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mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
Bob Loblaw
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Looks like a juvenile Mangrove Snapper.
ETA-- not reef safe. not particularly aquarium suitable unless you've got a massive setup
ETA-- not reef safe. not particularly aquarium suitable unless you've got a massive setup
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Like above it does look like a snapper...Gray Snapper, Lutjanus griseus
eatbreakfast
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I agree that it is a young snapper.
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
The young ones are usually called whipper snappers!
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*groan*
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Collected on the shores of Long Island. Every year I see more deep water fish, as well as southern fish that range from this guy to 150 Lb. Tarpon. If I didn’t see it myself, I would never believe it, but it’s all true. There’s more stuff, big fish, and I’m on the ocean a lot, I see them. I grew up on the ocean, was a water rat, and I don’t swim anymore. There’s stuff that can and will eat you swimming just off the beach. Check down “ sharktracker.com “. These guys were tracking Great White Sharks from NJ to Cape Cod. Lucy, a 14 ft. female, was 2 miles off of Coney Island.
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Nope, no massive set up. I’ve gone beyond what most, if not all but one, me, have stocked in a 60 gallon tank. Over 100” of fish, No fancy filtration, heat, sump, UV, doser, ATO, or auto feeders. Only 1 air stone, basic FW filter, and bay water, unfiltered of course. Feeding is the biggest issue, but now after 3 months, every fish eats dry and frozen.
Thank You for your help! I was thinking it was a type of grunt, not reef safe
