MIniata Grouper Tank?

[nattydread]

A long time ago, when i was in college, my roomate and i had one of these. I graduated and moved from sf to chi town. 2 yrs later my roomate graduated and fed ex him to me on a 100 degree summer day. he survived, and lived in my tank for another 5 yrs. He was 8, when i think some *** clown at a party i had put something in the tank. RIP Otto.

Anyway, im think about setting up a 180 with another one.

What else can you stock with these?

 

[Fish_King_25]

i would say definitely nothing smaller than it, and they grow fast so even if he is bought small, don't add anything with a slower growth rate...they eat anything that fits in their beak..you could probably do a lion with it, and probably a good sized angel, possibly Koran, or Blueface, something like that...beautiful fish though make sure you post some pics when you get him!

 

[nattydread]

what about triggers and butterfly's?

 

[jmccown]

other groupers of similar size.

 

[2dawghouse]

Triggers would be okay as long as they are larger than the grouper.

Butterfly I wouldnt, they dont compete well for food, espicially with a grouper in the water.

 

[billsreef]

Groupers are pretty territorial, so I wouldn't go with more groupers. Large Angels, butterflies, wrasses like green birds, coris gaimard or tuskfish, Moray's, lionfish, puffers, and triggers. Basically anything that is too big to eat

 

[Fish_King_25]

yea no groupers should be in there with it, they will fight over territory almost certain...if its was a larger system 300g or something, you could pull that off with alot of LR but not in a 180.

 

[jmicky41]

passer angel and fair sized snowflake or zebra moray would be cool.

 

[petsarenice]

I re-recommend a passer angel, as they are aggressive and hold there own. As far as butterflies, I do think you could get away with a large Raccoon butterfly.

 

[Wolverine]

One thing to keep in mind with a miniatus; I've seen many tanks that have one, and the only reason you know it's in there is a streak of red when you feed the tank. It darts out from hiding, then shoots back into its hole. A lot of people end up disappointed with owning this fish, even though it looks great.

I'm not sure if your other one was like this, but just be aware that a new one may be.

Dave