Anthias Diet?

[sleeri]

Any recommedations for feeding anthias? I'm feeding mine PE Mysis & cyclo right now. Seem to be doing well, but just wondering if anything else should be thrown into the mix to keep colors at their peak.

 

[JustinM]

That is good, try some rotifers and reef plankton too. I get this stuff from my LFS called Pro Salt Mini Reef(http://pro-salt.com/), its a mix of scallops, roe, plankton, mysis, rotifers, and a crap load of other stuff. They like it.

I have also been throwing in some New Life Spectrum .5 mm pellets while I am feeding, and they eat a few here and there.

 

[kellerexpress]

Mine eat anything that hits the water.

 

[klepto]

NLS spectrum 1mm pellets (or the small fish formula).
I am also a big fan of Reef Nutrition's TDO (Otohime). C1 or C2 would work well for anthias in my opinion)
http://reefnutrition.com/otohime_apbreed.html

Presoaking the pellets for a few minutes works well (especially for the 1mm NLS). The OTO has a tendency to float if it isn't soaked and added with a baster.

 

[sleeri]

Thanks for the feedback all.

 

[SDguy]

I feed pellets, but don't find pellets alone to keep their colors vibrant. Finly minced scallop, shrimp, along with mysis, cyclopeeze and Nutrimar Ova really help with color, IME.