Hi reefers, how are u?
I need some advices and opinions of the anthias keepers. Well, iam with a 130gal tank cycling at the moment. It will be a SPS tank. I would like to have an anthias group (as big as i could). I read many threads and articles about how to keep them and I know that some species can be very agressive. I also know that they need many feeds per day. In fact, in the past I kept a lyretail for some time but It was Just one female. Now that I want a group I guess i will have a much bigger challenge. I was thinking primarly on lyretails again (as far as I know the easiest to keep). I really love lyretails but I know they can be problematic in terms of agression. The other possibility would be a dispar group, iam not fan of dispar as much as lyretails but they look nice and seems to be much more mild agressive. So my questiona are: 1) A group of lyretail would work in long term in a 130 Gal? 2) How many fishes in this group would work best to decrease over agression? 3) How this could work with dispar? 4) What species are my best bet? 5) Any other anthias species would work better?
As a background info, besides the Anthias i want to put one or two Tangs and two yellow coris also. Maybe few other small fish. I have a huge skimmer.
Thank you very much guys!
Best regards
D.
I need some advices and opinions of the anthias keepers. Well, iam with a 130gal tank cycling at the moment. It will be a SPS tank. I would like to have an anthias group (as big as i could). I read many threads and articles about how to keep them and I know that some species can be very agressive. I also know that they need many feeds per day. In fact, in the past I kept a lyretail for some time but It was Just one female. Now that I want a group I guess i will have a much bigger challenge. I was thinking primarly on lyretails again (as far as I know the easiest to keep). I really love lyretails but I know they can be problematic in terms of agression. The other possibility would be a dispar group, iam not fan of dispar as much as lyretails but they look nice and seems to be much more mild agressive. So my questiona are: 1) A group of lyretail would work in long term in a 130 Gal? 2) How many fishes in this group would work best to decrease over agression? 3) How this could work with dispar? 4) What species are my best bet? 5) Any other anthias species would work better?
As a background info, besides the Anthias i want to put one or two Tangs and two yellow coris also. Maybe few other small fish. I have a huge skimmer.
Thank you very much guys!
Best regards
D.