Favorite Anthias?
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vegaskid11
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I have 15 lyretail anthias in my reef along with 5 Bartlets and 5 Dispars. The lyretail Males are by far one of the best looking anthias available IMO. They are stunning and the females are a very vibrant orange with distinct purple coloring on there cheeks. I say lyretail. They are fairly inexpensive, hardy and beautiful.
roktsintst
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Ventralis!!!
Dispar, Ignitus and Lyretail. all are stunning.
vegaskid11
vegasreefers.com
The males are unreal looking, I never see them for sale though.:fun5:
flying53brian
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I gotta say the flavoguttatus anthias are one of my favorite. Sometimes can be tough to find though.
I've got a 7ft 210 that's been up a year and a half. It's lightly stocked. The big display is going in wall across the room. The water changes from my 210 will be used to fill it (partly anyway). The transfer should be pretty painless. I would just like to add some more color for now. It will be a good 4 months before everything is up and running.
There are a couple species I'm not familiar with that you guys mentioned... I got some researching to do! I agree completely with lyretails. Dispar are beautiful as well.
UtahReefer
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ventralis are by far my favorites! If you are doing a big tank you could do a group of Pink Squares as well. I have a trio that I love!!! I think a big tank with a couple groups of different species looks awesome
seth&angelle
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My vote goes to Bimacs. Their only problems are that they tend to grow rather large and if you purchase a shoal, several will eventually become male. This will in turn lead to territorial fighting, injuries and, should they battle around them, the snapping of SPS coral branches or the complete dislodging of frags. Other than that, they're great!
xxtriggermanxx
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Male square spot's are beautiful and the females aren't bad ether.. lately I've been thinking about picking up a few hutchi's but they aren't availible very much..
Coral_Craig
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Lyretails for me. I love the three I have. So colorful, hardy, and very sociable with each other and the rest of the tank mates.
I like all three of these! the Ignitus might be my favorite so far. I can't say I've seen an ugly anthias out of any listed. I gotta look up compatability of anthias. Can you have more than one school (5-6) of species in a large tank?
I don't think these can be beat to be honest... the price tag reflects though!
