Official Borbonius Anthias Thread

We always knew who the male was, but over the last couple of weeks his tail "streamers" have gotten longer than the other two and his developed an additonal "nob" on his dorsal spine.

blotchedbigmale900.jpg
 
Great video Renee, and quite a surprise to me as well! I had a male Pseudanthias squamipinnis that would eat from my hand a few years back... shocking to see for the first time!
 
I've had one for about a month and he/she is as aggressive a feeder as my Black Ocellaris. Great fish and loves to hang out in the middle of the tank. Will post pictures soon.

Do these need to be fed as regularly as other anthias?
 
Are people keeping these at typical reef temps (78F~) or are they a more cold water fish?


I would like to get one for my 180, but I'm not willing to put a chiller on my system to keep a fish lol.
 
Amoore311 said:
Are people keeping these at typical reef temps (78F~) or are they a more cold water fish?


I would like to get one for my 180, but I'm not willing to put a chiller on my system to keep a fish lol.
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I have 3 and I keep my reef at 78F year round.
 
When I originally saw pics of these fish, before they became available in the trade, they had bright pink bodies with bright yellow spots. Are the ones that are so common in the hobby now regional variants, or do they develop the bright colors later in life?

Example (bright):
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Hobor_u3.jpg

http://www.reeflex.net/images/yTfuVuSWkY.jpg



Example (dark):
http://fishpix.kahaku.go.jp/photos/NR0004/NR0004180AF.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/iddb/images/fish/anthias/anthias16.jpg
 
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mark, any aggression between the 3? i've heard they're different than most anthias as they don't shoal. I'm not so interested in this, just want to be sure there will be no aggression between the 3.
 
skibum9884 said:
mark, any aggression between the 3? i've heard they're different than most anthias as they don't shoal. I'm not so interested in this, just want to be sure there will be no aggression between the 3.
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Minor aggression between the three and they definitely do not school.
 
SDguy said:
When I originally saw pics of these fish, before they became available in the trade, they had bright pink bodies with bright yellow spots. Are the ones that are so common in the hobby now regional variants, or do they develop the bright colors later in life?

Example (bright):
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Hobor_u3.jpg

http://www.reeflex.net/images/yTfuVuSWkY.jpg



Example (dark):
http://fishpix.kahaku.go.jp/photos/NR0004/NR0004180AF.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/iddb/images/fish/anthias/anthias16.jpg
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I would also like to know this.
 
SDguy said:
When I originally saw pics of these fish, before they became available in the trade, they had bright pink bodies with bright yellow spots. Are the ones that are so common in the hobby now regional variants, or do they develop the bright colors later in life?

Example (bright):
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Hobor_u3.jpg

http://www.reeflex.net/images/yTfuVuSWkY.jpg

Example (dark):
http://fishpix.kahaku.go.jp/photos/NR0004/NR0004180AF.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/iddb/images/fish/anthias/anthias16.jpg
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Mine are similar to the second dark photo.
 
Anyone have long term success keeping these fish with tank temps between 78° - 82°?
 
I suspect those first 2 pics have flash and the darker ones do not. Mine looks oddly bright too if I use the flash. But they can be different hue's of pink and gold. The smaller one of mine is very pink with almost black looking spots.
 
While I can appreciate flash vs. non-flash photography, I don't think it explains those differences :) I'm still thinking regional variance, or age.
 
I picked up a Borb from a local LFS last week. The fish eats great and is pretty active. The issue is that when he comes out from his perch under a rocky overhang he is constantly swimming downward instead of hovering like other fish. When people talk about swim bladder problems in these fish is this one of the tell tale signs? I can take a video if anybody needs to see it. I'm just not sure what I should be looking for.
 
sounds like decompression problems to me. if the fish can't hold its place in the water column, and it tends to wedge itself or rest under an overhang or crevice to keep from floating, those are the indicators.

if you shoot the vid, it should probably nail it down, but the chances are good that it took a hit.
 
I have noticed one thing with these fish -the ones I've seen, including my own, tend to swim and hover in a very slight nose down attitude. But nothing that would make me think there's a problem. I haven't seen vids of them in the wild to know if this is normal though.

Mine is very active and swims all over the tank. The only time he heads for the rocks is when the lights go out.
 
Borbonius, as with other fish sometimes exhibit this behavior. If it was three-four years ago I would be more inclined to think decompression issues, but they've been collecting them at much shallower depths (which is also where the price drop came from), although you never know.

Video will go a long way...
 
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