Anthias feeding

Basile · #1 10-07-2013, 01:40 PM

I'm wondering about getting anthias, because of the feeding requirements. If i feed them only twice or 3 time a day would they be ok ? I don't want to rely on automatic feeders while i'm gone they're too messy.

Aquattro · #2 10-07-2013, 02:00 PM

I feed mine 1 to 3 times per day, they seem fine.

thmh · #3 10-07-2013, 02:12 PM

Auto feeder is your friend! :-) for the first few weeks they wouldn't eat pellets so I mixed in flakes and they started getting confused and now they're to fat to say no to anything even nori! :-) I do one spin 4 times daily.

~Tony

kien · #4 10-07-2013, 02:39 PM

autofeeders are definitely messy for flakes, but Tony's suggest to mix in pellets with flake feeding is a great suggestion to ween them off flakes and onto the pelleted auto-feeder. 2 times a day for me on the auto-feeder plus 1 more evening feed of either flakes or frozen foods.

Coasting · #5 10-07-2013, 03:14 PM

Ive only ever fed my tank once a day.
Never had an issue with feeding anthias either.
Just crush up some pellets and feed the same time I offer frozen like cyclopeeze and their wolfing down the pellets.

Fesso · #6 10-07-2013, 03:16 PM

Depends on the type of Anthia. I just made a terrible rookie mistake: on Friday I bought 3 Purple Queen Anthias without a quick google search that would have told me that they are planktivores and need to be fed up to 10x a day with food no bigger then cyclopeeze. They were all dead by Sunday.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #7 10-07-2013, 03:29 PM

For lyretails, one to three times daily will do, ime.

lastlight · #8 10-07-2013, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Fesso

Depends on the type of Anthia. I just made a terrible rookie mistake: on Friday I bought 3 Purple Queen Anthias without a quick google search that would have told me that they are planktivores and need to be fed up to 10x a day with food no bigger then cyclopeeze. They were all dead by Sunday.

wow i had no idea. wanted to buy a pair a while ago and thankfully i did not. I've always fed once per day and my squarespots are both doing awesome. they're not considered hard to keep though.

notclear · #9 10-07-2013, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Fesso

Depends on the type of Anthia. I just made a terrible rookie mistake: on Friday I bought 3 Purple Queen Anthias without a quick google search that would have told me that they are planktivores and need to be fed up to 10x a day with food no bigger then cyclopeeze. They were all dead by Sunday.

Mine was doing ok until I bought some tiny lyretails and the queen hid until it rip.

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Basile · #10 10-07-2013, 04:03 PM

Well like i said i'm not using feeders i've seen what they do to tank parameters and its not pretty. By the way a little trick when you buy a fish always ask what they were feeding them if you know its a difficult fish to feed, and tell them your not buying it until you know it, they smart up real quick before selling it to you. And then you ask them to sell you that same food if they don't have it don't buy the fish, because they were conning you.....simple logic here guys.

Thanks for your input.