@crazyfishmom Just as a heads up if you are in the USA, Evansi anthias are pretty hard to find healthy from the start. It took me about 2-3 months to source mine. Many places I reached out to refuse to carry them because it’s common for them to die before being weened onto aquarium food. I ordered 3 and ended up with 1 (after the place I ordered from lost several due to this issue, then you have things like uronema to worry about). Not crazy pricey, but decently pricey fish.
Amazing and gorgeous fish, and I wish I had more, but I wanted to make sure you knew what you were getting into.
To answer your question, look into the avast marine plank auto feeder. This thing has been awesome and my 4 Anthias (2 Dispar, 1 Evansi, 1 sunburst) do great with it. This is a “luxury” auto feeder, but my personal opinion is it's the perfect fit for Anthias owners. It feeds and rehydrates freeze dried food. I didn’t know if you were counting freeze dried in the category of “dried food” or referring to pellets and flakes
Mine hid for maybe 1.5 weeks before coming out. They were more brave when there was more than one though.
