False Perc and Sweetlip...compatable?

[kayaaandjaden]

Could a sucessfully put a sweetlip clown in the same 92 gal tank with a false perc?
-kaya

[Gary Majchrzak]

Okay.. I'll be the first to ask:
what species is a Sweetlips Clown? :love1:

[traveller7]

I'll guess a black saddleback? :confused:

[criccio]

If you're talking about this fish, it's not a question of whether it's compatible with a clownfish, it's not compatible with an aquarium , it gets a couple of feet long... http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=180

[skinpuppi]

The sweetlips is not a clownfish.

[kayaaandjaden]

That is what I thought too. But at the LFs, they had it labeled at Sweetlip clown, so I came home...looked it up and this is what I found...
http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/sweetlips/clownsweetlips


-criccio- I checked out your link. Wow, that one does get big. The one I saw was actaully white, with black/grey large spots. There wasn't any orange on him.....??? Check out the link above....the species name is the same, but the specs on the fish as well as the photo are different. They are saying a medium size fish is 3-4"

Now check out this web site...
http://species.fishindex.com/species_1624plectorhinchus_chaetodonoides_clown_sweetlips.html

The species names are all the same, but the liveaquaria link is saying somethigng totally different than these two, but using the same speices name??????


Can anyone clarify this? The liveaquaria seems to me to the be the only one listing this a very large fish... Here are a couple of other common names for the fish:
Harlequin Sweetlips, Clown Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips

It seems to me, the clown sweetlips is just coming in as a common name and that they are not related, so they should be fine...?
But, then there is the size issue. One of the web sites says a minimum tank size of 50 gal....I can't figure out the discrepancy....

[zenya]

the species name is the same, but the specs on the fish as well as the photo are different. They are saying a medium size fish is 3-4"

I think what they meant in those sizes is what they have for sale. Smaller size is 2-3" and medium size 3-4", it has nothing to do with the actual size of the fish when it reaches full maturity.Sweetlips belongs to the family of Haemulidae, i.e. Grunts, and they reach the size of 72.0 cm in adult speciemens. So there is no discrepancy whatsoever in my mind, exception being the fishindex website which gives mature size of this fish as 8". On top of that they recommend minimum size of aquarium as 50g for this fish which I find outrageous. :( Why would anyone have 8" fish in a 50 gallon aquarium?

Anyways, here's a link to the general description of this species with correct size
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=6364&genusname=Plectorhinchus&speciesname=chaetodonoides

And here's more pictures where you can see variety of color combinations in juvenile individuals.
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=6364

I see this fish offered alot in the stores locally and often wondered what size aquariums people who buy them have at home. ;)

[mbunaman]

When that fish gets bigger it will eat your clownfish.

[kayaaandjaden]

Hmmm, interesting. I don't want my fish eating each other, that's for sure. So, I guess we will stick away from him. Thanks for all the info:)

[Gary Majchrzak]

freekin' common names.
I thought you might be talking about a Grunt.