which anthias?

[Joe0813]

im looking into getting a trio of anthias... which anthias are the easier to keep? and more likely to eat flake/pellets

 

[Chipie]

Lyretails are easy to keep.

 

[Joe0813]

i was looking at those, bartletts and sunset

 

[md14fish]

Yep lyretails very hardy and feed well, get all females and one will turn into a male.

 

[Joe0813]

maybe ill do 4... 3 females with one male

 

[ca1ore]

I wouldn't call any anthias 'easy', but agree that Lyretails are easier. I'd love to know how many people have actually been able to sucessfully keep a stable group over the long term - say more than 2 years? I know I never could. Every time something changed in the pecking order all hell would break out. I've had far more sucess just keeping a single.

 

[JP SPS]

I love Bartletts. The only aggression mine ever show are amongst themselves or towards my smaller Dispar anthias. They leave my firefish and chromis alone, are very hardy, and eat like pigs. Nice looking fish too!

 

[md14fish]

Easy as anthias go, I have had the same 4 for over three years now