Are these dispar anthias?

[jrb466]

The male is lighter in color than the female.

 

[eatbreakfast]

They are P. ignitus, a sister species to dispar.

 

[ca1ore]

Yes, Ignitus. Not my favorite pseudoanthias, but pretty easy to keep.

 

[CoralNerd]

Yes, Ignitus. Not my favorite pseudoanthias, but pretty easy to keep.

Why not your favorite? I dig the blue coloration that looks like eye shadow. Better looking than Dispar IMO

 

[ca1ore]

Just personal preference as I find them a bit bland in appearance. I'd go bimac, square, carberryi, resplendent/randalls .... before ignitus

 

[CoralNerd]

Just personal preference as I find them a bit bland in appearance. I'd go bimac, square, carberryi, resplendent/randalls .... before ignitus

Here's a picture of what I think is an Ignitus. It was sold to me as a Dispar

 

[ca1ore]

This is my favorite .... Requires swimming room though ....

Female bimac about 2/3 of her way to being a him. Unhappy sub-male bartlett figuring he's about to get bumped down a rung of two.

 

[jrb466]

Thanks all. These have solid yellow/orange tails with no red accent and small pelvic fins compared to the picture on live aquaria, which threw me off a little. I will take any species over the bartlett's, they seem to always turn male and become a nuisance.

 

[ca1ore]

I will take any species over the bartlett's, they seem to always turn male and become a nuisance.

They are chippy, no question; but they're also about the easiest pseudoanthias to keep. My trio, two males and a female, are pretty well behaved, but I have a lot of 'enforcers' in my tank so bad behavior is no tolerated