Sunburst Anthias

i've never seen a sunburst even close to 5" maybe in the wild....but definitly not in your tank. you're lucky if it's 3.5"
 
I'd agree.

Also echo the above fact. Plus - IME finding a healthy one that's eating in captivity takes time. I waited until a LFS had one for around 2 months before considering buying one that was doing well. Took a while for that to happen - so often folks buy them all up in the first week ... and I'd rather let them take chances.

Nevermind - a healthy fish can live a decade or more. IMO, like with coral - if you're in this hobby for the long-term, wait to get `dream' livestock for when everything is set up for it. Heck, the next one you see after passing one by might be nicer colored, less shy, eat better .... `better' overall.

I figured I could avoid taking chances, get a healthy one ... and given I've got a couple good homes - hopefully have this one fish for 10+ years. In that case - IMO waiting for the larger tank, for a healthy one - easily worth it.

Just my opinion.
 
I originally put 4 of them in my well stockd 400 g tank. They at first would school under some rocks hiding. I lost all but one of them. Since then, he has started to come out more and now is not even afraid to be out in the open when my 13" long Vlamingi tang or 11" long Naso tang cruise by him. I have a lot of large fish in that tank and he has become accostomed to them and is doing well.

Earlier this week, I picked up three of them for my 72 G bowfront. They are bigger than the ones I got for the 400. They were eating in the store tank and one of them had been there for over a week. When I placed them in my tank, of course they all went and hid. By the next day, they were out schooling right in front of the rocks on one end. I tried feeding but they didn't eat. They are however not hiding anymore. maybe today when I fed they will eat. I start them on either live brine or frozen enhanced brine. The one in my 400 I now have eating small pellet food.

They are a beautiful fish but can be hard to keep. As with any fish, a enviroment that they are comfortable in will get them to be less shy and come out more often.

They can be expensive depending on where you get them. I got my first batch from a wholesaler, 10 bucks a peice. My last batch I got from a LFS, 40 bucks a peice.
 
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