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

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.

All anthias need at least 4 feedings per day

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

great thaks for the advice =)
asherah