Their difficulty, shyness, and overall somewhat special needs (there is a reason the Aquarium of the Pacific houses them in their azoo tank, not with all the other anthias) makes them rather undesirable, IMO
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Their difficulty, shyness, and overall somewhat special needs (there is a reason the Aquarium of the Pacific houses them in their azoo tank, not with all the other anthias) makes them rather undesirable, IMO
Grandreef 2
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Dispar Anthias
I have 1 male lyretail and 8 females for a couple years, very sweet but greedy eaters of only mysis.
I also have a beautiful male squarespot and 5 females that are awesome. I also have a small school of dispar anthias that are nice. Anthias just need adequate space and food as they are greedy eaters.
I also have a beautiful male squarespot and 5 females that are awesome. I also have a small school of dispar anthias that are nice. Anthias just need adequate space and food as they are greedy eaters.
I would assume that they get along as long as they look different from eachother? Square spots are quite a bit bigger from dispar from what I've seen.
Sardaukar
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They will get along although I don't think they will form their own individual schools. If you watch the video that StripesTheEel posted of his tank, http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16698335&postcount=81 you can get an idea of what 20+ Anthia of several species look like in a big tank - I think he has lyretail/dispar/flame in there.
Lyretail get my vote. Stunning males, attractive females, good price/availability, among the hardiest and all around good fish.
Argentiner
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I have 1 squarespot and it's the most aggressive fish in my tank so you'd have to watch for that. More than my regal angel, sargassum trigger and purple tang.
SkyPapa
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I have 3 Lyretails, 1M-2F, 3 small dispar, 3 small squarespots and a 3.5 inch male bartlett in a 180 with a onespot fox, a 2 inch potters angel, a candy stripe hog, 4 2.5 in. chromis and a cleasner wrasse.
The male lyretail (4.5 inches) is by far the most agressive fish in the tank.
He especially like to strafe the potters. The potters stands up though it is much smaller.
The male lyretail (4.5 inches) is by far the most agressive fish in the tank.
He especially like to strafe the potters. The potters stands up though it is much smaller.
I'd never heard of these. Very pretty. Every site I looked at specifies that this species is not covered on the arrive alive policy. They must be a more advance fish like you say.
Your new tank will be big enough to house numerous anthias if you have a big enough skimmer and keep your water quality up. Main thing is keeping them well fed. I have 29 in my 475. I run an H&S skimmer that is rated for a thousand gallons and do 50 gallon weekly water changes. I currently have 9 female lyretails, 2 males, 3 borbonius, 2 bartletts female, 1 male, 2 sunset female, 1 male, 2 dispar, 1 male bimac, 1 pink square male and 1 female, 1 red stripe and 2 resplendent. Ventralis are nice but are tough to care for in my experience.
