Anthias-do any eat dried food?

[BradR]

Considering getting a dozen or so anthias but am worried about when we leave for a weeks vacation.
Do any anthias eat flake or non-frozen food that can be dispensed while we are gone?
Thanks! :mixed:

 

[kar93]

Do you have friends that could go round and feed the tank?

 

[BradR]

Yes but it'd be a hassle.

 

[kar93]

You could wait till you get back to get the Anthias?

 

[BradR]

We leave for a week at a time several times a year.

 

[Macimage]

I would not advise anthias for that type of feeding regime. They usually are finicky eaters and need to be fed several times a day. Most will not eat flake or dried food.

I pay someone to come in and feed my fish daily whenever we leave for a day or more.

Joyce

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Sometimes they eat dried food, but I wouldn't count on it.

When I leave I have an autofeeder go off twice a day with dry food, and have someone come over every other day and feed frozen. So far this has worked on three occasions of about a week.

 

[psteeleb]

I found the lyretails are'nt as picky as others. I have a school of 8 or so and they eat frozen mysis. pelets and AEFW

 

[moonyguy]

My lyre tails eat just about anything. I have been feeding them dry food mostly but occasionally some frozen food for the last 4 months. They have plumped up nice.
Dry Food:
Freeze dried Cyclopeeze
Formula 2 Flakes
Spirulina Flakes

Frozen Food:
Mysis Shrimp
Rods Food
Cyclopeeze

 

[FishBait]

We have a suspension feeder setup on our Atlantic coral system. Basically it's a pyramid shaped container plumbed to a Spectrapure Litermeter that delivers food all day. Fill the container with tank water, add food, let the pump do the rest Pretty simple, albeit not the cheapest for automated feeding, but works very well.

 

[BradR]

Sweet! Lyretails and atlantic coral here we come.

 

[alten78]

same here, my lyretail eats everything, goes especially crazy for flakes (formula 2)

 

[macreefster]

i have bartletts anthias and they eat the formula one granular food and love it. i think bartletts are a bit hardier than many of the varieties though. they pretty much eat anything... formula one granular, cyclopeze, frozen mysid, brine shrimp. i have two males (not intentionally) and five females and they are very healthy and eating like little pigs.

 

[myerst2]

Well i don't know if you would do a group of Borbonius. I have had mine for about 2 months and will eat anything. Regards, Tim