Oriental Sweetlips fish

[Dalmatia]

So I've had my little guy for about a year and a half now, he's my fave!!! Does anyone have a pic of a big one in their tank and is he good?
My guy loves flake food mainly krill and clam but haven't every bugged an invert or other fish, so peaceful,,, I love him

 

[Dalmatia]

Hope he looks like this

 

[Marshall O]

What size tank do you have out of curiosity. With how big these guys get, you almost never see them in the hobby.

 

[Dalmatia]

For now I have 150, eventually I'm gonna get maybe a 370g

 

[Trex]

What are the dimensions going to be for that tank? That fish can get over 2 feet long.

 

[Dalmatia]

96x30x30
I figure I'll have some years to go till, if he even grows that big in a home tank.

 

[airgoose2222]

Awesome fish. I have a miniatus grouper that was in a 150 for about six months. It's now in a 300 gallon. I would like to get a sweet lips in there too. Do you have a current pic? And how big is it after owning for a year and a half?

 

[Dalmatia]

Got him when he was an inch big, I got all my fish as babies! But from an inch he grew to about 4-4/12"
I'll see if I have a pic in my new phone, if I do it's prob bad. I've tried other types of sweetlips but none would eat and died off on me, so this guy must be a miracle!!! But he was my first!

Just took them, I lost all my pics cause my old iPhone was acting up and apple swapped it before I got to backup my old pics,
Dori was about an inch as well, so cute to watch them grow

 

[Dalmatia]

Personally I think he's still has way more than plenty of swimming room

 

[airgoose2222]

Very cool!! I was hoping to hear they grow a little faster though. Glad he's doing so well for you. Beautiful fish

 

[Marshall O]

How long have you had the Powder Blue and Powder Brown together? That's not a combo you see too often!

 

[lps1212]

I saw this fish at my lfs and it was a beauty great looking fish

 

[Dalmatia]

How long have you had the Powder Blue and Powder Brown together? That's not a combo you see too often!

Maybe year and a half now

 

[Marshall O]

Maybe year and a half now

Nice, like I said, I don't remember seeing both in anything under a 10' long tank. Kudos to you!

 

[Dalmatia]

thanks, I've just added some clowns that I got for a steal price ($160) for 4
So cute

But tangs in my tank, I have:
1-powder blue tang
2-powder brown tang
3-hippo tang
4-2 yellow tangs
5-mimic tang
6-scopas tang
7-tomini tang
At one point I had 11 but they didn't get along to well so I had to catch them and sell
I sold a naso, Vlamingii naso, salifin and another chevron, they were just mean to the community

 

[Dalmatia]

Still growing,,, can't wait. I would love to see a bigger sweetlips in a home aquarium. Just love them

 

[Dalmatia]

He's starting to grow a bit faster in the last couple of months

He's very camera shy

 

[footballdude2k3]

Very pretty fish, about how long is he now?

I have seen a powder brown and powder blue work together in a 90 corner, but I had a powder blue that hated being in a 125, so part of it is just getting lucky with the right fish.

 

[Dalmatia]

Sweetlips is about 6" now

 

[Dalmatia]

Powder blue get very fisty, you can try with a new one and same size as the brown. Hopefully your brown has established a place in the reef