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October 24: Arrival of New Fresh Water Fish.

October 24: Arrival of New Marine Water Fish.

 

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Blue Spotted Grouper

Blue Spotted Grouper

Scientific Name: Cephalopholis argus

Price: Upon Request

Origin: Indo-Pacific

Family: Serranidae

NOT AVAILABLE NOW

 

 

Technical Info

Temperature: 22 - 25 ℃

pH: 8.1 - 8.4

GH: 8 - 12

SG: 1.020 - 1.025

Max size: 50 cm

Min Tank size: 350 Ltr

Position in Aqua: Bottom swimmer

 

Description

The Bluespotted Grouper is primarily mottled brown in color. The fins are dark, and light blue dots cover the entire body. The posterior section of the body has six vertical bands of white. Tank raised specimens are currently available for purchase.

 

Food

Carnivore-Feed all kinds of live foods. Also feed it prepared meaty foods: squid, clams, shrimp, chopped fish, lancefish, or silversides. (Feed 2-4 times a week).

 

Breeding

There is very little information available on the reproductive biology of this species.

 

Compatible with

Blue Dot Grouper fish is moderately reef compatible. This aggressive marine fish can be kept with other aggressive and semi-aggressive tank mates like, Lionfish, Angelfish, Scorpion Fish, Marine Eels, Surgeons and Tangs.

 

Note

Blue Dot Grouper is a large fishes and develops habit to dislodge the corals in your marine aquarium. It is hence advisable not to keep it in a Reef Type Marine Aquarium. Due to its large size and voluminous eater. Also, it leaves around lot of waste in the marine aquarium. You should be highly vigilant to keep your tank’s water perfectly clean by using very effective biological filter.