I can't keep Anthias alive.
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elviraveloz
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I do, but I think their very sensitive toward the attitude the other fishes have toward themselves. I have a couple of fishes around 5 inches long and they play rough to one each other. After each feeding they play a dance like swimming in circles and must be terrifying for little fishes recently introduced in tank. This is my last try for Anthias because as much as I love them I hate to see them die.
I have Anthias that have been in my tank for several years. I have never seen them (or my Copperband Butterfly) eat anything but Mysis shrimp. I also feed right from a net (I thaw the frozen Mysis by running cool water over it, in a net) and almost all of my fish run TOWARD the net when they see it. The Anthias do not. I could probably net any fish in my tank, other than the Anthias or Mandarin just because they know the net means food. Anthias are tougher to feed, but I put a lot of Mysis in there, to be sure there's plenty to go around. You might need to put more food in the water each time. Do this with caution, though. More food could quickly become enough waste to knock your perams all out of whack.
elviraveloz
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I feed 6 cubes of frozen food a day plus black worms plus live baby brine shrimp, sheet of Nori, and one cup phyto. Right now and adding with turkey blaster cyplopezze inside the rock she's hiding 4 times a day. So, it's normal for Anthias to hide, this may me feel much better.
elviraveloz
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Sad to say, but yesterday my Anthia died. Thru all these days I being researching on Anthias and it seems like growing them in captivity is the biggest problem specially Bartletts and Purple Queen. I think I'm done, I get very attached to my fishes and hate to see them dying.
blackthunda77
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Whens the last time you tested your parameters? 6 cubes of frozen food a day plus black worms plus live baby brine shrimp, sheet of Nori, and one cup phyto is a significant amount of food for most hobbyists tanks unless you have something like a 500+ gal tank. :spin3:
elviraveloz
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I check my parameters weekly and since I feed so much my phosphates are usually between .08 and .11 but corals are doing good. My fishes most of them are large size and they eat the food within one minute. My tank is 200 gallon.
