I Got My Freshwater Bumble Bee Grouper!!!

[rayman45]

i know
but i confused with this grouper thing
imo its a well acculmated s/w grouper acclumated to b/w and then f/w
but what do i know

 

[pbass]

After limited research I found that E lanceolatus spawns in saltwater. “is believed to form spawning groups of no more than a few tens of individuals”

They also use the estuaries as a feeding ground…but mainly found in caves and reef systems

 

[PeacockBass]

After limited research I found that E lanceolatus spawns in saltwater. “is believed to form spawning groups of no more than a few tens of individuals”

They also use the estuaries as a feeding ground…but mainly found in caves and reef systems

correct.

They have nomral grouper behaiver.

 

[rayman45]

so they go to sw to spawn then but they live in fw?

 

[piranha45]

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spe...genusname=Epinephelus&speciesname=lanceolatus

Environment: reef-associated; brackish; marine ; depth range - 100 m

I don't see the words "freshwater" anywhere there. This looks like a case parallel to the 'freshwater' moray eels.

If you can get it to live and grow in freshwater, more power to you, but obviously these things weren't meant to live in such setups.

 

[PeacockBass]

so they go to sw to spawn then but they live in fw?

NO. THEY LIVE IN SALTWATER AND BREED IN SALTWATER...

 

[rayman45]

THEN HOW THE **** IS NEO'S IN FRESHWATER

 

[piranha45]

well, if someone added trace amounts of chlorine gas to the air you breathed, you wouldn't drop dead. Not to say that it would be good for you, and the long-term effects of it would likely ruin you.

Think of it as smoking.

 

[rayman45]

ok so what we are trying to figure out is if they are 2 diffrent sp. of grouper
or both sw but one is a convert`

 

[piranha45]

they are the same specie of grouper. The grouper lives in saltwater, sometimes brackish water, in the wild.