panther groupers
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crypt keeper
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they get huge and ugly and they arent like big time swimmers
florida joe
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culled from the net The Panther Grouper, also known as the Polka-Dot Grouper, is an off-white fish with orderly polka-dots over the entire body that add a festive touch to your aquarium. It is found in crevices and swims along the reefs of the Indo-Pacific, where it can attain a size of up to 20". The polka-dots camouflage the fish and act as a disrupter by breaking up the body shape so that other fish and would-be predators cannot identify it.
This is a very hardy and long-lived animal provided it is kept in an ample-sized, fish-only aquarium of 300 gallons or larger, with sufficient filtration. They grow rapidly, so be sure that the tank you have them in is of sufficient size. The Panther Grouper will eat any fish and invertebrates it can swallow.
In the aquarium, it can be fed a number of different foods such as dried or fresh fish, squid, prawns, silversides, freeze-dried krill, or other comparable foods.
This is a very hardy and long-lived animal provided it is kept in an ample-sized, fish-only aquarium of 300 gallons or larger, with sufficient filtration. They grow rapidly, so be sure that the tank you have them in is of sufficient size. The Panther Grouper will eat any fish and invertebrates it can swallow.
In the aquarium, it can be fed a number of different foods such as dried or fresh fish, squid, prawns, silversides, freeze-dried krill, or other comparable foods.
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rcreations
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Most groupers are not open water swimmers, they hang out in caves a lot of the day.
aquaknight
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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3131839
In the aquarium, it can be fed a number of different foods such as dried or fresh fish, squid, prawns, silversides, freeze-dried krill, or other comparable foods.
Definitely DON'T feed it freeze-dried krill....
To spite being adorable when small, as stated above, make sure you see the adult, as it's what many people would describe as ugly. Should reach 2 feet (not a typo) in captivity, and eventually outgrow the 150. That said, they are probably the most active grouper, mine was always out. They are a virtually indestructible fish. If you kill a Panther Grouper, you are doing something seriously wrong...
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eric b 125
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why no freeze dried krill?
aquaknight
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Freeze dried krill has been linked to a couple health related issues in marine fish. The biggest and most common being it causing 'Lockjaw' in lionfish and puffers. If feed constantly to a grouper, long term health could only become very questionable.
When you look at the nutritional makeup of fresh or frozen krill, they are not the worst, but far from the best. Yes, there's some natural color enhancers in there, but when krill, or pretty much any food, under goes the freeze drying process, most of the 'good stuff' is flushed out, and you're left feeding a dried carcass.
But given the common availability of better alternatives to krill, there really is no reason to put the health of your fish potentially at risk.
When you look at the nutritional makeup of fresh or frozen krill, they are not the worst, but far from the best. Yes, there's some natural color enhancers in there, but when krill, or pretty much any food, under goes the freeze drying process, most of the 'good stuff' is flushed out, and you're left feeding a dried carcass.
But given the common availability of better alternatives to krill, there really is no reason to put the health of your fish potentially at risk.