I saw this bumble grouper at my a lfs near a PC Bang. I jsut went inside and saw the bumble bee grouper. It was 7-8 inches and they were asking $150, but It was saltwater, the lady said they never live in freshwater and should stay in salt and I told that she was crazy. I was wondering can u change back to freshwater??
bumble bee grouper
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I've been in the marine hobby for a number of years and never heard of someone changing a grouper to fresh or even brackish water. They are a marine fish. The only fish I know of that can go from salt to fresh and back again is a molly. Marine fish should stay marine unless you want to drasticly shorten their lifespan or most likley kill them.
from what i heard these types of grouper can be from saltwater to freshwater.. vise versa.. should be able to. i don't see any reason why. long term effect... i really don't know since i don't have one and they cost a fortune to get one. i'll stick with dats for now.
They must not be a true grouper. ??? Groupers are born and raised in the ocean. It's like calling a freshwater redtail shark a real shark, am I right??? or am I wrong???
Epinephelus polystigma is the only true fw grouper and is found in brackish too i think.
they are converted bumblebees, heres a video by alfon76 http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28897&highlight=bumblebee+grouper
and another byR1_Ridah http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23593&highlight=bumblebee+grouper
some pics of ones fugupuff the com. seller was selling http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5718&highlight=bumblebee+grouper
neos himselfs BG http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1045&highlight=bumblebee+grouper
and there are plenty of others
they are converted bumblebees, heres a video by alfon76 http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28897&highlight=bumblebee+grouper
and another byR1_Ridah http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23593&highlight=bumblebee+grouper
some pics of ones fugupuff the com. seller was selling http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5718&highlight=bumblebee+grouper
neos himselfs BG http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1045&highlight=bumblebee+grouper
and there are plenty of others
Unfortunately you are wrong,
the groupers are part of the family Serranidae, almost all are salt water but a few are brackish, some spend part of their time in freshwater, and one is a freshwater to brackish water fish and (as far as I know) has never been found in full seawater. It is the white-dotted grouper (Epinephalus polystigma), it is an attractive fish that I have never seen sold, pity, becuase it would be perfect, getting to a max of just under 16" and breeding in brackish and freshwater as small as 8" long. here is a picture by Randall.
The Bumblebee grouper is a huge and rather unattractive fish as an adult and has been recorded at around 10' long and 800 lbs. Keeping them in freshwater lowers there resistance to disease and I have found no records of them reaching any where near maturity in FW, they seem to requie more and more salt as they age and by the time they are 4-5' long (in the wild) they are solitary hunters near reef systems. IMO they are not a good choice for private fish keepers.