My Brand New Fish: Pseudanthias ventralis

[Mako Shark II]

Pseudanthias ventralis: Ventralis Anthias, is commonly found in the Pacific Ocean. Anthias are also commonly called Fairy Basslets in some parts of the country.


Male above; Female below

Female above; Male below

Cross your fingers!

 

[MrRyanT]

Beautiful fish!!

 

[OneReef]

I have a pair of Ventralis in my tank and I love them. They are beautiful fish. And they normally stay out in the open swimming around. Most of the stuff you read on them state they need to be fed 2-3 times a day, but I feed mine only once a day, and they have been fat and happy and kept their vivid color for almost a couple of years now. Great choice you made, you will enjoy them!

 

[Mako Shark II]

Hey, thanks for saying so Jay. I'm really glad to hear that.

After my Lyretails ..."left the Building" (due to an off-hours GFI shutdown of the Skimmer, pumps, etc. Nothing trivial...), I fell in Love with these, the Bartletts, and the Dispars, so I "ordered" the these.

Then, started to get a little "skeered" :worried: beyond what I had previous researched about Pseudanthias ventralis because the "experts" I was reading from, wrote some pretty cautious reviews about survival, feeding, lighting, and social behavior to be attempted only by "expert" aquarists. I consider myself more like an advanced Hack!

Glad your's are doing well. Richard keeps them too.

Actually, these were featured in the Jan.- Feb. edition of CORAL magazine, under thier "Rarities" section.

 

[lorawalters13]

Gorgeous fish. Good luck with them!

 

[dolphinman213]

nice fishes---are you going to the next meeting marty?

 

[Mako Shark II]

Think so.

 

[duke1215]

That's one good lookin couple!