Ich on Grouper?

[BubblesandSqueak]

Is this ich on a grouper? It’s about 5’ long.

 

[littlefoxx]

Oh my god! Is that in your home aquarium??? Huge fish!

Hopefully @Jay Hemdal and @vetteguy53081 can assist

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Is this ich on a grouper? It’s about 5’ long.

Looks like a long term captive - at a public aquarium?

I can't see the telltale discrete white ich spots, just localized patches of white mucus. I'd say it doesn't have ich.

Jay

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Oh my god! Is that in your home aquarium??? Huge fish!

Hopefully @Jay Hemdal and @vetteguy53081 can assist

No, I’m currently at Atlantis in Bahamas. Doesn’t look too good though.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Looks like a long term captive - at a public aquarium?

I can't see the telltale discrete white ich spots, just localized patches of white mucus. I'd say it doesn't have ich.

Jay

Amazing what they can fit in the tanks here. Bahamas.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Amazing what they can fit in the tanks here. Bahamas.

It's been like 20 years since I've been there, but IIRC, they use ocean water on a semi-open system, and I don't know if they sterilize that or not, so it could have flukes.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

It's been like 20 years since I've been there, but IIRC, they use ocean water on a semi-open system, and I don't know if they sterilize that or not, so it could have flukes.

My kids pointed out all the Aiptasia on the edges of the shallow tanks.

 

[littlefoxx]

No, I’m currently at Atlantis in Bahamas. Doesn’t look too good though.

Ahh. I was about to ask how big your home tank was if you had that big grouper in there! Groupers are super cool

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Ahh. I was about to ask how big your home tank was if you had that big grouper in there! Groupers are super cool

Yeah, my home tank is only a 112. But the kids seem to like the sharks and stingrays here. I don’t think I’d have room for that.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I too dont see sign of ich but rather the typical hole in the head and light erosion they often have when they get large.

 

[randomfishdude]

Excuse me?

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

It's been like 20 years since I've been there, but IIRC, they use ocean water on a semi-open system, and I don't know if they sterilize that or not, so it could have flukes.

Kids ate fried conch and still ate it after I told them we had small ones in our tank

 

[randomfishdude]

Kids ate fried conch and still ate it after I told them we had small ones in our tank

I still would. I don't care. If it's dead it's dead.

Do you think I could keep a grouper in my 90?
They stay in one spot so why can't that spot be my tank.

 

[littlefoxx]

I still would. I don't care. If it's dead it's dead.

Do you think I could keep a grouper in my 90?
They stay in one spot so why can't that spot be my tank.

Only one I think you can keep in that size tank is a marine betta, also called a comet grouper. I have one, he is a stunning fish

 

[randomfishdude]

Only one I think you can keep in that size tank is a marine betta, also called a comet grouper. I have one, he is a stunning fish

I might acually get that. If I haft the ability to pay that much.

 

[Reefering1]

Mmm, I like grouper..., deep fried