Kworker
Tang Lover
Okay, so what is there to warn about? They are beautiful and seem like a nice shoaling fish for a reef tank for those with a large enough system as well as deep enough pockets.
However... this is not so in my previous experience and let me lay out what happened.
I picked up 7 beautiful Bartlett Anthias In January, I was excited and got them right into the QT tank. Right away they wanted to eat and they did, so that was not an issue. Now, 4 weeks go by and everything was great and dandy. They were dripped into my 180 gal and all introduced at the same time at the end of my lighting cycle with the lights at about 5%.
Two weeks go by and its ALL GREAT, they are eating, swimming together and look just lovely.
Than, it happened. One was looking like crap-o-la and died the next day. Down to 6.
Few days later, one more looking like " " " died that night. Down to 5
Few days after that, guess what? Down to 4.
About a week after that, Thought I was going to be fortunate enough that 4 would stick around.
Down to two.
I appears that the issue that is talked about around this hobby with this fish is true, they turn male regardless and pick each-other to death.
The Comical part about this whole situation is that I have 3 yellow tangs swimming along together day and night picking at the rock work together. Kind of backwards huh? The three fish that are perceived to want to kill each other living in harmony. While the 7 who shoal pick each other off.
Now some of you may have different experiences and I am glad to hear it, I wish I was fortunate enough because these have to be among the most beautiful fish to enter this hobby. However, I would not recommend anyone these fish unless it was an extremely large system and they could hold a much larger shoal.
One more thing, Chromis FTW
/End rant.
-KC
However... this is not so in my previous experience and let me lay out what happened.
I picked up 7 beautiful Bartlett Anthias In January, I was excited and got them right into the QT tank. Right away they wanted to eat and they did, so that was not an issue. Now, 4 weeks go by and everything was great and dandy. They were dripped into my 180 gal and all introduced at the same time at the end of my lighting cycle with the lights at about 5%.
Two weeks go by and its ALL GREAT, they are eating, swimming together and look just lovely.
Than, it happened. One was looking like crap-o-la and died the next day. Down to 6.
Few days later, one more looking like " " " died that night. Down to 5
Few days after that, guess what? Down to 4.
About a week after that, Thought I was going to be fortunate enough that 4 would stick around.
Down to two.
I appears that the issue that is talked about around this hobby with this fish is true, they turn male regardless and pick each-other to death.
The Comical part about this whole situation is that I have 3 yellow tangs swimming along together day and night picking at the rock work together. Kind of backwards huh? The three fish that are perceived to want to kill each other living in harmony. While the 7 who shoal pick each other off.
Now some of you may have different experiences and I am glad to hear it, I wish I was fortunate enough because these have to be among the most beautiful fish to enter this hobby. However, I would not recommend anyone these fish unless it was an extremely large system and they could hold a much larger shoal.
One more thing, Chromis FTW
/End rant.
-KC
