sweet lips?

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ChangDriX

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I went to the LFS store the other day I was a dark brown with bright white spots it looked really cool I though about getting one in awhile but i've never heard of them before it kinda looked like a clownfish is it in the same family?
 

Almondsaz

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They look similar, but they only carry a genetic similarity by name "Clown Sweetlips" or Harlequin Sweetlips --- Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides

They need a min of a 200 gal aquarium and can be difficult to feed as juvies. From what I have read they are not the best selection for a reef tank in that they will eat small snalis, worms, ornamental crustaceans and even serpent stars.

They look great, and I almost bought one as well...til I read about them.
 

SHK_ATK

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I was thinking about getting one as well till I discovered how hard it is to feed them, and to think when I was looking at it someone said they where thinking about buying it and putting it in a 12G nano. :hypnotized:
 
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