Evans Anthias?????

HOBrien

HOBrien

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Who has kept them and their experiences with them as well. I have done alot of reading online and in books about Anthias and I like the contrast that these ones have. I know the main thing is to keep them well feed with multiple feedings a day, but what has been the experience on which food they prefer to eat most?
 
I don't think you'll get many replies because this is a difficult anthias that does not do well in captivity. I have kept several species of anthias but I have not kept P. evansi. The one or two times I've seen them in the LFS they were not doing well and were not eating. I don't believe they are considered impossible but they are very, very difficult.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14748251#post14748251 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Chooch1
I don't think you'll get many replies because this is a difficult anthias that does not do well in captivity. I have kept several species of anthias but I have not kept P. evansi. The one or two times I've seen them in the LFS they were not doing well and were not eating. I don't believe they are considered impossible but they are very, very difficult.
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+1 As I understand it, these guys are up there with tukas. :( Gorgeous fish though.
 
Ok thanks yall. I had 3 that came in and 2 didnt look so hot from the start but the 1 that was lookin good is swimming throughout the tank.
 
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HOBrien said:
Ok thanks yall. I had 3 that came in and 2 didnt look so hot from the start but the 1 that was lookin good is swimming throughout the tank.
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This fish is a bit of a mystery to me. Like all other anthias, it is breathtakingly beautiful, but it seems, people are afraid to try their luck at keeping them, like the orange spotted filefish. Both are miths.If no ones tries it, we'll never know how it can be kept. I tried anthias two times in the past, but i failed. I want to try again, but I cant find any pointers on this one. Who knows someone might help me this time,
 
I have (by accident); they need to be fed frequently, use fish roe, nutramar ova, cyclopeeze, newly hatched brine shrimp. Takes a lot of work.
 
I've tried and as Snorvich has mentioned are not easy or for the new to anthias aquarist. They are picky, especially when first introduced,and can be bullied or intimidated by other fish. I have seen them in established reef tanks but those aquarists are experienced and have their act together. I feel it can be done but it will take a good plan and probably a number of deaths before one succeeds IMO.
 
Bumping an old(er) thread .... rather than starting a new one .....

Was at my LFS last week and they had just received a shipment of lots of different kinds of anthias. I'm not going to ever try the purple queens again, as I just could never get them eating the couple of times I tried - but I had been curious about the Evansi. Well, a very nice looking group was too hard to resist, so I have five of them in QT now. No question they are going to be tricky as they don't seem to show much interest in any foods bigger than a small brine shrimp. I have successfully gotten them to eat nutramar ova and cyclopese, and I think after a week or so they'll likely take brine. No interest in the Mysis yet, even the smaller hikari ones.

I'd imagine I have most foods in my freezer somewhere, but any other suggestions for a small frozen food that may work with them?
 
Try rods food too.
But yes I've had prob 8 total to have only 1 survive a month or more. Even with 5-6 feelings a day
 
You can try masago (fish roe) that you can easily get at asian supermarkets:



My evansi do a lot better with "dither anthias". They will only come out after the less shy dispars come out for food. I have found that medium sized evansi do the best in my tank. I can not feed some of the smaller ones frequently enough to keep them thriving, and the larger ones don't seem to adapt to eating prepared foods as readily as the other sizes.
Here was my group with the other anthias types:

 
So, on a related note, if the OP doesn't mind me asking...

Which anthias are consider relatively "easier" to take care of...?
 
OP hasn't been around since 2012, so I doubt he (or she) will mind ....

I am sure there are plenty of other folks here with more hands on experience than I, but I have kept many different species of anthias. Assuming you have plenty of swimming space and are able to feed at least three times a day, I'd rate Bartletts as the easiest (they will eat pellets, but are chippy and you often you end up with multiple males), followed by Lyretails (though they can be quite aggressive too, winnowing themselves down starting with the lowest member in the pecking order), then squares, bimacs, and dinar. I'd rate all of them as eminently keep able. I tried Purple Queens some years ago and would rate them as almost impossible to keep longterm. I have literally never seen anyone keep them sucessfully. I would love to try Ventralis, as I think they are the prettiest of the lot, but I simply cannot meet thier temperature requirements, so pass when I occasionally see them. Time will tell on these Evansi. Clearly easier than Purple Queens because all five of mine are eating, so I'd be inclined to put them somewhere in the middle as far as easy-ness is concerned.
 
ca1ore said:
OP hasn't been around since 2012, so I doubt he (or she) will mind ....

I am sure there are plenty of other folks here with more hands on experience than I, but I have kept many different species of anthias. Assuming you have plenty of swimming space and are able to feed at least three times a day, I'd rate Bartletts as the easiest (they will eat pellets, but are chippy and you often you end up with multiple males), followed by Lyretails (though they can be quite aggressive too, winnowing themselves down starting with the lowest member in the pecking order), then squares, bimacs, and dinar. I'd rate all of them as eminently keep able. I tried Purple Queens some years ago and would rate them as almost impossible to keep longterm. I have literally never seen anyone keep them sucessfully. I would love to try Ventralis, as I think they are the prettiest of the lot, but I simply cannot meet thier temperature requirements, so pass when I occasionally see them. Time will tell on these Evansi. Clearly easier than Purple Queens because all five of mine are eating, so I'd be inclined to put them somewhere in the middle as far as easy-ness is concerned.
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I pretty much agree with all of the above. The only person on RC (that I know of) keeping Purple Queens had continuous feeding.
 
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