are dispar anthias easy to keep?

[raynist]

Thanks for any replies.

--Ray

 

[BryanJ]

I bought 3 female lyretails and 1 is morphing to a male so I would say they are easy. can't answer on dispars.

 

[raynist]

I have a few lyretails, they are very easy to keep.

--Ray

 

[J_Geisinger000]

I bought six dispars and only had three survive

dont know what happend
the three that I lost had lost their tails and couldnt swim and they died
very strange
I here getting them to eat is the hardest part but mine started eating in about a day
I Started off feeding them zooplankton

ive been meanig to ask a question about what happen to my other three dispars if anyone knows please let me know

 

[SDguy]

Dispars are not as hardy as lyretail or bartlett. Sometimes they do fine, sometimes they never adapt...refusing food. I currently have one in my tank. Nowhere near as gluttonous as lyretail, pinksquare, redbar, bartlett or any other hardy anthias that I have kept before.

Eaten away tails could be from either aggression from the others, or a bacterial infection, or both. IME, anthias don't get parasites like ich too easily, but they are susceptible to bacterial infection (sores, red areas, and the like).