Last Saturday I picked up 5 small Pseudanthias bimaculatus females. I had my eye on this species for a while but shied away because they get kind of big and need multiple feedings. But after my experience with Philippine Pseudanthias cf. ventralis that get along just fine with one feeding a day I decided to give them a shot when my local store had a good number of them last week. All the larger ones looked pretty shredded with all fins damaged to some degree, likely by infighting and aggressive tankmates, and also a bit undernourished. The smaller ones looked better with fins mostly intact and not too much caved in bellies. So I picked the 4 nicest looking and the best looking of the midsized to have a clear boss of the gang.
They turned out to be very hungry fish. A spoon full of live Tigriopus disappeared within minutes and the live adult Artemia got devoured even faster. Luckily they went equally aggressive after frozen Artemia, Mysis, and even pellets. They have no issues with picking food off rocks or the ground, so feeding them isn't an issue at all. There is no way for them to hide that they belong to the Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
They are not shy or skittish fish but rather quite outgoing. And it seems they learn quickly.
Here a video of them in their 10 gallon QT:
At this point I feed them only in the evening, first TDO small pellets and later frozen Mysis followed by frozen Brine Shrimp. That seems to be sufficient. Though, to keep their bellies full all day, 3 or more TDO pellet feedings spread out over the day would definitely be better.
They turned out to be very hungry fish. A spoon full of live Tigriopus disappeared within minutes and the live adult Artemia got devoured even faster. Luckily they went equally aggressive after frozen Artemia, Mysis, and even pellets. They have no issues with picking food off rocks or the ground, so feeding them isn't an issue at all. There is no way for them to hide that they belong to the Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
They are not shy or skittish fish but rather quite outgoing. And it seems they learn quickly.
Here a video of them in their 10 gallon QT:
At this point I feed them only in the evening, first TDO small pellets and later frozen Mysis followed by frozen Brine Shrimp. That seems to be sufficient. Though, to keep their bellies full all day, 3 or more TDO pellet feedings spread out over the day would definitely be better.