Anthias questions

[aquamann183]

So I put 3 female and 1 male lyretail anthias through the tank transfer method and everything was fine. Then quarantine, and a few days before I was going to put them into the display I come home from work and 2 of the females were dead.. one looked like it was nibbled on some. I checked the parameters all were fine.

A couple days later I put the male and female into the display tank. They were in there for about a week and I come home today and a hermit crab is eating the female..

I highly doubt the hermit crab just latched onto the anthias and killed it, and I don't know why the other 2 died since my parameters were good in my qt.

Did the male anthias kill the three females?

Display tank is 150 gallons. Currently just 2 clowns in there besides the last anthias.

Thank you all, happy reefing!

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[carrots]

Anthias are not an easy fish to keep. They need to eat small amounts often. I tried to feed mine every two hours during their month of QT. Did your females have places to hide from the males? In a small QT tank the males can pester and chase the females to exhaustion and more importantly to the point of not eating from fear. If I had to guess I would say the male was to blame.

 

[ca1ore]

Not much to go on. Possible male killed them, but also possible it could have been something else. Problem with new fish is not tank parameters but what they may have brought along with them.

 

[aquamann183]

In the quarantine tank I just had a big 4" pvc elbow. Probably should have had more now that I know they need hiding spaces.
The main tank obviously has plenty of room to hide.

I was feeding once a day, maybe that's what it is.

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[scooter31707]

Possibly could have had uronema or velvet which is very common with anthias. TTM and would not have cured these parasites. While in QT, did you treat with anything? If you have not, I will start by giving the remaining ones a 50 min Formalin bath followed by a CP treatment in the QT.