pls help id this anthias

[mrtian97]

just got this anthias, not sure what kind. it's in my qt now

Thanks

 

[dodgerblew]

Not 100% sure since photo isn't real clear but look up Tuka anthias and see if images are similar to yours

 

[Tom Blevins]

 

[ca1ore]

Most likely a Tuka, but also possibly an evansi. If the former, extremely difficult to keep as it requires multiple daily feedings of small foods. Doesn't compete well in a community tank either. Stunning looking fish though.

 

[sc50964]

It looks like a purple queen to me.

 

[eatbreakfast]

It's a female Pseudanthias tuka, purple queen anthias. In tukas the stripe along the back stays to the to of the caudal peduncle, in evansi the stripe reaches the bottom of the peduncle.

P. tuka can be a difficult species to get feeding. Oftentimes only accepting live baby brine in the beginning.

 

[mrtian97]

Thanks, I think it is Tuka. any suggestion of helping the survival, so far she hasn't eaten the frozen brine and pellets that I put into the QT. She swims around just fine
Thanks

 

[Vaughn17]

If it's a Tuka, it's not going to eat frozen brine or pellets, ever. I would try something really small like Reef Roids...my mandarin loves that stuff. Tukas are notoriously difficult, if not impossible to keep longterm in captivity. Research it, please. I think that there's a similar looking anthias that is reputed to be much easier to keep, so hopefully that is what you have.

 

[mrtian97]

It could be a bicolor anthias, crossing my finger that she will eat soon

 

[dodgerblew]

If LRS Foods has fish eggs left, I'd get some of that, some reef frenzy or reef frenzy nano and try that. Not sure if anthias would go for live blackworms but that's how I've gotten finicky eaters going for food. That and RF

 

[TUSI]

Good looking that's for sure. Good luck they are tuff to get them to eat

 

[mrtian97]

happy to report that she now start eating frozen mysis shrimp, this is after 24 hrs in the qt.

 

[TUSI]

happy to report that she now start eating frozen mysis shrimp, this is after 24 hrs in the qt.

That's a winner then. Good job

 

[Turo]

Queen 100% positive

 

[Vaughn17]

P. tuka is a planktivore that eats plankton in the 1 to 2 millimeter range (think grain of table salt). Reputedly, they will eat chopped mysis, eventually, and need to be fed 6 to 8 times daily in captivity. If the fish you have is eating whole frozen mysis, I doubt that's a Tuka.

 

[eatbreakfast]

P. tuka is a planktivore that eats plankton in the 1 to 2 millimeter range (think grain of table salt). Reputedly, they will eat chopped mysis, eventually, and need to be fed 6 to 8 times daily in captivity. If the fish you have is eating whole frozen mysis, I doubt that's a Tuka.

Once they start taking live bbs, they will move on to frozen calenoid copepods, and in some cases mysis. Though not the norm in taking mysis, some batches will. It's markings are definitely that of a tuka.

 

[Sabellafella]

You can check my build thread, i currently have evansi but that photo is 100 percent tuka, and ive acually (still cant believe it till this day) have kept them for over 3 years. Got them first on a mix of frozen rotifers/cyclopeeze/frozen and live brine shrimp. Then worked my way up to mysis, all but 2 of them only exclusively ate copepods. They get a horrible reputation, they are almost the top fish that suffers most during shipping as they get skinny+wont eat. I got them when they were fat and healthy witch is why im sure i had them for so long
Edit, just seen it eats mysis and thats awesome!! Such a beautiful fish

 

[Turo]

Its a queen

 

[mrtian97]

@Sabellafella : thanks, I saw your build, looks great. I feed it twice a day, crossing my finger, so far so good. It is a beautiful fish, still in my QT and will stay there for about 2 months. I need it to eventually switch to pellet when it's in my DT

 

[mrtian97]

this the best pic I got so far, is it Tuka?