Lyretail Anthia

[ugluk]

Was looking on adding a new fish to my tank and have always liked anthias. I awlays heard they were hard to keep and had to be fed constantly. Doing some more homework though I have been reading that the lyretail is relatively hardy and can be happy with feeding once a day. Would the lyretail work with the fish I have? I am looking to keep an individual and not a trio, if I bought a female would she eventually turn into a male? I also plan on adding a GBTA, would adding this and the anthia make the bio-load to large?

 

[jbob]

what kind of fish do you have already?
what size tank do you have?
how long has it been set up?

 

[ugluk]

Sorry, dont know why my info is not showing up:

Current Tank Description
72 gallon bowfront, ocelluris clown, B&W Clown, Six line wrasse, Yellow Tang, Purple orchid, Blue-green chromi
Other Info
Deltec MCE600, 2 Koralia evolution 1050, CPR HOB fuge

Its been up for 4 years.

 

[RockinSmall]

Seems fine to me. However, It is more likely that it will turn or stay female.

 

[mike_cmu04]

I have 3 anthias and they all ate fine from day one no problem. As far as bioload adding that will be fine and the gbta dosent add much to the bioload.