Anyone ever kept one of these? I'm seriously considering getting one for the 180 gallon I'm working on (which will be upgraded as well, since my fish will need more room). How do they handle captivity? Supposedly they are one of the smallest sweetlips, topping out at a mere 16 inches in length. It seems like the perdwcr fish for what I'm looking for, sifting sand, peaceful with anything it cannot swallow, and looks like a classic reef fish you see while snorkeling.
I've kept the harlequin sweetlips in the past, and it ate frozen foods well and grew quickly, until I sold it when I tore the tank down (380 gallon). Are these guys pretty similar care wise? There will be no motile inverts in the tank, and only whatever hardy cheap corals the fish don't eat (most likely palythoa, GSP, gorgonians, and maybe some mushrooms).
Pics from the LFS to show them currently, around 3" long, and a pic off google of an adult.
I've kept the harlequin sweetlips in the past, and it ate frozen foods well and grew quickly, until I sold it when I tore the tank down (380 gallon). Are these guys pretty similar care wise? There will be no motile inverts in the tank, and only whatever hardy cheap corals the fish don't eat (most likely palythoa, GSP, gorgonians, and maybe some mushrooms).
Pics from the LFS to show them currently, around 3" long, and a pic off google of an adult.