What kind of fish is this? Pls help

[i3unni3]

Hi, I just bought this guy from the store and I was curious to know what kind of fish he is. I forget the name. I believe it was striped something..... Thanks!

 

[exile415]

loooks liek a sweetlip

 

[greggti]

Yeah, its a sweetlips. A yellow lined sweetlips.Gets pretty big and not that great for a reef tank.

 

[exile415]

it's a nice looking fish. hope your tank is big enough for it

 

[i3unni3]

46 gal tank fish only tank. hope its big enough for it.

 

[essop3]

They get over 12"

 

[airforceb2]

Not even big enough. This hobby requires a lot of homework to be done before any buying. Knowing what you are buying is always a plus.
Do you have anything else in your tank?

 

[ophiura]

The tank is not large enough but this sort of fish tends to have an extremely poor survival rate in captivity. I think this one is marginally better (unlike the more commonly sold harlequin sweetlips) but there is no guarantee of long term success. If it does live, it gets large, poses a threat to many different types of inverts, and tends - as do all sweetlips- to lose their attractive coloration. Personally, I would trade it in for something more suitable, and more likely to do well in that size tank.