The Cherry Anthias

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

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[blaxsun]

Gorgeous fish!

 

[OrionN]

The link is missing so I cannot get to the complete article. Can you fix it?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

The link is missing so I cannot get to the complete article. Can you fix it?

It is a link to a PDF icon. On my desktop, it is over to the right margin, on my phone, it is at the bottom.

Jay

 

[Thepower2win]

Great looking fish, were are you able to find them for sale between 250 and 500 as per your article? I have wanted one for a while but the only place I found one was reef pros and they ask for an arm and a leg. thank you for the information

 

[Zionas]

Any idea as to what their lifespan is?

And do they have to be kept at lower temperatures?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Great looking fish, were are you able to find them for sale between 250 and 500 as per your article? I have wanted one for a while but the only place I found one was reef pros and they ask for an arm and a leg. thank you for the information

That article was pre-covid and the prices were wholesale IIRC. They are more like $900 retail now. I haven't seen any for awhile. The one importer in LA who was getting them regularly hasn't imported any for a few years now.

Jay

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Any idea as to what their lifespan is?

And do they have to be kept at lower temperatures?

I always kept them below 72 F., with 68 as the target. However, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach CA used to keep them routinely at 78 F.

Lifespan is long, but I don't have an exact number. The first ones I got were huge, it turns out they were surplus from a Japanese public aquarium, and resold to us. They lived for many years.

Jay

 

[AydenLincoln]

That article was pre-covid and the prices were wholesale IIRC. They are more like $900 retail now. I haven't seen any for awhile. The one importer in LA who was getting them regularly hasn't imported any for a few years now.

Jay

 

[Uncle99]

$900?
Nice fish but $900 bucks.
Really?