Sweetlips
- Thread starter Don4921
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sorry to hear about your fish. How many fish do you have now? how big are they? what size tank are they all in?
i hav a 65 wit bout 15 small fish in it gobbies,crabs clowns and a unicorn tang that im growin out so it can go in my 240g which has 18 fish that are bout 1ft long each but 15 of them are tangs and foxfaces. and i also hav a 55 gallon quarantine tank with a few shrimp from the bait storre in it. i am planning on turning one of my koi ponds into a saltwater pond in a few months because my fish are a few months away from bein a lil too big
but for rite now they are fine. i also hav a small ten gallon with a few crabs in it. i hav bout 100 fish in total and im only 16! and plus i hav several fw setups as well along with 5 fish ponds bout 1500g each. here are the types of fish i hav rite now:
65:
1-unicorn tang-6"
1-yellow tang-5"
1-dottybak-8"
1-fire clown-4"
1-scissor tail goby-5"
2-big eyes-4"
3-keywest grunts-4"
1-sand perch-6"
1-niger trigger-6"
1-green carpet-8"diameter
1-red haired crab forget exact name-2"
1-pj cardinal-3"
3-file fish-very small like only 2"
all these fish are ovr a year old and well established
210:
1-panther grouper-18"
1-rainbow parrot-10"
1-stoplight parrot-17"
1-foxface-6"
3-yellow tangs-2 are 4"and one is 7"
1-purple tangs-5"
1-volitan lion fish-'
1-black volitan lion-8"
1-sweetlips-rip-6"
1-sand perch-8"
1-brown carpet-10"diameter
1-condi anemone-6"diameter
1-bird wrasse-8"
1-banana wrasse-8"
1-spaniard hogfish-8"
2-mated pair of blue throat triggers-8"
all are well fed and are parasite free althopugh i hav been having electical problems wit this tank but is fixed for now.
but for rite now they are fine. i also hav a small ten gallon with a few crabs in it. i hav bout 100 fish in total and im only 16! and plus i hav several fw setups as well along with 5 fish ponds bout 1500g each. here are the types of fish i hav rite now:
65:
1-unicorn tang-6"
1-yellow tang-5"
1-dottybak-8"
1-fire clown-4"
1-scissor tail goby-5"
2-big eyes-4"
3-keywest grunts-4"
1-sand perch-6"
1-niger trigger-6"
1-green carpet-8"diameter
1-red haired crab forget exact name-2"
1-pj cardinal-3"
3-file fish-very small like only 2"
all these fish are ovr a year old and well established
210:
1-panther grouper-18"
1-rainbow parrot-10"
1-stoplight parrot-17"
1-foxface-6"
3-yellow tangs-2 are 4"and one is 7"
1-purple tangs-5"
1-volitan lion fish-'
1-black volitan lion-8"
1-sweetlips-rip-6"
1-sand perch-8"
1-brown carpet-10"diameter
1-condi anemone-6"diameter
1-bird wrasse-8"
1-banana wrasse-8"
1-spaniard hogfish-8"
2-mated pair of blue throat triggers-8"
all are well fed and are parasite free althopugh i hav been having electical problems wit this tank but is fixed for now.
Well to be quite honest your tanks are very highly stocked but as long as your water is fine then I guess you got it under control. It is a slight possibility that the sweeplips felt a little surrounded with all thouse fish and died from stress. "Just a possibility".
My friends sweet lips lasted all of 4 months and came up missing. in your case the bigger fish may have eaten him based on available/lack of tank space.
If it was a Harlequin Sweetlips the tang stressed it out with the damsels. Sweetlips are very shy,timid fish. When they are small they shouldn't be housed with fast moving agressive eaters like damsels.
i forget wat kind it is but it was white brown with small spots on him and this fish ate well and was bout 6" then he was floating by the intake dead no bite marks and true my takes are slightly ovr stocked but im building a saltwater pond and im converting a 55 into sw so ill will hav more room
