Mixing Anthias Species

[jer77]

Can I mix a bartlett with a couple different species of anthias? I had two bartletts die and I like the look of some different ones. Will they not get along? The one I have is still a female and about 3'' max. What species if any would you recommend?

 

[Jasanden]

Bartletts can be quite aggressive. I don't have any in my tank for that reason. There are other Anthias that are aggressive as well but you would still be taking a chance of loosing your bartletts and whatever Anthias you attempt to add. That is when your bartletts becomes male which will happen eventually.

 

[bullitr]

I had 8 different anthias Bartlett harem are good in the group no problem
Randall's, ignitus , dispar, red stripe ,bicolor and squareback keep to their self
Lyretail changing male kills 2 male ,5 females and other Anthias so this are the only one I am not happy with.
Good luck


http://youtu.be/pIiqOR6ZapQ

When I rebuild I will have more than 8 species

 

[bradleyj]

In my 335 g reef I now have
5 Ventrallis, 2 Red saddled, 3 Lori's, 3 Randalls, 2 Resplendents, 2 Tri-colors,2 Sunburst, 2 Borbonius.

 

[SDguy]

Long term (years) I had the best success with lyretails, dispar and ignitus mixed together. Notably tricolor and Bartlett were not good in the mix. My tank is only 150g though...

 

[bradleyj]

I've steered clear of the Bartletts from past experience. They all ended up male and fought constantly. I hope the tri-colors don't start.

 

[MikeandNicole]

So far I have a setup very similar to brad. I have a pair of borbs, one sunset, three aurulentus, and will be adding 4 ventralis. The only one that can be a bit aggressive is the sunburst.

Brad how are the other fish towards the ventralis?