Any Experience With Sweet lips Harlequin/clown?

[andrew2010]

Looking @ getting one. I know they get big. I was curious on aggression with this fish. All info I am finding is conflicting (starting with classification name). Thanks for any input guys/girls.
Drew

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

oh man....

oh man....

if you only listen to ONE RECOMMENDATION that I post online this is it!:

DON'T PURCHASE A SWEETLIPS GROUPER

 

[LFS_worker]

I have never seen one live longer than a week or 2 ... I have read about some that have gotten SUPERSIZED!!!

 

[RyanEG]

The other thing is that they get ugly as heck past their juvie phase

 

[LFS_worker]

they are wimps in the tanks for sure .. no aggression that I have ever seen they always seem to get picked on and placed with other aggressive fish

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

technically a grunt.... not a grouper

technically a grunt.... not a grouper

but same end result: 29" long fish that eats everybody else and produces massive amounts of waste. No good for home reef aquarium.
Better off in 1,000 gallon FO display such as public aquarium.

 

[andrew2010]

Thanks guys. The "lfs" has had them for 25$ I was gonna gamble on one but I guess maybe not.

 

[LFS_worker]

sadly let them eat the loss on the fish so they stop ordering them