Bimaculatus anthias, who has them?

OK guys,

I've got another quick question...I originally ordered two females and a male, and one of my females didn't make it...Do you think the single female will fare OK with my male? Or is it imperative to have multiple females? The male definitely shows the female who's boss...but doesn't seem to be harming the female at all so far. Do you think this aggression will increase with the single female being the only "target"?
I'm not trying to be cheap...I'd happily buy more females if needed, but they seem to be out of stock for now...should I use my credit for something else - other anthias females? - or definitely try to wait to get some bimac females?
Just curious to get your experiences/opinions.
Thanks again.
 
You need to have more femals, otherwise the male will bother her to much. For an Anthias only a male which eggs who wants to spawn is a "good" fish - the rest is just food competition. And keep in mind they we hardly can give them the constant food supply like the have in the sea - so competition becomes often quickly an issue.

Persoally I dont like how many people keep Anthias.; mixing many different species in one tank. I prefer to have a big group of one kind or of related species. Like bimaculatus and pleurotaenia. Unfortunately I consider them as to big for my 320g so I stick to much smaller species.
 
Thanks for the advice Peter. Exactly what I was looking for. Does anyone else have any experiences of small groups showing dangerous aggression? What is a good number of females to shoot for? My pair really seems to be getting along OK for now, but I know that could change.
 
Just took this Pic last night.
BimacOct10.jpg
 
Thanks, Keith I think the main thing you would notice is that the Bimacs are probably bigger than all of your other Anthias. I cant comment on their aggressiveness towards other Anthias, as I dont have any, but they are very easy going in my tank, with an Angel, Yellow Tang, Blue Chromis, Clown, and Wrasse.
 
you guys are killing me with all these crazy fish. I now need to add to my collection. How would you guys rate these are far as difficulty. I have evansi now and they are doing great and eat a little from the water colum but been eating someting for the past 6 months for they are pretty fat. I also had a school of ventrallis and it took me months to get them to eat, too bad i lost them during a power outtage. Im pretty much looking for anthias that will eat anything i throw at them similar to lytail and barttlets. Im really disliking picky eaters. I wish i had the time to prepare them food but i leave my tank for days at a time and i know anthias need to eat regularly. Oh, for those who have these Bimaculatus, how many keep them with other anthias and basselts? Is there any agression towards each other?

Paul
 
Thye are great fish, not as hard as all the info out there indicates IME, but they do require good water quality. Theywill however hide for an entire week before coming out to explore.
 
Oh yeah, they are not aggressive towards other anthias and get along well with other fish they don't need to eat as regularly as a lot of books state, but they do need to be fed everyday IMO, they seem to require more meating foods too as they have bigger mouths
 
If you can keep Evansi and vetralis, you can easily keep Bimacs. Once they settle down, you'll be fine.

Julio...Have you jumped on that Deltec we were talking about the other day?
 
the only reason i was succesfull with botn evansi and ventralis is because i had plenty of time and riim to set up a seperate tank where i pretty much spoiled the water with food. I didnt have to worry about water quality cause i changed about 20% a week which kept my parameters in check. Nowadays i have zero time but to just add them to my tank and hope they pick up eating pellets. Given they rank along the lines of Lytail, Bimaculatus will be a hot item.
 
Hey guys, just wanted to give an update. I've had my trio for three months now, and that's not a long time, but they are doing great. Not a lot of aggression between them, just the normal squabbling.
I only feed once a day, and they seem to be fine with that regimen. They do love the meaty items - mysis, krill, homemade blend, etc. but they will also eat flakes.
I can't speak for other anthias, but I've had two "surprises" with mine...first is their size...they are pretty large. I definitely wouldn't recommend them for a smaller system. I was also surprised at how fast they acclimated to my tank, how well they eat the prepared foods, and how they are always out in the open.
Great fish!
 
Oh they definitly eat Flakes. I'm a lazy bum, Frozen meaty foods are a treat for my fish, maybe 3 or 4 times per week. Flakes everyday and the Anthias love them.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=5490184#post5490184 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by copps
I plan on it in the future, depending on what species he has in a while. I spoke to him a while back and he was working on C. joculator. Funds are fairly tight (no money for sure now for a $1200 pair of fish) as we have a 10 day old baby (our first!) and the new house for 9 months in the ridiculous real estate market here in the DC area. Right now my display with the bimacs is a 180, but the place its in was made for a ~ 600 gallon display tank that is not too far out. Behind the scenes I have another 300 gallons on this system, including a 6 foot frag tank that I also use to condition some of my fish. I also have a 2x54 double corner system that I'm finally getting going since the move, that will house two clownfish pairs (chrysogaster and my onyx percs), and some time in the future a pair of CB Centropyge TBD from Frank. Here are some more shots I took two nights ago under actinics only with flash... you could see the bimacs are now confortable tagging the turkey baster in the tussle with the other fish... Man do I love those interuptus though...

Off topic... anyone coming to MACNA here in DC in September?
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Bimacs are back at liveaquaria here

Going on almost a year and I still have the original three I started with... these things are gorgeous! Like ventralis, but easier, larger, and more bold... again above my male is tagging the turkey baster... they're more like grouper!
 
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