Suzuki anthias

[Norberg]

I have those nice anthias also! Very active fish, always swiming around looking for food.
Eats most of the frozen food i give them. I have them in a tank with peaceful fish and other anthias (tuka and dispar).
In the first pic it is flashing, sorry for the bad pic he is fast!

 

[MikeandNicole]

Thanks for the pictures norberg, so we know they are in the USA, Sweeden, and Singapore.

How long have you had them and how often do you feed them.

 

[Norberg]

I feed the fishes maybe 5-6 times if im working, a little more on weekends. In my tank it feels like the sailfin is the fish that burns most energy, i think beacuse of their active behavior. And the more i feed them on a day the more they flash in the evening.
I have had them for 1½ month.

 

[suta4242]

Not your species, but apparently closely related, Rubaulichthys squirei came up for sale locally.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=252783214764563&set=pu.102271583149061&type=1&theater

Am assuming its not a good photo but do Rubaulichthys generally look this bland? Or could this be because they are in a barren holding tank and haven't coloured up yet?

 

[MikeandNicole]

So a quick update on these guys. They are doing very well and are now swimming all over the tank. At first they stuck to one side of the tank but now they are out in the open and great. Their favorite food is still live brine and live black worms but they are taking frozen as well. They love the artic pods from reef nutrition, and they get fed every morning with them. They like rods, they just pick out what they want. No aggression towards other fish in the tank and none really towards them. The female clown will charge a bit if they get to close to her duncan, but even that behavior is starting to fade.

 

[BFG]

Any chance they take mysis as food?

 

[Norberg]

Mine does with gusto! And all other frozen food i put into the tank.

 

[MikeandNicole]

Mine are now taking rods food, they just pick out what they want. We are still supplementing their diet with artic pods, live brine and live blackworms. They are still doing very well and I am quite happy with them.

 

[MikeandNicole]

Picture time:

 

[WayneL333]

Very nice. These made it on my must have list. I can't believe I haven't seen them here in SoCal yet. Do you mind me asking how much you paid for yours?

I saw a single one on DD for $200.

 

[MikeandNicole]

I got very very lucky with the price on mine, my local LFS was having a buy one get one %50 off and was charging $100 per fish. So I paid $150 for my pair.

 

[Norberg]

Here is a video i took tonight direct after feeding. The male started flashing and i thought i should take the chance and share it with you.

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[MikeandNicole]

Nice video, nice fish and nice tank. They are tough to get a photo of the flahsing, video is much better.