Golden Striped Soapfish Grouper

Grammistes Groupers should only be added to very large well established aquariums with plenty of rockwork with caves and crevices to hide in. Groupers are very secretive and will hide until food is presented. They have low metabolism's and only require feeding every other day. Groupers are usually very friendly fish except to fish or crustaceans they can fit in their mouth. Should be housed with larger peaceful tank mates and only one grouper per aquarium. Provide a diet of meaty enriched foods. If not eating offer live foods such as enriched Brine, Glass/Grass shrimp, black worms and fiddler crabs to entice a feeding response. Groupers emit large amounts of waste ensure the filtration system can handle the waste.

Golden Striped Soapfish are also sometimes known as the Sixline Soapfish. Rarely seen in the aquarium trade. Juvenile and adult Golden Striped Soapfish may have color pattern differences. Juveniles are a dark brown color with white to light yellow horizontal stripes. As the fish matures the stripes begin to break up to look more like dashes on their body and spots on their face. Golden Striped Soapfish can grow to a little over 15".

We recommend a minimum aquarium size of 75 gallons or larger for this species.

Water conditions: Salinity 1.020 - 1.025, Temp (F) 72 - 78, pH 8.1 - 8.4, Alkalinity 8 - 12 dKH