Anthias info.

fishoholic · #1 01-29-2008, 07:27 PM

Our tank is 230g. It is an open top tank, so if anthias are jumpers I'm not sure I sould get some, I'd hate to spend a bunch of money on them just to have them jump out

. Also with them being hard to feed I'm worried our "piggy" tangs would eat up all the food before they could get some. However I do feed a lot of mysis when I feed my tank, which is usually once a day, and so far everyone (including our very slow eater, our mandrain goby) gets some. I also feed pellets and nori.

EmilyB · #2 01-29-2008, 09:30 PM

I kept Barletts for about a year. Never had a jumper, this was a 230g with eurobracing. Bought four, one went dominant male and kept two females with him while keeping the forth (non-dominant male I presume) in the rock. Beautiful fish. I lost them in a cucumber accident. They were the only fish to perish in that incident. I fed them twice a day or whenever I thought about it and they seemed to do well. Ate everything.

ed99 · #3 01-30-2008, 03:46 AM

I've had Bartlett for a few months now and it looks like they are doing fine. I bought 6 and 2 died overnight, but the others have kept on ticking. I have an auto-feeder with pellets so that helps with the frequent feedings. For the first while I didn't have a cover and they never jumped, but the other day while feeding one bounced pretty hard off the egg crate, so I think that is a risk. Mine are pretty aggressive eaters so the two tangs in the tank don't appear to trouble them.

fishoholic · #4 01-30-2008, 06:25 PM

Thanks everyone for the info. I'm too worried that they might jump out so I think I will not be getting any.

Tyson · #5 02-08-2008, 08:31 PM

i just got 2 (male and female) for my 30gal, just for now until i get my 120 finished. easily my favorite fish, here's some info if you want more on them.
http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/1024frameset.htm

fishoholic · #6 02-08-2008, 08:36 PM

Thanks for the info but I bought a clown tang for our tank instead of the anthias

fishoholic · #7 02-10-2008, 06:15 AM

Ok so we were at the lfs today and these 3 dispar anthias told us to take them home.

They are in QT right now and they all seem fine together, they are eating mysis and they look healthy