A couple of Anthias photos

[SkyPapa]

I am in the process of moving from a 120g to a 180g and put the anthias I am going to keep in a 40B.
It is much easier to get good pics of fish in a smaller space.

Here is the male;

And the male and one of two females;

And a Bartlets. M or F?

And not a fish, but from my 120.

 

[jhawkor]

Beautiful

 

[SkyPapa]

Thanks, I guess I should have IDed the first pics as squamipinis or lyretails.

 

[SDguy]

Lovely fish. The bartlett is a male. Your male lyretail still has some color changing to finish up as well.

 

[SkyPapa]

Lovely fish. The bartlett is a male. Your male lyretail still has some color changing to finish up as well.

Thanks, I thought the male squami probably did based on other photos but it has been this color for a while, close to a year IIRC. I am going to add some more females to his harem in the 180.

As for the Bartlett, I had 2 that were identical, this one became the aggressor and harrased the other into hiding and death.
I remember the thread about them all turning male.
Is it only 1 per tank then?

I have seen your anthias and they a gorgeous also.
I want to add some more species also
Are there any particular anthias species that didn't mix well for you?

 

[jeffeg]

Looking good.

 

[SDguy]

Thanks, I thought the male squami probably did based on other photos but it has been this color for a while, close to a year IIRC. I am going to add some more females to his harem in the 180.

As for the Bartlett, I had 2 that were identical, this one became the aggressor and harrased the other into hiding and death.
I remember the thread about them all turning male.
Is it only 1 per tank then?

I have seen your anthias and they a gorgeous also.
I want to add some more species also
Are there any particular anthias species that didn't mix well for you?

You will see changes, I'm sure, after the move. Several of mine began acting differently when moved from the 110 to the 150.

As for bartletts, best bet is to find TINY females, though even then, eventually, they turn male, IME. But not for a while, and they will usually get along (ie not kill each other, especially in 180g of room )

The only anthias that I had trouble with, socially, was:

P. rubrizonatus - very aggressive, and fought with my lyretail male

P. flavoguttatus - while they were fine with only an angel and trigger in a FO tank, they completely hid in the presence of the anthias in the reef, and never came out to eat.

Ignitus, dispar, lyretail, and bartlett all mix well, IME.

 

[CarlC]

If you have time to condition them Lori's are a great addition. In my tank they got along fine with dispar, pictilis, and parvirostris. I wouldn't try them though unless you have them fattened up and eatting everything.

Carl

 

[SkyPapa]

Thanks, Peter.
I have kept ignitus a few years ago and have a small dispar in my 40 shallow now.
I think i will get some more for the 180 and look for tiny bartletts.
Nice build by the way. I am amazed at all the fish still. Did I see some evansi in the video?

That is a pretty fish Carl.
I may give them a try in a while.

Clay

 

[SDguy]

I do not have evansi, those are bartletts. A friend of mine has evansi. I think they require a larger tank than I have to do well, IMO.

 

[itachi]

I do not have evansi, those are bartletts. A friend of mine has evansi. I think they require a larger tank than I have to do well, IMO.

excuses
Nah i agree with peter. I think Evans need a big tank , I have several of them although my tank is unruly busy.. I think they tolerate it well, but should be in a more peaceful environment, they are very similar to purple queens and are not exactly the easiest to keep.. especially when compared to barletts and lyretail anthias.
My male evansi does fight with the ignitus and barletts although to a lesser extent of the barlett vs. barlett and ignitus vs barletts .


Here's a picture of one of mine

 

[SDguy]

excuses

Like I need another bass in my tank

 

[ddcotter]

look like maldives lyretail's? Love those fish!

 

[richie shepherd]

wow nice......