Do most anthias die from uronema or starvation?

[ARGYGANG]

I went with 5x females and one transitioned to male. They werent total runts but about 1.5-2" long. They are all now 3" or so.

You can see some of them roaming about with the tangs in the video.

congrats on the success man, ill pick up a larger uv and try soon enough ill probably jump from my 15W to a 25W on my 90

 

[Cthulukelele]

My opinion is uronema. My anthias are fat and happy and show no difference in weight trends from when I fed a little 4x a day to a lot 1-2x a day. I did however lose 1 to uronema early on and another Also showed symptoms until a multimonth recovery process happened.

There seems to definitely be something to do with anthia and chromis general health we don't understand as a community. They are absolutely ravaged by the collection and wholesale portion of the trade in ways most other commonly sold fish are not.

 

[ReefCheef]

I am starting to believe that most anthias are dying from uronema.

If anyone has recently lost an anthias, did you see red sores on it?

In the past before I was observant with fish diseases, I would lose new anthias within 1-2 weeks. It never made sense because they were eating at least twice a day.

Even if they would slowly lose weight, I don’t think it would happen within 2 weeks. It should take much much longer.

Mostly depends on where you get them. Liveaquaria divers den and TSM are safe. Everywhere else is a total crap shoot (including the super high end stores that claim to quarantine). That said, 90% of the deaths experienced in the hobby that are attributed to disease are not in any way related to disease. If you have crappy water, lack of sleeping places, lack of food, lack of fish lot or some combination of those 4 in any way, fish will constantly die. Creating an ecosystem is no easy task. Creating a healthy, inviting one is next level difficult.

Blaming everything on disease is unfortunately all too common in our hobby. It allows us to scapegoat our shortcomings on others. If the fish was diseased it's the stores fault, if it's a lack of food or understanding our pets needs it is our fault. Most people prefer to place blame as opposed to own it. That's why everything is an instant disease diagnosis on this site.

90% of anthias will survive and thrive if you have an appropriate sized tank, appropriate number of them (9+) and feed them 3+ times a day.

PRO tip: Order the extra small pellets. I have a colony of 12 bimacs that have been thriving for 3+ years now. Haven't lost a single one. They breed regularly. I have a $30 auto feeder dropping reef nutrition XS pellets 3 times a day. I also try to hand feed at least once or twice a day with frozen food soaked in vitamins/nutrients.

Hope this helps.

Cheers