Painted Sweetlips Aquarium Care Guide

Keeping Painted Sweetlips in an aquarium requires the right conditions.

Aquarium Information

• Care level: advanced
• Temperament: semi-aggressive
• Diet: carnivore
• Minimum tank size: 500 gallons (for adult specimens)
• Compatibility: Best kept in very large aquariums with other large, robust fish. Not suitable for reef tanks as it will consume invertebrates and smaller fish. Can be territorial towards conspecifics.
• Special requirements: Requires a very large tank with ample swimming space and rockwork for shelter. A varied diet of meaty foods is essential. Excellent filtration is necessary due to its large size and waste production. Juveniles are more adaptable to smaller tanks but will quickly outgrow them.

Water parameters

Temperature

23-28°C (73-82°F)

pH level

8.1-8.4

Hardness

8-12 dKH

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