barbonious anthias owner call out!!!!

jonzee2006 · Feb 2, 2011

ok this is my favorite fish that I don't own:cry: so I want to live vicariously through you lol. So post some pics and some experiences that you've had with them and maybe you can talk me into getting one

jonzee2006 · Feb 4, 2011

soooooo i guess I'm alone on this one :sad: still a cool fish even if no one has one

gumby · Feb 4, 2011

1 of my fav fish! I want a school of these!

gumby · Feb 4, 2011

chech this out! I took this photo with the original Iphone at what use to be called dark lord corals about 3-4 years ago its Area 51 now

look in the back on top theres 2 of them up there. mike had a few more in there!

BigFeesh · Feb 4, 2011

If your looking for more answers early in the morning or late at night isn't the best time :wink:
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jonzee2006 · Feb 4, 2011

gumby said:
1 of my fav fish! I want a school of these!

bbbbbbbbaaaaaaallllliiiiinnnn!!!! man if you get a school of these you would be aquarium god lol nice acan garden by the way

eastamherstbias · Feb 4, 2011

DO NOT GET ONE! Regrettably, I have killed 5 over the past 3 years. I have heard if you can keep one alive longer than two weeks they will last forever. Only fish I have ever had a problem with. I know people who have had similar problems with them.

jonzee2006 · Feb 4, 2011

wow I've heard that they don't ship well did you get yours from a LFS or online?

gumby · Feb 4, 2011

jonzee2006 said:
bbbbbbbbaaaaaaallllliiiiinnnn!!!! man if you get a school of these you would be aquarium god lol nice acan garden by the way

lol,I wish, I was told that they dont ship well also but I had one I gave to my sister with no fish,reef experience and she had it for quit a while

racerw · Feb 4, 2011

I have 4 in a 210 and have had them about 2 years. One has turned into a male which is about 4" and the rest are females.
They seem to be very happy and healthy.

Dace · Feb 4, 2011

eastamherstbias said:
DO NOT GET ONE! Regrettably, I have killed 5 over the past 3 years. I have heard if you can keep one alive longer than two weeks they will last forever. Only fish I have ever had a problem with. I know people who have had similar problems with them.

I bought 3 and all three survived

Paul_N · Feb 4, 2011

How big do these get? I always wanted one, but remember someone saying they get big and aggressive??

gioNVA · Feb 4, 2011

I have one. Used to be in a 45g tank. Got very aggressive with my clownfish so I moved him to a bigger tank.

Had him for about 2+ years now.

eastamherstbias · Feb 4, 2011

I bought 3 online and 2 in the LFS. The remaining ones in the LFS also died. They have a great look.

Znut Reefer · Feb 4, 2011

I bought 3 about 3 yrs ago. The smaller one died after about 4 months. Then the smaller female got pop-eye and died a yr later. And then after about 2 yrs the larger one got pop eye and died. In my experince they do not live long. Guess, I was lucky to keep them as long as I did. I had them in a 500 gal sps reef tank. They are not fish I will invest in again.

MarvinsReef · Feb 4, 2011

the LFS I got have a trio that they've had maybe for a year now. hope they like the 1000g they are in.

Rukis · Feb 4, 2011

Never had any issues with mine, I got a school of 5 about 2years ago and they all survived very well. Here's a quick pic of my biggest one;

skinz78 · Feb 5, 2011

They are sweet looking fish, I took my family on a 9 state road trip summer before last and stopped at the LFS's along the way as I spotted them. One of the LFS's had a display tank with them in it and I am pretty sure I got some pic's, I'll have to check the Photobucket to see if I can find them.