thelizardkin
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My lfs just got a sweet lips in it's so cool I know they're hard to get feeding but I have many hard to feed fish in my tank a cb buterfly a manderen a pipe fish a flounder so would it be hard to keep a sweetlips
Sweetlips
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Recty
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They are interesting looking when young but eventually turn into big, dull adults if you can keep them alive.
Sweet lips arent hard to get feeding from what I've experienced, they just seem to die like they have a dietary deficiency, no matter what I fed (and I've only owned 2) they died after 3-4 months for no apparent reason. Fat, looked happy/healthy but just dead one morning.
Sweet lips arent hard to get feeding from what I've experienced, they just seem to die like they have a dietary deficiency, no matter what I fed (and I've only owned 2) they died after 3-4 months for no apparent reason. Fat, looked happy/healthy but just dead one morning.
thelizardkin
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I got it it was at he lfs for a hour and was eating brine my tank is 400 gallons 6'x3.5'x2.5' and they don't get dull at all
thelizardkin
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I think its a oriental but I'm not 100% here's a pic
Toddrtrex
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For a fish that will get nearly 3 feet long, your tank is way too small.
D5HP
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So....was the initial post a question or to share your new fish?
thelizardkin
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The initial was about feeding but it was eating in the store so my question was answered*
thelizardkin
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why do you say they get ugly i think adults are cooler than babys
http://www.scubadivemaldives.com/wp...dives-Underwater-Photos-Oriental-Sweetlip.jpg
http://www.scubadivemaldives.com/wp...dives-Underwater-Photos-Oriental-Sweetlip.jpg
Recty
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Well, you were vague on the animal and just said sweetlips, which could mean quite a few different fish. I assumed you meant a spotted sweetlips, which is the common ones sold in the LFS... and they get pretty boring and dull looking as adult fish.
thelizardkin
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from what i've read the sudden die off is mainly from cyanide
thelizardkin
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Bump the sweetlips is still alive and and kicking and it has grown
namxas
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I hope it hasn't died...it's been less than two weeks.
Nobody is wishing you ill luck with this fish, and maybe you can pull off keeping one, but to consider keeping it a "moderate success", you're looking at another 50 weeks minimum. After a year passes, then you shoot for half the fish's normal lifespan with each year being a landmark.
There are many here who keep difficult species, and every little nugget we learn can be passed on to others, and they can add their own twist to it, etc. etc.
Good Luck, and do let us know how you do...it's the only way we learn.
Curious George
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Not to sound like a jerk, but 2 weeks is a very short period of time to claim success. I had one in a 150. I got him to eat and after 6 months I was sure that he was going to be a long lived pet.....nope, croaked for no apparent reason.
This fish is really difficult to keep for an extended length of time--I mean beyond a Moorish Idol IMHO. They are ill fated. It makes me sad that they are sold.....it goes in a category with the cleaner wrasse. There is just something missing from their diet in captivity that has not been identified yet.
This fish is really difficult to keep for an extended length of time--I mean beyond a Moorish Idol IMHO. They are ill fated. It makes me sad that they are sold.....it goes in a category with the cleaner wrasse. There is just something missing from their diet in captivity that has not been identified yet.
thelizardkin
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from what i hear the thing that kill them is cyanide
And your source for this is ???? Success for any animal is one year.
namxas
Things With Stings R Us!
Most fish are dead from cyanide poisoning within 2-3 weeks of application, so a fish that has lived 6 mos hasn't been poisoned.
Again, nobody is bashing you, but when you ask questions, get an answer from more than one very sharp person, and refuse/reject that information, it makes those folks wonder why they bothered. It's almost more like you're looking for VALIDATION vs. INFORMATION.
Perhaps the first post in this thread should have been "Hey, look at my new sweetlips!"...
thelizardkin
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I hadn't gotten it yet
