Hungry anthias

[jscarlata]

I have a lyretail anthias and all she wants to eat is brine shrimp. I feel bad for her, she seems like shes starving. Ive been trying all kinds of foods with garlic, entice, vitamin c etc. This is what I tried so far
Mysis feast, hikari mysis, rods original, reef plankton, ocean formula 1 flakes. At first she seemed to be doing well but the last two nights she seems frantic. She voraciously goes for everything but only swallows the brine.

 

[jp634]

your lyretail will be fine just eating the brine shrimp keep feeding a little of the other stuff and they will start taking it also i feel what you are using is good food and my lyretail is doing fine but start out being picky also

 

[snorvich]

Nutramar Ova is irresistible to anthias.

 

[jscarlata]

Thank you for the help. I'm worried that it's sick or something...I was just looking t the tank and she's frantically swimming back and forth the front wall and even head on into the glass, like it's trying to swim away...I saw this last night and firmly believed she wouldn't make it thru the nite. She came out today when the lights came on so I'm not sure, no sign of ich spots. She's the biggest and toughest in the tank so nothing is bullying her. Could i have overfed it, and now she just needs to eat all day? Or am I just over reacting to normal anthias behavior?

 

[jscarlata]

Observation, at lights out she stopped frantically swimming at the top front and seemed to calm down. Her fins are out she isn't scratching herself on the rocks or bottom and j see no spots on her.