Evansi Anthias?
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Urchinhead
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These guy's might surprise you. Start them off with live brine if they won't take anything else then slowly move them to either flake or pellet if that's what you are feeding your tank. If not and you are feeding mysid or cyclopeeze etc then they should do ok.
I have had several different kinds of anthias over the years (and have sworn never to again until I do
) and have found all but the queen's tend to adapt pretty quickly to the Salifert pellets I feed.
What I usually see is a case of monkey (in this case fishie) see monkey do. As in said anthias see's the other fish rushing about the tank to suck up the pellets and gives them a try then, like crack, gets hooked on them. To the point where several of my lyretail would eat out of my hand. And yes I used to have that much time on my hands.
I have had several different kinds of anthias over the years (and have sworn never to again until I do
) and have found all but the queen's tend to adapt pretty quickly to the Salifert pellets I feed. What I usually see is a case of monkey (in this case fishie) see monkey do. As in said anthias see's the other fish rushing about the tank to suck up the pellets and gives them a try then, like crack, gets hooked on them. To the point where several of my lyretail would eat out of my hand. And yes I used to have that much time on my hands.
From Live Aquaria website:
"In a reef environment, plankton comprises the bulk of their diet. Supplementing with zooplankton or artemia can increase the probability of successful maintenance of this fish, since it may have difficulty digesting other commercial diets.
The Evansi Anthias can be difficult to maintain and is not appropriate for the inexperienced aquarist. "
The difficulty in digesting commercial diets has me concerned. These are gorgeous fish and if I can make this work, I will be very pleased. Food that I have: cyclopeeze, cyclops, frozen brine shrimp, both kinds of mysis, blackworms, and capelin fish roe. I heard Zoplan may be desirable?
"In a reef environment, plankton comprises the bulk of their diet. Supplementing with zooplankton or artemia can increase the probability of successful maintenance of this fish, since it may have difficulty digesting other commercial diets.
The Evansi Anthias can be difficult to maintain and is not appropriate for the inexperienced aquarist. "
The difficulty in digesting commercial diets has me concerned. These are gorgeous fish and if I can make this work, I will be very pleased. Food that I have: cyclopeeze, cyclops, frozen brine shrimp, both kinds of mysis, blackworms, and capelin fish roe. I heard Zoplan may be desirable?
Two out of five ate it. So I plan to mix that in feedings going forward.
jonnybravo22
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well i just got some carberryi, they are in QT now and i seem to be having feeding success with:
1. frozen cyclopeeze
2. rod's food (original recipe)
3. rod's food (fish eggs)
i ordered some other food -- i image they would eat live copepods so i'm going to try that when they come in, but they are eating the above well.
1. frozen cyclopeeze
2. rod's food (original recipe)
3. rod's food (fish eggs)
i ordered some other food -- i image they would eat live copepods so i'm going to try that when they come in, but they are eating the above well.
My carberryi eat everything except cheeseburgers.
jonnybravo22
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oh yeah forgot to add cheeseburgers.
get some rod's food though, all fish i've had so far seem to eat it.
I think that's actually pretty good for new evansi, Steve! Get them fat on that, then worry about other stuff, IMO.
Matt_Wandell
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They have totally integrated in the Carberyi shoal. Eating: cyclopeeze, nutramar ova, hikari mysis, and capelin fish roe vigorously. So I am pleased to say the least. I might add more (3).
pseudo joe
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I picked up a school of five from a LFS about a month ago. They were emaciated and not eating at the store. The owner wont sell anything that isnt eating so he gave them to me to see if I could turn them in my reef instead of having them die in the store. I fed cyclopeeze, nutra mar ova, roe, arcti pods, live brine as well as the mysis I ordinarily feed. A minimum of three feedings a day. After a few days they were picking at the food but not eating well. Long story short, three didn't make it but I still have two. The two that survived eat well and are filling out. I think it also helped that i have other anthias in the tank to create a feeding frenzy when I fed. In any event, I think frequent feedings of a variety of foods is the key. Good luck.
