Anthias Photo Library

[38bill]

Heres another photo taken without the flash. Its blurry but it gives a little better idea how the color changes with the light. They seem to need light, sort of like a Green Chromis does, to reflect their colors. If they are not in light the colors will not show well.

 

[chase33]

Thanks SDGuy

 

[MalawianDude]

wow awesome thread. im taggin

 

[SDguy]

My ignitus, with the camera flash on:

 

[CarlC]

Pseudanthias flavicauda

Sorry for the poor quality pics!
Male

female getting reading to pummel a male dispar

Carl

 

[Project Reef]

Sweet fish Carl, I had an awesome male Pseudanthias flavicauda, however in less than a week it jumped. The ones I've seen have all been eating immediately and in good shape, (although I have heard the opposite from East Coast vendors). In Tonga, the collectors refer to them as "Pigs". So far, they've lived up to their name as they will eat anything you throw at them. Just keep the tank covered!

 

[CarlC]

I'm pretty satisfied with them so far. The dispars bother them a bit but over all they are pretty calm. They seem to prefer more meaty items. They really seem to like bigger sized mysis over other things.

I don't think many came in. I am searching high and low for extra females with no luck.

Carl

 

[SDguy]

Nice! Really distinct head structure on those guys.

 

[mattyice]

well guys these are prolly the best anthias i have bought, but they were marked as flavicauda anthias but im not sure, the male looks to be almost a supermale, and the other two i have are female, as soon as i put them in the tank they came out, they are already eating large mysis and late last night they were actually eating parts of krill...here are the pics

 

[SDguy]

Gorgeous! They sound like pretty hardy anthias, so far. And I think a much better choice than the pictilis or tuka you were considering...

 

[mattyice]

yes much better lol, do they look to be flavicauda, i think that the male looks more like a parvirostris?

 

[Aquarist007]

great pictures

Pseudanthias fasciatus--not eating

I purchased a fasciatus last Saturday-----he was eating flake food at the LFS
He is not being bothered by anyone else in the tank and still looks very good but I can't notice him eating:
I have tried frozen mysis, frozen brine, soaked in garlic guard, not soaked in garlic guard, frozen krill, flake food.
He spends alot of time behind the reef--could he prefer to eat there
I have another small anthias--he chows down anything you put in there plus comes out and eats with the others.

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10343796#post10343796 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mattyice
yes much better lol, do they look to be flavicauda, i think that the male looks more like a parvirostris?

Na, parvirostris has a head shape like lori or similar, nothing like yours. Colors are all wrong too. Check it out on fishbase.org

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10343806#post10343806 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capn_hylinur
great pictures

Pseudanthias fasciatus--not eating

I purchased a fasciatus last Saturday-----he was eating flake food at the LFS
He is not being bothered by anyone else in the tank and still looks very good but I can't notice him eating:
I have tried frozen mysis, frozen brine, soaked in garlic guard, not soaked in garlic guard, frozen krill, flake food.
He spends alot of time behind the reef--could he prefer to eat there
I have another small anthias--he chows down anything you put in there plus comes out and eats with the others.

He's probably just shy if a single individual. Try spot feeding him behind the reef structure with some airline tubing used like a straw.

 

[Aquarist007]

Thanks for the quick reply

Spot feed him what--mysis or flake?

 

[mattyice]

i would try mysis, of cyclopeeze if you have that to get a response from him, if you use mysis try and soak them in garlic and a vitamin

 

[CarlC]

Matt

It is not parvirostris. I don't see a any sign of the upper lip extension and parvirostris does not have a strong colored yellow stripe on the anal fin.

From the pics the male is about the same size of the female, correct?

It looks like a young male not fully through the sex change.

Do you know the collection locale? Figi is the type locale but it has also been recorded from Tonga. The recent import is from Tonga.

Carl

 

[mattyice]

im not too sure on where they were collected from i do know for a fact though that i did buy them at salty critter lol

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10344004#post10344004 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mattyice
i would try mysis, of cyclopeeze if you have that to get a response from him, if you use mysis try and soak them in garlic and a vitamin

i promise--I'll stop hijacking this thread-----but by cyclopeeze do we mean the frozen stick in the red package.
If this is the case i feed every other day with this in my tank--could explain what the anthias is eating

 

[smith1571]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10326138#post10326138 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Project Reef
Sweet fish Carl, I had an awesome male Pseudanthias flavicauda, however in less than a week it jumped. The ones I've seen have all been eating immediately and in good shape, (although I have heard the opposite from East Coast vendors). In Tonga, the collectors refer to them as "Pigs". So far, they've lived up to their name as they will eat anything you throw at them. Just keep the tank covered!

Do I need egg crate over my tank with antias. I thought it was just wrasse.