Which species of anthias will feed readily...

[Terryz_]

I was thinking of getting different anthias for my 4ft tank...

Which species of anthias will eat readily...Thkz...

[freewill]

I was thinking of getting different anthias for my 4ft tank...

Which species of anthias will eat readily...Thkz...

i bought 5 bi-color anthias from PReef (their recent batch), all of them ate the moment i released them into the tank...

they chiong for the cyclopeeze... (and i mean CHIONG!)

however, they need a lot of time to acclimatise (in the dark). - i kept them in those 'container with holes' before releasing into the main tank... (took several hrs, but end-result was worth it!)

hope it helps...

[Terryz_]

What abt tiger anthias...

[pacificbetta]

Of those common ones, I will rank in order of ease to weene to frozen food, with the most easy first on the list:

Truncate

Dispar

Tricolor

Bicolor

Lyretail

Sq Spot

Assumption is the application of "properly-sized" food.

[Achilles Tang]

I will nominate the Bartlett Anthia as the most beautiful and the easiest to feed.

[sunny03]

i feed my Lyretail with Market prawn but have to mice it first

[Dispar_Anthias]

Hmm heres my list, the top will be the easiest to feed and the bottom will be the not so easy-

1)tri-color

2)trucate

3)lyretail

4)squarespot

4)dispar

5)sunburst

6)purple queen

[alanseah]

wow diff ppl give diff list of which is easy to difficult....

then who is correct

[Hon]

Not sure? Then don't keep... Feed so much to them until water also gone case... I need another skimmer soon.

I discover my anthias are getting smaller and smaller each day.

[scarab]

of the anthias I keep, ranking of easiest to feed first

1 Bartlett

2 Truncate

3 Lyretail

4 Dispar

And lastly purple queen (actually they are impossible to feed)

[IcecruncherZ]

I've only tried 3, and there wasnt any difficulty getting these to feed, key factor is a stress-free environment...

1. Bartlett

2. Sunburst

3. Dispar

I managed to get the Bartletts and Sunbursts on flake before, wonder if they're still alive now...

[hippo]

Not sure? Then don't keep... Feed so much to them until water also gone case... I need another skimmer soon.

I discover my anthias are getting smaller and smaller each day.

Had same scenario as Hon. Dispar don't eat in my tank or do they?

Tried cyclopeeze, oso cannot.

Today, I had tried mysis shrimp which PR used to feed them. Oso didn't eat.

I bought it from PR while it still remain in its freight packet. Not like if bought it from their tank which are quite acclimatised.

So how huh

[Terryz_]

It seems like tri-color, dispar, truncate and bartlett... will be easlier to feed... Any comment abt tiger anthias...

[FuEl]

It seems like tri-color, dispar, truncate and bartlett... will be easlier to feed... Any comment abt tiger anthias...

That one you must ask DeepBlue....

[Terryz_]

What abt princess anthias... Easy to feed..

[Strongbad]

I tried to rear princess anthias, but wasn't successful...IMHO, it's difficult fish to please

[Dispar_Anthias]

I tried to rear princess anthias, but wasn't successful...IMHO, it's difficult fish to please

They are ok group of anthias probably they die out in your tank maybe becos of your tank's livestock or condition... They can easily being out compete by other larger fish or anthias in your tank thus without the food, its just matter of time they waste away.

IMO if you pricess are small, its best only keep them in small group with fishes that are less robust and quiet for example, gobies, or sunburs anthias.

[Terryz_]

Two to three is okaie right...

[Dispar_Anthias]

Two to three is okaie right...

try not to keep anthias in 2s

[Terryz_]

oh... I will buy three...

[Dispar_Anthias]

oh... I will buy three...

Good luck keeping them

[Terryz_]

Just hope they will eat...

[Terryz_]

Ernm... What is princess anthias scientific name...

[Terryz_]

I dun seem to find any info abt princess anthias on the net... Can someone tell me which site have info about this beautiful fish... Thkz..