Anthias question...

[maxter]

Hello guys i have a couple of question , Yesterday I bought 5 dispar anthias for my 150 sadly one didn't make it and i have another one with a bruise on the side so I'm going to be probably down to 3 being said that i want to have a shoal of anthias so my question is can i buy 6 or 7 more and just add it without any conflict with the 4 remaining on my tank ??? and another question how i entice this guys to eat pellets ??

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Adding 6 or 7 more should work, generally adding more than you have existing in your tank reduce any bullying and aggression to newcomers in the tank.
Anthias can take a while to eat pellets and it's best to stick to feeding what they're on for now until they settle in then try to entice them to eat pellets by mixing the pellets in with the food they like to eat currently. Hope this helps

 

[BantyRooster97]

My bimacs didn't eat pellets at first, but they are so competitive for food (they want to eat everything) they soon saw the other fish eat them & now they eat anything I throw in the tank.

be patient

 

[maxter]

Thanks for the input guys tomorrow im going for a couple more im in love with this guys

 

[ca1ore]

Some species will never eat pellets. My dispars never did, nor did resplendent; bartletts and bimacs did. Also, body ulcerations are quite common in newly caught anthias; in some case it is injury, in others uronema. You may want to wait until you are certain this trio is good before getting any others.

 

[maxter]

Some species will never eat pellets. My dispars never did, nor did resplendent; bartletts and bimacs did. Also, body ulcerations are quite common in newly caught anthias; in some case it is injury, in others uronema. You may want to wait until you are certain this trio is good before getting any others.

Yeah one of them have what appear to be a ulceration , the problem with waiting is the lfs have a very good deal on them 12.99 to be exact i don't want to pass on that [emoji857]

 

[eatbreakfast]

Adding more dispars to existing dispars is rarely problematic.

Every time I've kept dispars they started taking pellets within a few weeks.

 

[Carterfish]

12.99 is a absolute steal. Around me they’re at least 25$ or more easily.

 

[sticksreef]

I have 4 anthias, firstly purchased 2 dispar, qt them 1 month, and a month lather got 2 lyretail and qt them for a month.

They are all happy and fat. They eat pellets btw.

Gl and nice deal lol.

 

[UncleSalty]

Please verify it's not uronema - it could wipe your tank if it is.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Yeah that’s what I was going to say... $13 Anthias isn’t a deal if they all end up dead and/or your tank is infected with uronema. I’ve had entire groups of 8 dead within days due to ulcerations, glad I had them in a QT tank. These delicate Anthias types I would be placing straight into QT with antibiotics. I’m a pretty experienced fish keeper and I have had a heck of a time getting new Anthias established over the past few years.

 

[maxter]

When i get home i would try to catch him and put in on qt the problem is i already have a marine betta on that tank and is only 10 gal :/ i guess im going to have to buy another 10 gallon for the new anthias im going to pick up next monday...

i will take more pictures this afternoon thanks for the input guys

 

[maxter]

This is the best i can do with the pictures this guy move too much, he looks like hes getting better the other day was swollen now just looks like he hit with a rock or something anyways I'm going to take precautions with this one if i don't notice a good recovery by saturday im going to take him out to qt with my betta...

 

[eatbreakfast]

That doesn't look too bad.