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asherah 01-08-2008 07:01 PM

Squarespot Anthias - Male
 
Does best with a meaty diet including mysid shrimp and vitamin enriched frozen preparations. Feed at least 4 ti Does best with a meaty diet including mysid shrimp and vitamin enriched frozen preparations. Feed at least 4 times daily.es daily.
Feed at least 4 times daily.

Is this true ?? Why would it need to eat 4 times a day ?

asherah

christyf5 01-08-2008 07:08 PM

These are very active fish that in the wild are constantly feeding on tiny larval plankton in the water column. Thus they need to be fed often.

Drock169 01-08-2008 07:20 PM

All anthias need at least 4 feedings per day

michika 01-08-2008 07:35 PM

It seems what most people with anthias do is set up an automatic feeder to feed a few times throughout the day, and then feed by hand in the evening.

asherah 01-08-2008 07:45 PM

that's interesting Would you put flake food in the auto feeder ?
thanks for the adice
asherah

michika 01-08-2008 08:04 PM

Personally, no, but I don't really care for flake food. Yes you can put flake in auto feeders. I used to use pellets in mine.

Tom R 01-08-2008 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drock169 (Post 292863)
All Anthias need at least 4 feedings per day

I have 7 Lyre Tail Anthias and I feed them mini pellets once a day. I only feed about 30 pellets 4 - 6 at a time. I have had my Anthias for about a year and a half and they are very healthy

asherah 01-08-2008 09:11 PM

can you tell me what the pellets are ? I have never used the pellets
thanks alot
asherah

michika 01-08-2008 09:14 PM

Any pellet food, new life spectrum, formula one/two, etc. should work. Pellets are concentrated foods I believe, however some are packaged with a gelatin base. There is some debate about the benefits/drawbacks of the gel in tanks.

asherah 01-08-2008 09:40 PM

great thaks for the advice =)
asherah


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