Blotched anthias

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by TRUONGP15

Very true! I've learned the hard way that its always better to spend a bit more to get quality rather then just paying the cheapest amount possible. However i do find that $300 is just too much to pay per fish. At the same time I've both read and heard that swim bladder issues could take some months to develop even though they seem perfectly fine for the first little while. With this particular fish I'm not really sure the higher price means it's guaranteed to be perfectly healthy but I guess thats the risk that comes with getting a deep water fish species...

You don't have to buy ten of the if that makes you feel better

IN FACT, if I were given the opportunity to do it again, I'd just get one. I honestly didn't need that $900 lesson four years ago, lol.

[Taipan]

Sound advice. There's a reason he's "Good Guy Albert" . I have no problems admitting that I lost 2 in the process of finding several ones in good health and without issues. I keep 1 in my display and the others went to good homes (friends, relatives) after they were eating. Of the 2 I lost.....1 was completely my fault. I bought it knowing it was swimming a little funny (diagonally pointed downwards).

The other - I lost about a month after to an eye infection.....AFTER what I considered to be a successful swim bladder operation. Yeah....I was brave/foolish enough to attempt to rectify a swim bladder issue via surgery. It swam just fine afterwards.....until it was chased by another Borb about a month afterwards. It cut itself on an acro and the cut to the eye never healed properly.

A school would look very cool...but you need the room for the inevitable 'pecking' order that ensues. I agree with MJC that Fat Head/Sunburst Anthias look cool too. Hydrologist summed it up well too.....sometimes its well worth a proven conditioned specimen. I'm a perfect example of how 2 went up in smoke (or was that flushed down the toilet?). My 1 specimen ended up costing the price of 3 moderately priced ones.