Freshwater Red Snapper?

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

I would probably keep a fish like this in saltwater or higher salinity brackish water, assuming it is anything like the common mangrove snappers Lutjanus griseus

 

[Eoibio]

=]]Well i've never seen algae soaked blood wafers =]]May i'm not looking hard enough.

 

[cogs]

mine killed my jar ages ago my mate caught the jack in a cast net it had the best red color and it died because of a piece of driftwood stupid me worst misstake i have ever made

 

[Eoibio]

=O What did you feed it?Blood Soaked Algae Wafers???

 

[ECarbonel]

sounds like a crazy fish

 

[cogs]

aussie rainbows and gudeons they were plentyiful before dought

 

[justin guest]

aussie rainbows and gudeons they were plentyiful before dought

where is elsewhere exactly?

j<><

 

[Bottomfeeder]

i read on here someone had one in a couple undred gallon tank with some other fish and the snapper killed everything except an equally-sized chocolate cichlid, which it grabbed by the head and dragged it around the tank

 

[new2natives]

TFD has it listed at $10 for 3-4"

when i googled red snapper, it came up with this ...
same fish ? or different?

 

[Eoibio]

Diff =]]Thats a red Red Snapper...Your looking for mangrove jacks =]]