MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
so i'm starting to considering some more additions to the big pool, and i've been leaning towards Anthias for a while now.
i'm familiar with the feeding requirements, so i don't think that will be an issue. they seem to require a similar feeding schedule to my Orange Spotted Filefish, and to a lesser extent my CBB. i'm typically feeding between 2 and 5 times per day depending on my schedule, and right now it is mainly a mix of frozen PE Myses and Hikari mysis, along with at least one feeding of live white worms for my OSFF.
my eventual goal would be to get the anthias on some kind of pellet/flake that could be dispensed from an auto feeder, to help supplement them regularly throughout the day.
i'm considering a trio of lyretails (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) plus one sunburst (Serranocirrhitus latus) pending compatibility with each other, but also with my current and future stock list. my rock work is a fairly tall rock wall with an abundance of caves and overhands.
Tank Stats:
150g long (72L"x29H"x18D")
Mixed reef
1x Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)
1x Copperband Butterfly (Chelmon rostratus)
1x Mandarin (Synchiropus splendidus)
1x Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
2x Clownfish (Amphiprion percula)
35 cube "display refugium" (20"x20"x20")
1x Scooter Dragonet (Synchiropus ocellatus)
1x Rainford's Goby (Koumansetta rainfordi)
2x Orange Spotted Filefish (Oxymoncanthus longirostris)
my intentions would be to put the anthias in the main tank. these two tanks share a sump with other.
potential future stocking considerations:
1x Flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus sp.)
1x Leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon sp.)
2x Lyretail Angelfish (Genicanthus sp.)
it would be my plan to run all the anthias through Tank Transfer, along with two rounds of prazi treatment, then place them in to my 20 long grow out system for a couple weeks to allow them to acclimate, be observed, and fatten up, before being placed in the big tank.
i'm split on running all of them through TTM together. i am leaning towards working with the lyretails first, getting them through TTM and in to the big tank, then potentially picking up the sunburst, and running it through my QT protocol separately.
is this sending up any red flags for anyone, either with the tank setup or compatibility concerns?
i'm familiar with the feeding requirements, so i don't think that will be an issue. they seem to require a similar feeding schedule to my Orange Spotted Filefish, and to a lesser extent my CBB. i'm typically feeding between 2 and 5 times per day depending on my schedule, and right now it is mainly a mix of frozen PE Myses and Hikari mysis, along with at least one feeding of live white worms for my OSFF.
my eventual goal would be to get the anthias on some kind of pellet/flake that could be dispensed from an auto feeder, to help supplement them regularly throughout the day.
i'm considering a trio of lyretails (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) plus one sunburst (Serranocirrhitus latus) pending compatibility with each other, but also with my current and future stock list. my rock work is a fairly tall rock wall with an abundance of caves and overhands.
Tank Stats:
150g long (72L"x29H"x18D")
Mixed reef
1x Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)
1x Copperband Butterfly (Chelmon rostratus)
1x Mandarin (Synchiropus splendidus)
1x Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
2x Clownfish (Amphiprion percula)
35 cube "display refugium" (20"x20"x20")
1x Scooter Dragonet (Synchiropus ocellatus)
1x Rainford's Goby (Koumansetta rainfordi)
2x Orange Spotted Filefish (Oxymoncanthus longirostris)
my intentions would be to put the anthias in the main tank. these two tanks share a sump with other.
potential future stocking considerations:
1x Flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus sp.)
1x Leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon sp.)
2x Lyretail Angelfish (Genicanthus sp.)
it would be my plan to run all the anthias through Tank Transfer, along with two rounds of prazi treatment, then place them in to my 20 long grow out system for a couple weeks to allow them to acclimate, be observed, and fatten up, before being placed in the big tank.
i'm split on running all of them through TTM together. i am leaning towards working with the lyretails first, getting them through TTM and in to the big tank, then potentially picking up the sunburst, and running it through my QT protocol separately.
is this sending up any red flags for anyone, either with the tank setup or compatibility concerns?
