Sick? Scared? Anthias

[Patrick Cox]

I lost a Tang to disease and I am not 100% sure what it was. And not long after that one of my anthias started hiding in the top corner of my tank. Then a week or so later another one did and I also noticed that a 3rd is hiding under the rocks. I have 6 in total and 3 seem fine and 3 seem either sick or scared. Any ideas? This has been going on for 2+ weeks.



Thanks

 

[Troylee]

Possibly low 02 levels.. are they eating? Anthias are a pain to get going and eating correctly! Lyretails seem easier than bartletts in my experience.

 

[Patrick Cox]

Possibly low 02 levels.. are they eating? Anthias are a pain to get going and eating correctly! Lyretails seem easier than bartletts in my experience.

They were eating well for a long time. I have had them for at least 6 months. These three are not eating. The remaining 3 look like one male and two females. I wonder if the one male bullied the other males. (I am not sure off sex. I originally was supposed to get one male and the rest females.)

 

[Patrick Cox]

Possibly low 02 levels.. are they eating? Anthias are a pain to get going and eating correctly! Lyretails seem easier than bartletts in my experience.

Also, I can't imagine low 02 levels. All other fish are fine. And I have a large skimmer.

 

[Tahoe61]

Sounds like bullying to me.