What did I do?

I think I may have over done it this time

Was at the LFS yesterday and seen this realy cool fish , looked pretty and was realy freindly , I mean it was like ,, take me home inlander take me home ,, get me out of here ,please help me ,,,I couldnt resist , it is about the most colorfull and awsome looking fish I have seen there in a long time , the price was good so I told the lady to bag it and I would take it home..,
Today I was doing the normal research on a new species , food ,, size,, and care level,,,,,


I have never seen one of these around localy so I wasnt real sure what it was,,

I know rule #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

READ BEFORE YA BUY!!!!

Any way it is about 3 inches in length , it is eating verry well and seems to be verry healthy..

Dont have any pics yet because the tank glass needs cleaned ,
But here is a link to one..

THEY GROW TO 3FT IN lenght!!!
They are carnivores

I may need a room adition and a new tank ,, or just enjoy the company for a while and trade it off!!


Minimum tank size recomended is 300 gallon
What did I do!!


Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Spotted Sweetlips

...........but he is purty isn't he?!
in this hobby we all have gotten carried away by a unique and special critter
crack me up!!!
so what ARE you going to do with him? if you keep him too long you'll probably fall in love with him....even though he'll eat all your fish................has he gotten to any of them yet?

Tank upgrade!! hahaha

Well, you'll like him till all your crabs and shrimp are gone...

I always like the Oriental Sweetlips, also..

they are soooo pretty!!

I was trying to talk a guy locally into getting one for his large aggressive fish tank - hehe

Hopefully he is a sucker for bait so you can catch him soon and find a new home for him!

Don't worry about it they take forever to grow. I had one for about 5 years and it got about 3 inches bigger then when I first got it and then died for no reason. Had it in a 180 tank.

in contrast to bill, i had one 40 years ago in a 110 and it grew really fast!

oh my. Very pretty fish.

So when's the new tank coming? lol. That's gonna be a monster! It can eat everything!!!

LOL

Maybe a 3 ft wading pool in the basement would be cheaper then a new tank??

Or else a free donation to the zoo!!

so what ARE you going to do with him? if you keep him too long you'll probably fall in love with him....even though he'll eat all your fish................has he gotten to any of them yet?


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Not sure what I am going to do yet,, was thinking about a family room going up in the garage and a realy big tank out there ,, but right now its just a dream!!!


He is in with the gold face gobie and a mandarian and a yellowtail damsel ,, so far they are all stil there!!

Not sure about the snails

He is a realy cool fish and allways comes to the front of the tank to see what is going on!!

Originally Posted by shmoliken

in contrast to bill, i had one 40 years ago in a 110 and it grew really fast!

how fast did it grow Paul???

so inlander..........looks like an upgrade is in the future?

anyone else here ever keep one of these beauties??? OR know someone who did?????

Well, lots of hotels and restaurants have aggressive setups if he gets bigger faster than you get money, lol. Specifically a hotel by Marriott called Homewood suites. So far every one I've been in has had the same lobby including a large fish tank- some are fresh some are salt, but it's worth keeping in mind when or if you ever need it.

Originally Posted by shmoliken

in contrast to bill, i had one 40 years ago in a 110 and it grew really fast!

They had fish back then?

if he gets bigger faster than you get money,

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In todays world that wont be out of the question!!

One of the LFS has/had a deal going on with a couple large tanks,, I just dont want to have to beef up the floor \,,, I could use one of the 55 gllon tanks and all of my rocks I have for a sump

I hope he /she /,,,,it,,,, grows slow!!

I cant beleive I bought it with out reading about it first!!

Originally Posted by Variko

They had fish back then?

OUCH! .........but had to laugh!

Originally Posted by inlander

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I hope he /she /,,,,it,,,, grows slow!!

I cant beleive I bought it with out reading about it first!!

sometimes the allure takes over buddy!
I remember when I started out with a 29g.....had a few cool corals in it, a clarki clown, coral beauty, flamehawk and 6-line wrasse........power compact for lights and a skilter ...then I saw my first squamosa ....HAD to buy it!!! ending up building a fence for it to protect it!

anyone else do the impulse purchase before researching?

When I first got in the hobby I did. I bought a couple of manderins not really knowing how to care for them. I thought you can just add flake food to the tank and walk away

I had a 2ft snakehead, 2 full grown oscars, and a 2 1/2 foot pleco in a 55g.

Yep....about 13 years ago we added a dogface puffer and couldn't find our other fish in the mornings shortly after adding him??? One night as soon as we turned off the lights the puffer went into attack mode....we quickly turned the light back on and the puffer spit out a clownfish and then just swam real slow again. Needless to say that was the beginning of us researching before we added to our tank and Mr. Puffer went back to the LFS.

First let me point out that this is one of my favorite things about this forum- instead of beating him up and acting like a bunch of flawless prudes, inlanders "mistake" gets turned into a discussion about the same mistake we've all made. No drama. Love that.

Anyway yes- my first saltwater purchase was a clown fish and a sebae. Put in my tank, oh I'd say about 3 days after I filled it up! Then when my live rock came in the mail, I threw all 200 pounds in straight from the shipping box.

I called the company and cussed them out, lol. They were the ones who advised me to start researching on forums. After I learned a bit more I felt like an a$$.

Originally Posted by Tizzo

First let me point out that this is one of my favorite things about this forum- instead of beating him up and acting like a bunch of flawless prudes, inlanders "mistake" gets turned into a discussion about the same mistake we've all made. No drama. Love that.

Anyway yes- my first saltwater purchase was a clown fish and a sebae. Put in my tank, oh I'd say about 3 days after I filled it up! Then when my live rock came in the mail, I threw all 200 pounds in straight from the shipping box.

I called the company and cussed them out, lol. They were the ones who advised me to start researching on forums. After I learned a bit more I felt like an a$$.

cussed them out....haha!

I agree with you about this forum Tizzo. I have left 2 other forums. Now at first you would think it's because I dont always play well with others. Nope. I asked if a pair of maroon clowns would be fine in 29g tank. I got treated like an a$$hole for even considering this. Then I said my jawfish tank would have a 5" sand bed which would double as a place for anaerobic bacteria to remove nitrate. I was told I was an a$$hole and the sand bed would need to be no less than 6" to remove nitrate, jawfish need a sandbed deeper than 5", and the whole tank would eventually die from the hydrogen sulfide.

We all make mistakes, this is a hobby. Fish die and we lose money when we make a mistake, but that is how we learn sometimes. Have you ever seen a 30" long by 10" wide pleco try to turn around in a 55g? He had to swim up the back wall of the tank and rotate with his tail out of the water lol. You will one day have to make a hard decision about your sweetlips. It will be either a finacial hit if you build a huge tank for him, or a sad day when you have to hand him over to a lfs. To criticize the purchase would be stupid. We are here to meet people who have a common interest, and learn from each other. Not to put others down who made a mistake to make ourselves feel good. For that mtter, so far there isnt even a mistake. The fish fits in your tank for now lol. Just as my turtle "kinda" still fits in his 10g tank. No clue what Im gonna do with him when he is full grown. That is future Variko's problem. Current Variko is still ok.