Official Borbonius Anthias Thread

Update on my borb. Its successfully eating pellets (elos). Ive weened it off frozen but I sometimes still give it frozen food as a snack.
 
I only feed frozen, since it's a nps dominant tank. I do, occasionally, sneak some vegetable flakes in some Rod's to get them to eat their veggies; they spit them right out on their own. Even carnivorous fish need greens. In the wild, they get it from the guts of the fish they eat

They are starting to hang out together more than when first introduced to the tank and both have grown about 50-60% since arrival
 
x3thelast said:
Update on my borb. Its successfully eating pellets (elos). Ive weened it off frozen but I sometimes still give it frozen food as a snack.
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im glad that worked for you. my guy loves his feeding regiment. as soon as i approach my glass he hovers at the surface ready to feast

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So I joined the club.....actually I joined the club ~two weeks ago.....and before that maybe two months ago (bought a large adult male with bladder issues that didn't make it; was cheap).

So ~two weeks ago I picked up a little borbonious; which has turned into a true beauty (see pic.). The other day I was at my local LFS and they got in another beauty a tad smaller than my first one. Both of them are less than 2 inches in size.

So I've always wanted a pair so I purchased the second one and brought it home. I noticed a little aggression last night on part of the first one that was placed in the tank. Minor amounts of chasing. I'm a little concerned but not that much. I've seen worse aggression.

Should I be concerned by this aggression or should I go with my gut feeling that this is normal and the two will work it out? Has anyone else had experience with this?

I've read that it's easier to pair juvs than adults.

Thanks
 

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they do better in groups, they will establish a pecking order pretty quickly. it couldnt be worse than when i put mine into the tank after making the mistake of having the tang be one my first in the tank. my yellow tang RELENTLESSLY beat him up and then after 3 or 4 days they are the best of friends lol
 
richib86 said:
im glad that worked for you. my guy loves his feeding regiment. as soon as i approach my glass he hovers at the surface ready to feast

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Same here. I've gotten the borb to out the pellets out of my fingers too! When ever I know I'm going to be late on his second feeding I feed heavily on frozen tho. Then pellets when I can again.
 
Happy to report that the two little guys are getting along great. I guess my gut feeling was right.

They are together sometimes with the more dominant one being the larger and first one I put in the tank. However more often they are on separate sides of the tank.

The new one is coloring up to beautifully.

So cross my fingers looks like I might have my healthy pair.
 
They're definitely more solitary than any other anthias I've seem. Mine are the same way, each primarily keeping to their own end of the tank. They do interact for brief moments throughout the day but that's about it. No squabbling or fighting, which is good enough for me!
 
Here they Are

Here they Are

Not the best picture but here is a shot of the two. I've waited awhile for these.

Enjoy
 

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kupadupapupa said:
Have any of you had female anthias that never changed to male? I've had mine for months and none of the three show signs of changing.
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i got a male female pair of lyretail anthias and the male didnt make it through the acclimation period... he stopped eating :( but its been about a month and i see her forward most dorsel starting to grow quit a bit so she may be turning into the sub male phase but shes-a-changin
 
Do you have any other anthias or wrasses with them? My experience has been that other fish that are going through this change can affect other subspecies. female changing to make is a jerk to everything. thus less dominant females don't change.

anyone else see this?
 
i dont... anymore... i had a red velvet alpha male wrasse... but he decided he didn't like his home after 4 months and jumped, i found him crispy on the floor after work :( lol. she cant afford to be a jerk, my tang and borb put her in her place, hell even my bicolor dotty back puts her in her place and hes only like 1.5" long lol. and no1 messes with my clowns, its there tank first and foremost lol. so i would def say she's not dominant but i am still witnessing a change, unless the growing dorsal is just coincidental
 
RDtrack said:
Do you have any other anthias or wrasses with them? My experience has been that other fish that are going through this change can affect other subspecies. female changing to make is a jerk to everything. thus less dominant females don't change.

anyone else see this?
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I have a flasher wrasse but it is very docile. My other fish also hold their own pretty good so they don't get bothered by the anthias.

My female anthias also don't seem very dominant at all, so maybe they won't change. I wish I knew this or I would have bought one male in addition, not just three females.
 
Here's a picture of mine that I've had for approximately a year now. I'm fortunate that it eats anything I feed. Frozen, pellets, flakes. It's not shy and fends its own during feedings among more 'active' dominant fish in my display (including a Purple Tang, Sargassum Trigger, and Blue Throat Trigger). It is noticeably more active at dusk and at night.
 

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