Red Louti Grouper

Variola Groupers should only be added to 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.

Red Louti Grouper are also sometimes known simply as the Yellow Edged Lyretail. Not often seen in the aquarium trade. Juvenile and adult Red Louti Groupers may have different color patterns. Juveniles are very lovely with a yellow to tan colored upper body with dark spots, mottled black stripe, and lower body is a light yellow white color with dark spots. Adults are a duller color with dark purple to brown, white spots a light head color and blue spots. The Red Louti Groupers can grow to a little over 32".

We recommend a minimum aquarium size of 300 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