RoyalGramma001 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Hi everyone, just curious what are the largest saltwater fish that are legal to keep that are not sharks? Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Not sure about the largest, but you can buy groupers and snappers. Some grow something like 4' long. Quote Link to comment
RoyalGramma001 Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Found a pretty cool fish bumblebee groupers get 8ft long 1 Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 I mean, if you've got a tank big enough to house fish bigger than you, you probably have the money to get anything that's legal for someone to collect for you. Heck, you could probably go out fishing and catch yourself any shallow-water fish you could hook. Barracuda would be cool. Most things that large aren't in the hobby, because the vast majority of people can't afford a tank that size. You'd be talking something the size of a swimming pool to properly house this sort of thing, and some crazy filtration to handle it. I'm not sure how practical it actually is to have in a house- might be better to just see if you can partially fund an exhibit at a public aquarium. Otherwise you'd pretty much have to have a house built around it. Quote Link to comment
Matteo Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Panther Grouper. Tiny cuties that get sold as babies then become 3ft monsters. At that point might as well fry it up! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
RoyalGramma001 Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Love those little no so little guys 4 minutes ago, Matteo said: Panther Grouper. Tiny cuties that get sold as babies then become 3ft monsters. At that point might as well fry it up! 1 Quote Link to comment
DSA65PRO Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 I was at Disney years ago having dinner, I got the Grouper for my entree. His cousin was staring me down as I ate, from the surround aquarium. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
OldManSea Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Not too worry, his cousin would have eaten HIM if he fit in his cousin’s mouth! Quote Link to comment
RoyalGramma001 Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 50 minutes ago, OldManSea said: Not too worry, his cousin would have eaten HIM if he fit in his cousin’s mouth! Very true! Quote Link to comment
DISQUALIFIED-QQ Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 I guess you could somehow find one of these: https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/6750/yellow-edged-eel?pcatid=6750&c=15+29+6750 These morays get about 7-8" in the wild. Quote Link to comment
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