lets see your borbonius

[GreatReefs]

 

[OceanDweller]

Never heard of it, looks like an anthia mixed with a hawkfish...

 

[GreatReefs]

it is an anthias,Odontanthias borbonius. any one else got photos of theirs?

 

[snorvich]

A great picture! Simply awesome. How hearty are these fish?

 

[cwoods8]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12784703#post12784703 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snorvich
A great picture! Simply awesome. How hearty are these fish?

a hit or miss with this one........mine is tough as nails.
they are slightly on aggressive side though....

 

[flameangel88]

I got 4 back in beginning of March ranging from tiny, small, med and large. The larger one always chases the smaller one into hiding. They tend to hold thier position in mid-column. The two larger Borbs died within a couple of days of intro. Small still chases tiny around and tiny only comes out during feeding. In 3 months small has doubled in size (more like med now) while tiny only grew little bit.

Here are a couple old pictures:

 

[GreatReefs]

nice photos. thanks. the larger size borbonius seem to not do as well as the smaller ones. one of my large ones died and the other large one had pop eye. the small one is healthy.

 

[myerst2]

Here some shots of mine. Had him for 6 months now and a quite a tough fish. Considering he lives with a 9" Crosshatch, 8" Black Tang. A millaris eel and a Rhinopias among other things. Regards, Tim

 

[jmicky41]

Are these like other anthias in that they need to be feed 3+ times a day?

 

[myerst2]

I feed mine 1-2 times a day and he is fine. Tim

 

[64Ivy]

 

[GreatReefs]

Erythromycin cured my borbs pop eye. the stuff works wondrers