Plectorhinchus picus

Painted Sweetlips — Photo: By Leonard Low from Australia - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1554947

Painted sweetlip 

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/6370

This fish is from the Indo Pacific region.

Reef compatible. These fish get very large and will eat smaller fish.

Min. Tank Size 1000 litres.plus

Size 80 cm

Sg 1.020 - 1.025

pH 8.1 - 8.5

Temp. 23 -28 °C

Water Hardness 8-10 °d

Diet carnivore  Will accept frozen mysis, brine shrimp, and other meaty foods along with a high quality marine flake and marine pellet food

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