Info On These Fish

[espocrespo]

As i've upgraded my tank i've planned a new stocklist and would like to know people's own personal experiences with these.

Fathead Anthias
Bartlett's Anthias
Midas Blenny
Royal Gramma
Zebra Dartfish

 

[Chibils]

Fathead (sunburst) anthias will not shoal. They are solitary.
Bartlett's anthias all tend to turn into males... And then kill each other.
Midas blennies... Everyone seems to love them.
Royal grammas will spend most of their time under ledges, but visible.
Don't know anything about zebra dartfish except that they're shy.

 

[espocrespo]

kool thanks

 

[falconut]

I currently have:

Midas Blenny & Royal Gramma. My Midas is really cool. He is usually swimming around and may swim with either of my Lyretail Anthias. I've had my Royal Gramma for almost 4 years and he is out in the open alot. In the beginning he would hide alot. He is pretty cool looking and neither of them bother anything. Good choices.

I had a Zebra dartfish a while back and wound up taking it back to the LFS. It would only come out to eat and then it would go back under a rock. I believe if you have any semi to aggresive fish, it will hide most of the time.

Hope this helps.

 

[espocrespo]

Ok i won't have the dartfish then, what about a genicanthaus angel i heard they are quite nice fish.

 

[falconut]

I personally love the Genicanthus Angels. People will probably say that a 36" tank is a little small for them. But if you get a small one (2" - 3"), then it would probably be OK. They seam to grow very slowly and some only get around 6" max.

I just got a 2-1/2" female Lamark Angel on friday. It is one of the larger types, but more common and less expensive.

 

[tangers]

I would add the royal gramma last, as they can become very territorial and aggressive. As far as the Fathead (sunburst) anthias, I have heard that they are very difficult to keep compared to other antias.