anybody keep Pseudanthias huchtii (redcheek, green, or threadfin anthia)?

[aandfsoccr04]

I was just looking for some people that may keep this anthia. It doesn't seem to come up to often and when I did a search I only found a few threads from several years ago. They look like possibly a hidden treasure that I'd like to get more information on. Based on the picture and information in my book, marine fishes, they stay relatively small (< 5in. ) and aren't too difficult to keep. Thanks in advance.

 

[Amoore311]

My fish store gets them all the time mis-marked as Lyretails.

The females look just like lyretails with the bright orange coloration.

I didn't realize this until 2 of my supposed Lyretails turned male. The males looked exactly like this:

I had 12-15 "lyretails" in my 180 Gallon Tank, all purchased from the same LFS near me.

I had 4 males in total, 2 Hutchii and 2 Lyretails. The rest of the females looks identical to one another... so if any more Hutchii were mixed in I'm not sure since they all stayed female.

Care wise I fed the fish 2-3 times a day on the weekdays, and I on weekends when I was home all day I would just toss smaller amounts of food into the tank every couple hours.

They were very hearty fish once they got through QT. A couple did come in with gil flukes, but once treated did very well. I didn't loose a single anthias of the ones that made it through the QT process.

They ate everything from frozen food to NLS Pellets. They also loved Nutramar OVA.