barlette anthias

[johnfallon135]

thinking of getting some for my 80 gallon tank. will they fight each other if i get more than 1 in this small of a tank? how likely will i be able to feed them dry foods? are they difficult to care for other than feeding multiple times a day? thanks!

 

[GimpyFin]

I started with a trio of bartletts and am down to 1 male after almost 3 years. The other two were bullied by the male, which is why I don't have them anymore. After I got them through qt, they were great fish and the one I still have is going strong. Mine have been farily easy to care for. These ones also do not need to be fed multiple times per day like some.

 

[johnfallon135]

so males will still bully and kill females? do you feed your anthias dry foods?

 

[GimpyFin]

There's a chance they will bully the females. Mine were ok up until 1.5-2 years in. The male started picking on the ladies pretty bad. They are cool fish and my lone survivor gets along great with everyone else in the tank including a fathead anthias. I don't really do much dry food, except nls pellets for some of the fish. The anthias don't go for them too much. They go after pretty much everything else I throw in, though. I generally feed frozen mysis, frozen reef caviar, and refrigerated ROE from reef nutrition. I used to feed once a day, but have been doing every other day now.

 

[Andrew D]

My tank is larger (350G) but I've introduced them in large numbers and in my experience they usually get along. If you buy them all female then one of them will turn male and usually leave the females alone. Where I run into trouble is when I try to introduce more of them later, and the more established ones bother the newer ones that they see as a threat. Probably best to let them peter out before adding another larger batch.

 

[Jeff4777]

I got a trio off divers den. I have not had them long term but they are doing well. Time will tell how the inter species aggression will go. Mine are nice and fat also accepting dry foods.

Fast video of Barletts swimming in my tank. I'm pretty happy with them. They survived diver's den quarantine procedures, survived all the shipping, and survived TTM, formalin, & 2 rounds of prazi with me. Eat like pigs.

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[ca1ore]

Bartlett get quite large, are aggressive, and I'd not put more than one in a tank of 80 gallons. They also have a tendency to turn male. I bought a quartet about three years ago, and three turned male (one subsequently jumped so now I only have two males and the one female).