My new anthias trio

Reef Breeders · Jun 27, 2012

They look like lyretails to me, and I believe that is what they are, but the lfs guy was dead set on squamis, which I looked up, and yes, that is another name for a lyretail anthias (I knew i was right, LOL) Anyways, they are in qt right now and doing well, I got the male eating mysis, the females are a little shy. I will post pics soon!

BillyC · Jun 27, 2012

Check out my trio. This is an older pic. One is almost fully male now.

wysiwyg · Jun 27, 2012

congrats on the trio excited to see some pics

Reef Breeders · Jun 27, 2012

That's them, but I bought one of them already changed

BarbH · Jun 27, 2012

Congrats on the new additions look forward to seeing some pictures

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MIKE NY · Jun 27, 2012

do you know where they were collected from because the male when mature will either look like this...which is what I have

or the more sort after Maldives species...

hollback · Jun 27, 2012

MIKE NY said:
do you know where they were collected from because the male when mature will either look like this...which is what I have

or the more sort after Maldives species...

Good to know. I have one that looks like the bottom photo and always thought he was stuck mid transition for years. Know I see he is a Maldives male. You learn something everyday.

MIKE NY · Jun 27, 2012

glad to help...just give him a good diet and keep a couple of females with him or he'll lose those nice golden sides

Dowtish · Jun 27, 2012

Good luck with the trio. I had a trio, one male 2 females, and both females did not make it. No signs of over aggression or disease either. They just suddenly died a week apart from each other. The male is doing fine. I wonder if a larger tank is required than my 90 gallon?

Reef Breeders · Jun 27, 2012

I have the maldives version, that is why I thought they might not be lyretails, the males were different.

revsgirl · Jun 27, 2012

Awesome! Congrats!

Pappy · Jun 27, 2012

Beautiful fish!

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SeahorseKeeper · Jun 27, 2012

They are gorgeous fish!!!

EcoFrags · Jun 27, 2012

I've always had great luck with anthias espcially since i moved to my 180 gallon and kept almost exclusively anthias...i've got 7 bartletts and 5 Lyretail females 1 of which i will wait to turn into a male figured i could let them hash it out instead of making decisions for fish...seemed kinda insane :tongue:...and also a little fathead who loves his HUGE cave...i've got 7 longfin's coming in this week also...but the key to anthias is strong waterflow and i've found that a combination of mysis and reefplankton seems to get them eating almost instantly...but good luck and keep us posted