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Clown Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides)

Price range: 1250,00 EGP through 1600,00 EGP

Variation	Status	Price
Small	Out of Stock	1250,00 EGP
Medium	Out of Stock	1500,00 EGP
Large	Out of Stock	1600,00 EGP

Size

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SKU 5576 Categories Fishs, Grunts & Sweetlips, Live Stock Tags Haemulidae, Plectorhinchus, Reef safe with caution

Fish Description

Facts

Latin Name	Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides - Lacepède, 1801
Local Name	Clown sweetlips
Family	Haemulidae - Plectorhinchus
Origin	East Indian Ocean, West Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia, Central/West Pacific
Max length	72 cm (28.3")

As Aquarium Fish

Minimum volume	2000 l (528 gal) ? "Minimum volume" indicates the size of the tank needed to house this species under optimal conditions. This is based on a medium size animal, which you want to keep for several years. It might be possible to keep smaller specimens for a limited period in a smaller tank. A larger tank might be needed for fully-grown specimens.
Hardiness	Delicate ? "Hardiness" indicates how resistant this species is to disease and how well i tolerates bad conditions in general. Some species doesn't handle transportation very well, but that doesn't mean that the species isn't hardy under the right conditions.
Suitable for Aquarium	Experience, preparation and extra care required ? In this case, a "normal" aquarium is a reef aquarium with mixed corals or a fish only aquarium with an approximately salinity of 1.026 (sg) and a temperature close to 26°C. Species requiring more than a 4000-liter tank are considered not suitable for home aquarium. Special aquariums may cover tanks with low salinity, sub-tropical temperature, deep sand bed, sea grass etc.
Reef safe	Reef safe with caution ? Always reef safe: No sources indicate that this species will harm corals or other invertebrates. Often reef safe: Only a few aquarists has reported problems keeping this species with corals and other invertebrates. Reef safe with caution: This species may be a threat to some types of invertebrates. Reef safe with luck: Most specimens will harm corals and/or other invertebrates, but you might be lucky. Not reef safe: This species is a threat to most corals and/or other invertebrates.
Aggressiveness	Docile

Feed

Recommended

Fish
Larger crustaceans (Shrimp, crabs...)
Other invertebrates
Small crustaceans (Krill, mysis, artemia...)

الوصف

Beware of

Grows fast
This species grows very quickly if fed well.

Difficult to provide the correct nutrition
Hard to give this species the correct nutrition and is therefore hard to keep alive.

Poses a threat towards small fish and invertebrates
This species can be a threat towards small fish, shrimps, small bivalves, worms, snails and the like.

Searches through sand for food
This species searches through the sand for food, which can make the water cloudy and shakes up detritus. In an aquarium their natural food source in the sand is quickly exhausted.

Demand a very large aquarium when fully grown
This species needs a very large aquarium when fully grown. Exactly how big the aquarium should be is hard to say, but the size of this species is such, that it cannot normally be kept in a home aquarium.

Keep in mind

Requires a varied diet
This species must be fed with an appropriately varied diet.

Heavy load
This species eats a great deal and demands an aquarium that can tolerate such a heavy load.

Live food
There is a greater chance of success with this species if one can supply a living feed to allow it to adapt to the tank.

Frequent feeding
This fish requires feeding several times a day, especially when newly added. When the fish can find its natural food in the aquarium it requires less frequent feeding.

Hiding places
This species needs good hiding places, for example, between live rocks.

Requires plenty of space for swimming.
This species revels in swimming and requires an aquarium with ample space.

Docile
This species is very shy and docile, so one should be careful when keeping it with more aggressive fish.

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Additional information

Size	Small, Medium, Large

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