New Fishy! Sweetlips Clown
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meowzer
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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3051889
Well thank you for sharing...............................but.................
where are the pictures??????
socalnano24
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yah I just had the mistake of purchasing a sweetlips about three weeks ago. Didn't work out too well, he was doing great then randomly died last weekend. They are a difficult fish to keep in captivity.
Unless you know what your getting into and realize how bad of a fish these are for captivity. I'd advice taking it back if you still can.
Unless you know what your getting into and realize how bad of a fish these are for captivity. I'd advice taking it back if you still can.
ophiura
Active Member
Definitely NOT a clownfish I am afraid (as in relatively tough and easy to keep). Cute as juveniles, should you actually be lucky enough to get one to live, they become relatively less attractive as adults. And quite large. However, it is overall quite rare for them to survive long 
jayson417
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So i researched for about 2 weeks before i picked him up. The first two things i read that worried me was size and the captivity life. So i read that they are very tough to get eating and that i need to go from live food and switch off to frozen once they have accepted that. She started eating frozen brine right off the bat and she eats good. She is about 1 and a 1/2 inches in size and i have her in my QT ( 46 bow ) at the moment and she will make it into my 180 soon. I'm still afraid about how they are captured as they use cyanide to catch these and 50-60% of the time they die suddenly without reason.
I thought about this very long before i bought her and im hoping she will have a long happy life with me. I will do everything to make her a happy camper. Thanks for helping me with the info tho at least i know if i didn't research it everyone would be there to warn me
So her are pictures of my new fishy.
I thought about this very long before i bought her and im hoping she will have a long happy life with me. I will do everything to make her a happy camper. Thanks for helping me with the info tho at least i know if i didn't research it everyone would be there to warn me
So her are pictures of my new fishy.
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shrimpy brains
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littlej2455
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Originally Posted by Jayson417
http:///forum/post/3055145
Welp. Sweetlips is no more. I was watching him swim back and forth and all the sudden my Baseball size hermit crab swooped and grabbed it with his be claw by the neck so i grabbed the crab so he would drop her and she was dead
Sorry about your fish.
Do you have a picture of the crab? Baseball sized, thats huge.
http:///forum/post/3055145
Welp. Sweetlips is no more. I was watching him swim back and forth and all the sudden my Baseball size hermit crab swooped and grabbed it with his be claw by the neck so i grabbed the crab so he would drop her and she was dead
Sorry about your fish.
crypt keeper
Active Member
that blows. that was a cool fish