mixing lyretail and purple anthias

[anthonys51]

about to upgrade to 180 gallon tank. currently have a male and female lyretail anthias in a 57, i would like to add 3 more females and maybe 6 purple anthias in my new tank. am i able to mix these two anthias. also are the purple ones more challenging to keep than the lyretais

 

[vashawn]

i have 10 lyretail and 3 purple in a 265 no problem what so ever.
the purple took a while to start eating. i feed em everything!

 

[anthonys51]

do you have 9 females and 1 male or in that size tank, can you have more than one male.

i know in my 57 i bought 3 females and 1 male. 2 of the 3 females died within the first 2 months. so wasnt sure how many you could have in a 6 foot tank.