5 Blue Eyed Sea Goldies. One is turning male.
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I just saw some at my lfs and they were breathtaking. Definitely will be considered for our next tankANTHIAS FISH that is! To me the anthias fish is almost synonymous with coral reefs and it only makes sense to add these colorful little beauties to your reef tank! Right!? But are anthias hard to take care of and what challenges come with trying to keep them in your home aquarium? Let's talk about it!
1. Do you have any anthias fish in your current reef tank? If so which ones?
2. What challenges have you faced in keeping anthias in your aquarium?
Tanutwin Thammatanawat's amazing reef featured by @Aquaforest
Sorry for highjacking the thread, but I've gotta know what the coral on the left is.My male Lyretail loves frozen foods and just started eating flakes. He doesn’t like pellets tho.
Based on more anecdotal evidence. Lyretails require the least feedings of the anthia family. I feed an abundance of quality home made frozen food once a day. My tangs are the only ones that get fed twice because I throw a sheet of nori in the morning on a clip for them. Anthias don't touch nori. So, mine eat once a day and seem to do great! I'd suggest giving them another try, but, the key, in my opinion is quality vitamin enriched calorie dense food. I use 2 bottles of selcon on my frozen food mix, plus fish eggs, and amino acids added to the whole batch to ensure I fit as much dense nutrition in as I can into the frozen food.I have a pair of Lyre Tails. They've been pretty easy to care for. I feed twice a day with a variety of frozen foods. Sometimes I forget the early feeding and they get just one. I haven't had any issues and they look pretty healthy.
Bought them as 2 females and now I have a 4" male and 3" female pair. The male started to change about a month after I got them. It's now a kind of purplish/pinkish color and the 1st dorsal ray is over 2" tall.
That’s a red carpet anemone, Stichodactyla Haddoni is the scientific name for it. They come in different colors like red, blue, metallic green and some other more subdued colors. This type of anemone can get large, up to two feet in diameter.Sorry for highjacking the thread, but I've gotta know what the coral on the left is.
1. Do you have any anthias fish in your current reef tank? If so which ones?
My tank is technically not a reef although there are a couple of corals in there. I like anthias I currently have 5xLyretails, 30+Ignitus, 4xEvansii, 10x Resplendant, 7x Sunset, 15xBimacs.
2. What challenges have you faced in keeping anthias in your aquarium?
The amount of food I need to use because the anthias only feed in the water column I need a robust amount of CUC to keep the substrate clean.
At the moment finding good fish, I have learnt that unless they are in good condition in the LFS you are fighting a losing battle keeping them alive.
So glad you are loving your fish!Yes - 5 Bimacs in a 135 gallon reef tank. I’ve tried a few other varieties of anthias over the last 6 years, but non survived very long. They either died in shipping, bullied each other, or starved. I bought 3 female Bimacs from Elliot Lim at Marine Collectors a few years ago with one converting to the male. Loved them so much I added 2 more females this year from Jeff D at Fishotel and they blended right in with the original 3. All fat and happy! Everyone’s favorite fish to watch too. If I didn’t have so many other fish already, I would have added more. Quarantined and conditioned anthias are the way to go.