feedin my grouper video

[uncdub13]

let the big dog eat

click for video (http://student.uncw.edu/rkh8254/grouper_2-25.mpg)

[fisherkid]

posted awhile back. I have some Q's about your setup.

[uncdub13]

it's about as simple of a setup as you can get. what kinda questions you got?

[fisherkid]

things like

Size?

Filtration?

Maintenance?

What do you feed them?

Substrate? I guess sand is easy enough

Rocks and other assorted things for the fish to hang out in?



I can't think of any others right now.

I figure I can easily get a small grunt to put in a tank.

Fisherkid:fishing:

[bmcox86]

thats sweet, i wish i could afford a saltwater tank, my bass and giant crappie do the same thing with goldfish, i think its awesome watching them stalk

[uncdub13]

it's not expensive at all..

-10 gal tank with clean ocean water

-cheap walmart filter

-when the water evaporates, i just add brita filtered water to fill it back up. salt will crust up on the top edges, i just knock the flakes back into the water and they dissolve.

-feed em anything from shrimp, mullet, menhaden, trout/flounder belly chunks, etc.

-i just bought some cheap aquarium gravel for the bottom. sand would work but i think it gets stirred up easier.

also got a hermit crab and some snails and mollusks in there to help keep it clean. the grouper pretty much likes to live alone as far as other fish go.

[bmcox86]

so i just have to drain my 10 gallon n fill it with freshwater? sounds good to me, how long have u had the grouper

[bmcox86]

did u let the water sit for a period of time b4 u added the grouper

[rhorm]

So where did u get the grouper? Did u catch it or purchase it? How big will it get? I'm thinkin about setting up a tank and was wonderin. I wonder if a silver seatrout would live in a aquarium. They don't get that big. :D

[uncdub13]

caught the grouper in the cast net back in august by accident. he's growin pretty fast and i'll probably release him this spring once the water warms a bit.

i've had the tank goin for quite a while with numerous species. i think i started with pinfish so i didnt really let the water sit or anything before adding them.

[rhorm]

I caught a baby barracuda in a cast net this past summer. Now that would be kinda fun in a 50 gal til he got too big. :D

[okimavich]

What are your ammonia/nitrate/nitrite levels like? I would imagine that you would need to do actual water changes (rather than merely topping off) to keep the levels down.

[uncdub13]

no idea on those chemical levels, all i know is that the only casualties i've had so far have been been homicides, no natural causes;) .

every now and then i vaccuum some of the crap off the bottom and end up replacing about 1/3 of the water with new ocean water but that's about it.