats huge!!WOW....well at least he is still pretty...i can see why they call em hump back groupers for sure, thanks for sharing that...man thats just wild...
  2. neibotlai

    What should i do now?

    right on, thats what i like to hear. does he still have the brilliant spots? cause im also reading that they get "ugly" as they age. though ugly is in the eye of the beholder
  3. neibotlai

    What should i do now?

    right on everyone i can appreciate all that. i do like him, just dont want to be limited completely. impulse buying ....ahhh the joys i "had" a three stripe, though he has gone missing, noway the panther ate him, but stressed, that's a maybe. i never saw any fights, thats an assumption. i have...
  4. neibotlai

    What should i do now?

    i understand that people have issues with how salt water is handled by stores and collectors, and they should be. i guess i have fallen prey to that...i thought i was looking into things and researching then i listened to the guy in the store and bam i got a panther grouper...ok so i can...
  5. neibotlai

    100 gal

    as for the the spotted or panther grouper,mine is only 3''max i was told he would live just fine in the 100 gal, . and that he could live with a trigger and a few other tougher fish. i was also told that if i did decide to convert to a reef from fowlr i could with what i have swimming right now...
  6. neibotlai

    what gives?

    https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4 this is what the fish looks like my lfs assured me i would be good, maxing size would be 8-10'', i talked a good deal with him about the fish before we bought it, he assured me my ideas were good ones, should i be irritated?
  7. neibotlai

    what gives?

    so how come i see the panther grouper listed as a fish that gets like 20'' and also listed as a fish reaching 5''? im very confused. is there more than one type? mine is maybe 3'' and has brilliant spots against a white body. living in my 100gal, i was told would live well with 2 or 3...
  8. neibotlai

    with a little help from my friends....

    Originally Posted by srfisher17 J but he'll outgrow your tank very quickly, they get huge (18-20").. SHHHH!! this is gonna be my excuse to get a 250GAL next summer.....
  9. neibotlai

    with a little help from my friends....

    i figured it was nitrates messing with the starfish. i need to build a sump. as for the the spotted or panther grouper, i was told he would live just fine in the 100 gal, . and that he could live with a trigger and maybe a few other tougher fish. i was also told that if i did decide to convert...
  10. neibotlai

    with a little help from my friends....

    so i have a starfish in my set up, for the past 5 months or so. when i first put him in the tank he lost one "point" with in a few days . i was worried but he seemed ok, i figured it was stress or something. now in the past 2 weeks he lost 1& 1/2 more of his points leaving only 2 1/2. he...
  11. neibotlai

    could it work

    ok, i have seen the reports on the damsel, it is still very very young, only like an inch tops. i know that if he is left alone for long he will become very territorial, but i have seen them live ok with others in a tank . i have been raising freshwater cichlids in a 200gal for some time, so...
  12. neibotlai

    could it work

    could a xmas wrasse with a clown,live together in a 55 gal. reef? a young three strip damsel is the wanna be boss.
  13. neibotlai

    fish and coloration

    hello all. so i have been maintaining a 200gal fresh water for years, i decided after some time to go salt. ive been reading and talking about it for way too long so i found myself a 55 gal. which i have been slowly setting up, about 5 months or so of empty tank no worries besides all kinds of...
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