Question about grouper tankmate

[hrdneglcry]

I have a small vtail grouper alone in a 90 gallon. I put a coral beauty in there the other day that was getting beaten up in my 120. The grouper did not like it. He went after it and harrassed it. I thought it might stop eventually but the coral beauty was already beaten up so I put him in the sump to heal. Any takes on if the grouper will except or will he just harrass him endlessly? I know eventually the grouper will get large enough to eat him. I though he would appreciate a tankmate but apparently he likes being alone in the 90.

 

[Aspect]

Groupers are predators and will eat the coral beauty. It will need a larger tankmate in order to not harass it.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have a small vtail grouper alone in a 90 gallon. I put a coral beauty in there the other day that was getting beaten up in my 120. The grouper did not like it. He went after it and harrassed it. I thought it might stop eventually but the coral beauty was already beaten up so I put him in the sump to heal. Any takes on if the grouper will except or will he just harrass him endlessly? I know eventually the grouper will get large enough to eat him. I though he would appreciate a tankmate but apparently he likes being alone in the 90.

V-tail is one of the smaller captive groupers but is predatory. They will eat what will fit in their mouths and attempt what wont fit in their mouths. You will want fish of the same size and even larger and ones that will grow as large as they do

 

[hrdneglcry]

Thanks. My Triggers bully the vtail until he gets flukes. My Blue Jaw is very territorial. I was hoping the vtail would leave the coral beauty alone. I had an 8" Argus with small maroon clowns years ago in a 180 with a lot of triggers. He never bothered anyone but I kept him fed. This vtail is 4.5" and the Coral Beauty is 2.5. Also there is a video on youtube of a guy adding and Blue Spot Grouper to a Miniatus Grouper tank. The Miniatus attacks the Argus. Like my Vtail is doing to the Coral Beauty. The guy never says if the aggression stopped.

 

[hrdneglcry]

I was wrong. I tried again. This time he tried to eat the Coral Beauty. The chunks of food I feed him a small relative to the size if coral beauty and sometime he struggles with the larger pieces. But it seemed clear he was gonna try to eat him.