Large blotchii experience

[maroun.c]

Hi, what’s your experience with large blotchiis ?
A friend of mine has one around 3 inches and it started consuming his shrimps and attacking small fish. What size did urs grow to in tanks and did they attack other fish or shrimps ?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Blotchii?? Do you mean borbonius? Anthias are a basslet. They will eat anything that they can fit in their mouth. The bigger they are, the bigger prey they can consume.

 

[IxTCxI]

Hi, what’s your experience with large blotchiis ?
A friend of mine has one around 3 inches and it started consuming his shrimps and attacking small fish. What size did urs grow to in tanks and did they attack other fish or shrimps ?

Mine became a bully that's why I got rid of it.

 

[maroun.c]

Yes meant borbonius. i also have one in my tank getting on the larger size. Guess its time to pull the trap.
Thanks.

 

[B-ridge]

@maroun.c
If you do pull the trap and you want to get rid of let me know. I love blotchy

 

[maroun.c]

@maroun.c
If you do pull the trap and you want to get rid of let me know. I love blotchy

Woyld have lived to but will be a very long flight from Lebanon to the US :)

 

[maroun.c]

well I could clearly see that it was a bully, even after only few days in the tank it was charging at any fish that approached its territory and her territory was expanding by the day. so trap was pulled it didnt go for food in it for few days and I had to travel after couple days so didnt take the risk of keeping it in tank so a very tough decision was taken for the first time in 20 years of reefing I had to go fishing inside my tank.i was scared of catching any other fish so before lights on placed the bait on hook and passed it through tubing so I could hide it from any other fish that approached. Took less than 5 min. I carefully took out the hook and applied some anti inflammatory on the lip. And now it’s doing great in my coral qt.