which one's easier: bartlett or sunburst

[eaglesrx]

Wanted to see what everyone thinks: which anthia is easier to keep? bartlett's or sunburst anthias? I'd probably only feed once or twice daily. So, this would really be the decidiing factor.

thanks!

 

[itachi]

if your only going to feed once or twice a day , i would shy away from anthias all together. Interms of hardiness, Barlett's or lyretails would be it both have a better chance of accepting pellets/flake.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I can only speak for a sunburst, since it is the only one that I have kept. IMO, it is different then all other anthias, mine was fairly docile, pretty much hung out in one spot, and did fine with 1-2 feedings per day. It took mine about a week to start eating -- at least eating that I could see, since it hid for that first week -- but after that it ate with gusto and was a great fish (( lost it when my Haddoni met a powerhead --- the Haddoni recovered but the sunburst died at the same time ))

 

[Beaun]

My sunburst hides most of the time, but ventures out into the open near its spot. Y ou need to make sure you get food back to it, because it will shy away when feeding more aggressive fish.

 

[eaglesrx]

good feedback. I've heard sunburst can be very finicky regarding eating.

anyone else?

 

[kilmca]

I bought three and only one survived. The other two wouldn't start eating and that's why they didn't survive. The one that survived is doing really well and eats mysis, brine, cycplopeze, daphnia and flake. The fish is out all the time and i've had it for about a year. I would like to have more but i don't want to take the chance on adding more and not having them survive. I do agree they need to be fed multiple times a day. I feed flake twice a day and frozen once a day.

 

[nikon187]

They are a single anthias and not meant for groups like most others.