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Old 12-17-2015, 06:39 PM
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Default Whats your experiance with Anthias?

What type?
Are they finicky feeders?
How often do you feed?
How many do you keep?

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Old 12-17-2015, 06:40 PM
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Which one?

As for anthias, it depends. Lyretail, easy fish. Bartlett's pretty easy. Queen, not so much. Lots of variety and a huge range inside that.
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Old 12-17-2015, 10:13 PM
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I have the following anthias:

1 Sunburst
5 Stocky
5 Lyretail
1 Resplendant
3 Bartlett
2 Squareback
1 Randall
3 Bimaculatus

in my 240 gallon system. I started getting them in November of 2014. The Lyretail's seem to be the most shy, but this is the opposite of what most people's experience of them are. I have had various kinds, except the stocky, that just didn't eat for some reason and slowly wither away. 1 of my Bimaculatus is in this state right now.

I feed frozen food once/day, 5 days per week. I also have automatic feeders that go off 8 different times per day. I put various flake and pellet food in the feeders.
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Old 12-18-2015, 12:10 AM
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I also see a ton of anthias withering away over the course of 6-18mo. Probably a combination of stress, internal parasites and diet.
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I should clarify that my anthias that do eat have lasted a long time and look very healthy. There's just the odd one that won't and gets skinny fast.
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I have a single Lyretail anthias. I originally had 5 that i added when i upgraded from my 30gal tank, and after having them for a month i added a flame angel from another reefer that had something and wiped out my entire tank except the Male anthias and my Blenny.

I have left this guy as a single since that incident, i have now had him over 3 years.
He eats pellets and whatever else is thrown in the tank. I have NEVER fed multiple times per day. Just once. Mostly pellets, occasionally i remember that i have frozen foods and the tank gets a single cube of that but normally just Omega One marine pellets.
He is not shy, complete opposite, that tank is his. He rules my entire 65gal. He bosses around my damsel. He rules the wrasses that are bigger then him. He is a fat beast. He is slowly getting his stunning purple male colours.
This fish is bomb proof.

I had a group of 4 disbar or dispar.... whatever.... in my 30 gal. Never had issues with them eating or being shy. They ate pellets after a few days of cyclopeeze. Again only ever fed once a day. Had them a few months before a bad waterchange wiped my whole tank.
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Old 12-18-2015, 02:29 AM
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I have only every had a solo squareback anthias and it seemed to do very well for a few months then it just stopped eating and slowly died. Haven't tried one since.
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I had good success with a group of 6 Bicolor Anthias. I kept them in my 180 gal system for over 24 months. I fed the tank spectrum pellets 2 times a day with a feeding of a chum mix consisting of frozen mysis, brine shrimp and oyster feast with a bit of selcon in between the pellets for a total of 3 feedings a day. They went really crazy for the chum.
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I have the following anthias:

1 Sunburst
5 Stocky
5 Lyretail
1 Resplendant
3 Bartlett
2 Squareback
1 Randall
3 Bimaculatus

in my 240 gallon system. I started getting them in November of 2014. The Lyretail's seem to be the most shy, but this is the opposite of what most people's experience of them are. I have had various kinds, except the stocky, that just didn't eat for some reason and slowly wither away. 1 of my Bimaculatus is in this state right now.

I feed frozen food once/day, 5 days per week. I also have automatic feeders that go off 8 different times per day. I put various flake and pellet food in the feeders.
wow I bet that tank looks amazing, any pictures
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