Anthia's Discussion Topic

**Osiris** · 07-13-2007, 01:32 PM

So i pickup a Trio of Lyretail Anthia's from a tank guy has had running for couple years on Monday. Any info helpful to keeping them?

They are truly a remarkable species, read they can be found in the thousands in the wild.. and are harem spawners.

Anyone with experience on them?

Reefneck · 07-13-2007, 02:28 PM

Anthias are a truely remarkable species. They are hard to get eating in home aquaria but obtaining them established as you did solves that worry. They should definately be fed more than once per day though.

They are a Schooling fish that get to a moderate size. Large in some peoples opinion but to me, Large is a Sperm Whale. A Large tank with a school of these is truely a sight to behold.

Bear · 07-13-2007, 02:48 PM

I personally love all anthias, but like said, they need feeding more than once a day. This could prove problematic at some point, due to excess food, but I'm sure if u keep the food to small amounts you should be fine. What do u plan on feeding them? Alongside their needing food more than once a day lies the reason for this. Extremely active fish, I mean at tang levels or even more so, awesome to watch

I would be showing them off if I were you, lets see em!

**TheOldSalt** · 07-15-2007, 07:37 AM

These guys have long had a reputation for being very difficult to keep on captivity. The problem, of course, was that it didn't occur to anyone for quite awhile to keep them in schools, in huge tanks, and to feed them clouds of choice foods.
These things make them fairly easy to keep on average, save for a few hardcase species like tukas, although providing these conditions is itself a bit problematic.
A very worthwhile group, though, and as we import more and more species, we'll no doubt find out which ones are the easiest to keep. Many of them have already spawned in aquaria, which is certainly a good sign, yes?
Down here we have a common species which we call Creolefish. ( not to be confused with creole wrasse ) It's a bright purplish red and grows very large. It's easy to keep if collected in shallow water, but very, very prone to embolism if caught deeper, which is probably the main cause of failure with this and many other Anthias species.

**Fishfirst** · 07-18-2007, 10:48 AM

Feed them 3X daily... water changes and good skimming/fuging will keep these guys healthy. Mysis, bits of krill, plankton, and other meaty fair will suffice.

07-13-2007, 01:32 PM	#1
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,693	Anthia's Discussion Topic So i pickup a Trio of Lyretail Anthia's from a tank guy has had running for couple years on Monday. Any info helpful to keeping them? They are truly a remarkable species, read they can be found in the thousands in the wild.. and are harem spawners. Anyone with experience on them? __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

07-13-2007, 02:28 PM	#2
Reefneck Senior Aquarist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Near a Coral Reef Age: 47 Posts: 1,351	Anthias are a truely remarkable species. They are hard to get eating in home aquaria but obtaining them established as you did solves that worry. They should definately be fed more than once per day though. They are a Schooling fish that get to a moderate size. Large in some peoples opinion but to me, Large is a Sperm Whale. A Large tank with a school of these is truely a sight to behold. __________________ I wonder how much salt mix I would need to turn our in ground pool into a Reef.

07-13-2007, 02:48 PM	#3
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 20 Posts: 895	I personally love all anthias, but like said, they need feeding more than once a day. This could prove problematic at some point, due to excess food, but I'm sure if u keep the food to small amounts you should be fine. What do u plan on feeding them? Alongside their needing food more than once a day lies the reason for this. Extremely active fish, I mean at tang levels or even more so, awesome to watch I would be showing them off if I were you, lets see em! __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos Last edited by Bear; 07-13-2007 at 02:51 PM.

07-18-2007, 10:48 AM	#5
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,506	Feed them 3X daily... water changes and good skimming/fuging will keep these guys healthy. Mysis, bits of krill, plankton, and other meaty fair will suffice. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,253	These guys have long had a reputation for being very difficult to keep on captivity. The problem, of course, was that it didn't occur to anyone for quite awhile to keep them in schools, in huge tanks, and to feed them clouds of choice foods. These things make them fairly easy to keep on average, save for a few hardcase species like tukas, although providing these conditions is itself a bit problematic. A very worthwhile group, though, and as we import more and more species, we'll no doubt find out which ones are the easiest to keep. Many of them have already spawned in aquaria, which is certainly a good sign, yes? Down here we have a common species which we call Creolefish. ( not to be confused with creole wrasse ) It's a bright purplish red and grows very large. It's easy to keep if collected in shallow water, but very, very prone to embolism if caught deeper, which is probably the main cause of failure with this and many other Anthias species.

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