I recommend getting some capelin roe (the fish eggs they put on sushi) and feed them along with the cyclopeeze until you can get them on prepared foods. They're high in protein and are the perfect size for the anthias. Anthias are more picky about size and texture than taste in my experience. Feed often (I feed from 3 to 6 times a day).
I might also recommend having a batch of live brine shrimp hatching when you get them. I find that one or two feedings of live baby brine will get them eating and onto other foods.Baby brine can work wonders with very picky eaters. Anthias are pelagic feeders, so they love little food particles in the current.
Give them lots of flow. In the wild they tend to shoal in areas with high currents and swim head on into the current, catching food at they go. You'll often find them swimming like mad in your tank head on into a current, staying in the same place. Put their food into high current areas. They tend to ignore food if it "looks dead".
Other than that, be patient and don't stress out if they do weird stuff. Just keep working with them until you achieve success.
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