Anthias

fishmaster818 · Jan 20, 2015

I currently have two anthias and i would like to get another one of the same species is that okay

maxxin69 · Jan 20, 2015

It would be difficult since they already have an established pecking order. I would go a male if there isn't one already or a female that is substantially larger.

fishmaster818 · Jan 20, 2015

maxxin69 said:
It would be difficult since they already have an established pecking order. I would go a male if there isn't one already or a female that is substantially larger.

There currently both females but one is morphing into a male

maxxin69 · Jan 20, 2015

I would go a large female if at all possible. What species of anthias is this? And how large is the tank?

fishmaster818 · Jan 20, 2015

maxxin69 said:
I would go a large female if at all possible. What species of anthias is this? And how large is the tank?

Purple queen anthias and 75g

maxxin69 · Jan 20, 2015

I would stick with those two tbh. Last time I tried a trio and introduced them at the same time they still killed off one. Beautiful fish though!

fishmaster818 · Jan 20, 2015

maxxin69 said:
I would stick with those two tbh. Last time I tried a trio and introduced them at the same time they still killed off one. Beautiful fish though!

Okay and yeah they are. I love how much the one has changed in color and shape

ca1ore · Jan 20, 2015

fishmaster818 said:
Purple queen anthias and 75g

Really, have you had them for a while? I'm a long time anthias keeper, and have had no success with these. Not sure I've actually known anyone who has.

maxxin69 · Jan 20, 2015

ca1ore said:
Really, have you had them for a while? I'm a long time anthias keeper, and have had no success with these. Not sure I've actually known anyone who has.

Some people have, but they usually only eat rotifers or cyclopeezes or baby brine. Getting them to eat large food is the main difficulty.

ca1ore · Jan 21, 2015

Agreed! Tried a couple of times. Could keep them in QT with almost continuous feeding of tiny stuff, but none of them ever took anything larger. Getting them to survive in the display beyond a month or tow proved impossible. That's why I asked how long the OP has had them. I currently have five Evansi in QT and have been able to get them into brine so far - though they're not as tough as purple queens.

fishmaster818 · Jan 21, 2015

ca1ore said:
Really, have you had them for a while? I'm a long time anthias keeper, and have had no success with these. Not sure I've actually known anyone who has.

I have had them for 3-4 weeks

fishmaster818 · Jan 21, 2015

maxxin69 said:
Some people have, but they usually only eat rotifers or cyclopeezes or baby brine. Getting them to eat large food is the main difficulty.

And they are eating mysis

fishmaster818 · Jan 21, 2015

Frozen mysis

ca1ore · Jan 21, 2015

That's good then. None of mine, and I mean none of them, ate Mysis. Some would take cylopeeze or rotifers, but many ate nothing at all. Can you share a picture?

fishmaster818 · Jan 21, 2015

ca1ore said:
That's good then. None of mine, and I mean none of them, ate Mysis. Some would take cylopeeze or rotifers, but many ate nothing at all. Can you share a picture?

Of what

fishmaster818 · Jan 21, 2015

And i know they are eating because they arent dead

ca1ore · Jan 21, 2015

fishmaster818 said:
Of what

A pile of frozen mysis ...... :lol:

fishmaster818 · Jan 21, 2015

ca1ore said:
A pile of frozen mysis ...... :lol:

??? What does that mean

ca1ore · Jan 21, 2015

Meant as a joke to a response that I though you were joking about, guess not. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence so I was curious to see a picture of your anthias. What else would it be?

fishmaster818 · Jan 21, 2015

ca1ore said:
Meant as a joke to a response that I though you were joking about, guess not. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence so I was curious to see a picture of your anthias. What else would it be?

Thats what i thought. I wasnt sure if you wanted of them eating