Hawaiian Longfin Anthias
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philter4
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Last I asked they were all still alive, but that was a week or so after they were dropped off, the collector had one in his tank for a while, when I was there in Oct'08 he had it for a few months, but when I went back in July it got some sort of disease, I can't remember how long he had it or why it died right now (he told me but I'm old and can't remember dinner last night let alone what happened last year) but I know it was at least 6 or7 months doing really well in his tank.
itachi
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I believe most of the issue with this fish is decompression issues , and the amount of time it takes to decompress this fish properly. On top of the normal difficult anthias problems. I'm barely lighting the QT tank there in current, and having to keeping them at a really low temp ( well compared to most peoples reefs ), 72F .
One thing that seems very apparent with this fish... Go small... Go all female if you are to take the risk. The smaller ones seem to be acclimating far faster and are for more active, small would be 1-2inches.
espocrespo
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stunning great pics
itachi
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recent update. So far all 4 are still doing great .. They're now eating mysis and other kinds of food. I can thank my wife for keeping up with the feedings of crazy amount of anthias i have in total. I think i'm over 30 easily if not 40 ( no i don't want to count, since i could figure out how much $$$ i spent on them ) Oo;
The hawaiians' are getting light acclimated and really don't seam adverse to bright light surprisingly. Having gotten more time watching these fish, i am actually shocked at some of the group interactions between them. They are far more aggressive than i expected and infact are territorial over there corners of the tank. The large female seems to be more acceptant of the two smaller longfins, but the mid size one is kept out of her vicinity. Not to push my luck with keeping these , but I am really interested what the timeframe is from a female turning male . I have yet to find any documented observations of this.
The hawaiians' are getting light acclimated and really don't seam adverse to bright light surprisingly. Having gotten more time watching these fish, i am actually shocked at some of the group interactions between them. They are far more aggressive than i expected and infact are territorial over there corners of the tank. The large female seems to be more acceptant of the two smaller longfins, but the mid size one is kept out of her vicinity. Not to push my luck with keeping these , but I am really interested what the timeframe is from a female turning male . I have yet to find any documented observations of this.
jmaneyapanda
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You should get some anthias for that tank......
Love it.
Love it.
itachi
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So all of these fish are alive and kicking still ..woohoo. Although one appears to have a intestinal blockage. You can see a black spot close to where the fish would poop, I've tried dipping him in epson salt to soften it's stool ... =( no luck so far. Has anyone else had this issue with anthias before? Going to try Paracide-X when it gets shipped to us to see if that helps at all, it's supposed to be a laxative for fish .
Also there a black spot on a couple of these fish on the fins, never seen anything like it before , I will post pictures when i get home. Been meaning to for a few days just been so busy with work =( . The spot almost looks like if you took a sharpie and put a black spot on them.
Also there a black spot on a couple of these fish on the fins, never seen anything like it before , I will post pictures when i get home. Been meaning to for a few days just been so busy with work =( . The spot almost looks like if you took a sharpie and put a black spot on them.
ShrimpChipGal
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I placed the order of Paracide-X with National Fish Pharmacy (http://www.fishyfarmacy.com) and even spoke with them over the phone. They were very helpful, great customer service.
Here are the photos of the two fish:
One with intestinal blockage:
There was a photo of the same fish on post #35. You can see that it was much smaller back then. This fish is the smallest of them all.
Here is the biggest one of them with a strange spot on the tail:
Here are the photos of the two fish:
One with intestinal blockage:
There was a photo of the same fish on post #35. You can see that it was much smaller back then. This fish is the smallest of them all.
Here is the biggest one of them with a strange spot on the tail:
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