The ignitus anthia

[Newb73]

I have been looking for a mate for my lyretail for a while (i don't buy online) but ran across these 3 Ignitus.

Shy little buggers. They go to bed at like 7pm.

When i feed they hide till all the food is gone.

Yesterday was day 5 and i managed to get all 3 to line up and take food.

2 of the 3 are now eating pretty good but one i am concerned about, still doesn't trust me and hides and misses meals most of the time.

Any advice?

 

[mtraylor]

Very pretty

 

[eatbreakfast]

One of them is very skinny. Small food, like reef plankton or cyclops, in high flow, multiple times a day.

 

[Newb73]

One of them is very skinny. Small food, like reef plankton or cyclops, in high flow, multiple times a day.

Thank you. I did notice they go for the smaller bites.

I just happened to have both a frozen meaty coral food as well as both phyto and zoo on hand.

Ill get on it, thanks for the info.


Okay i just gave them 10ml of seachem liquid phyto and zoo and a very healthy dose od BRS reef chili (which is basically freeze dried phyto and zoo mixed). I have a cube of frozen meaty coral food thawing.

Ill be gone next week Mon to Sat.

I can get my wife to give a cube of the frozen coral food and put Neptune apex food which includes the smaller coral foods in the auto feeder.

Think that will be ok? Not sure i can get her to mix reef chilli but if i mix it up before i leave ill bet i can get her to grab it from fridge and squirt some in w feedings???

Update 2. I just added about 2 baby spoons of reef chili to the apex cross over diet, put it in the auto feeder and hid in the corner and all 3 came out eating vigoursly.

Will set the auto feeder for 12:00 and 5:30 and with the frizen cube from wife it should work.

Ill give the liquid phto and zoo tonight and twice tomorrow as well.

Thanks again.