Adding a second borbonious anthias?

[bridun22ajl]

I have had a borbonious anthias for about 5 months and I am considering adding another one. I had no problem when I added 3 lyretail anthias a few months ago. Should I expect any problem with adding another borb? Is there anyway I can differentiate sex?

Thanks

 

[MikeandNicole]

How large is your tank? And how large is your borb?

 

[bridun22ajl]

75g cube. 30x30x19. The borb is small probably 2" total

 

[namxas]

Blotchies will change sex. I can only speak from keeping a trio of them that was added concurrently for several years, but they do squabble, esp. when establishing their hierarchy, but they don't pick each other off like many anthias species. I suspect you'd do better adding a couple of them to spread out any aggression, however.

These are by far, my fave anthias species.

Males are larger, and have a yellow knob on thier 3rd dorsal spine:

 

[Reefes pieces]

Is your current Borb pretty territorial? I've seen other tanks with a pair of borbs but I know from personal experience that they're pretty mean.

 

[RDtrack]

Either it will go good or bad. I had a pair that I created by there was only a week in between. I'd try a acclimation box.

 

[namxas]

Is your current Borb pretty territorial? I've seen other tanks with a pair of borbs but I know from personal experience that they're pretty mean.

When we added them to the DT after QT, the male THOUGHT it wanted to try the dwarf fuzzy lionfish...it got into its face, the lionfish showed the anthias its spines, and that was that. The blotchies only squabbled amongst themselves, altho the bolder two (male and dominant female) learned how to swipe food off a feeding stick.

Our trio bunked with dwarf lionfishes, waspfishes, and small species scorpionfishes (that's one in the photo, as a matter of fact).

 

[Poolshark0925]

Hi, I just picked up one last week and he's doing well. Can you all share the temps you keep your tanks with these guys? My tank gets to 80 in the summer and worried might be too warm. I also plan to upgrade my lighting to AI hydra 52s. Does anyone have success keeping them under LEDs? Any idea about lifespan?

Thanks!

90 gal mixed reef