Long term success with a harem of bartlett anthias?

[sidjam]

here are my two males and two females

 

[SDguy]

Beautiful fish Jamie. How long have they been together in the tank?

 

[sidjam]

about one month. here is another pic of the biggest male.

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

I have couple of barlett with my tank almost a year. I love them:

 

[King-Kong]

"a couple"! I'd say!

That is awesome.. wow.

 

[SDguy]

I'm interested in male/female ratio started with, and ended up with...and after how long....


With mine, the males have totally calmed down. Only displaying...no fighting. Maybe having them turn male isn't all that bad

 

[SDguy]

A couple updated pics....

The original male, with the small female. His yellow flank stripe is actually starting to disappear:

The second male (note his funny lower lip...it's from him CONSTANTLY attacking his reflection in the glass :

 

[King-Kong]

Welp, of my 3 (1 super male, 2 juves), 1 of the juves appears to be turning into a male now because it is being chased more and more by the larger Bartlett. It is being driven to hide, while the other smaller juve is allowed to stay out in the open with the supermale.

 

[etrigo29]

I just stummbled into this thread researching some information over a pair of anthias that I've found online. There is a pair of Pseudanthias flavicauda (can't find a common name for them), but after reading all 7 pages of this thread I'm worried that the female my turn into a male. The tank is a 120, should I be worried about this happening? I'd rather not drop almost 200 on a pair of fish who become males, thanks in advance

 

[SDguy]

As best I can tell, this problem seems to just be with bartlett's. I'm sure CarlC and Mattyice will respond to your thread about flavicauda...they both have some.

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10612002#post10612002 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by King-Kong
Welp, of my 3 (1 super male, 2 juves), 1 of the juves appears to be turning into a male now because it is being chased more and more by the larger Bartlett. It is being driven to hide, while the other smaller juve is allowed to stay out in the open with the supermale.

How are the anthias doing kong? When my second one chnaged, he hid the entire time, and only emerged, with confidence, once completely changed, tail streamers and all.

 

[King-Kong]

Still hiding.

Comes out to eat, but is chased down otherwise.

 

[SDguy]

Color change progression?

 

[King-Kong]

Not much yet.

 

[King-Kong]

Bump for a good thread;

My Bartletts are all gone now -- sold them. They just kept turning male, and were mean to the smaller fish in the tank.

In replacement... my 7 Dispar Anthias from LiveAquaria arrived today.. all are very beautiful.

All aggressive fish are out of the tank now, so hopefully I can entice them the new commers eat. Already tried once with some live brine, and will try again tomorrow.

GL Bartlett owners

 

[SDguy]

Well my two males get along, so I'm not complaining. They are a little aggressive to some new flavicauda, but otherwise they hang well with the other fish in the tank. And they really are stunning

Good luck with your dispars! I had horrible experiences with them, so I'm tainted in my view

 

[CarlC]

Be ready for it to happen all over again with the dispar.

Carl

 

[King-Kong]

Carl im gonna hurt you! I got the dispars based on experiences I saw from you and others... they were recommended as the best option for a docile, bright-light-accepting anthias that wouldnt be as aggressive as Bartletts.

 

[SDguy]

Give it a chance kong, but honestly, my male dispar used to beat up on my tomini tang

I think the problem with most people's experiences is that they are with new, non established individuals. It seems comfortable, well established anthias of most common species can be quite scrappy. They are miniature sea bass after all

 

[CarlC]

I wouldn't say they are as aggressive when you only have a single male. What I am getting at is with a group of that size I am leaning towards one or more of your girls changing to male.

The remaining male that I have in the tank only occasionally bothers the flavicauda, lori's, or parvirostris. When he does it is nothing serious.

Carl