Anthias info.

[EmilyB]

I kept Barletts for about a year. Never had a jumper, this was a 230g with eurobracing. Bought four, one went dominant male and kept two females with him while keeping the forth (non-dominant male I presume) in the rock. Beautiful fish. I lost them in a cucumber accident. They were the only fish to perish in that incident. I fed them twice a day or whenever I thought about it and they seemed to do well. Ate everything.

[ed99]

I've had Bartlett for a few months now and it looks like they are doing fine. I bought 6 and 2 died overnight, but the others have kept on ticking. I have an auto-feeder with pellets so that helps with the frequent feedings. For the first while I didn't have a cover and they never jumped, but the other day while feeding one bounced pretty hard off the egg crate, so I think that is a risk. Mine are pretty aggressive eaters so the two tangs in the tank don't appear to trouble them.

[fishoholic]

Thanks everyone for the info. I'm too worried that they might jump out so I think I will not be getting any.

[Tyson]

i just got 2 (male and female) for my 30gal, just for now until i get my 120 finished. easily my favorite fish, here's some info if you want more on them.
http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/1024frameset.htm

[fishoholic]

Thanks for the info but I bought a clown tang for our tank instead of the anthias

[fishoholic]

Ok so we were at the lfs today and these 3 dispar anthias told us to take them home. They are in QT right now and they all seem fine together, they are eating mysis and they look healthy

[Borderjumper]

I just got 3 square spots yesterday . The seem to be adjusting well and tonight I saw 2 of the 3 pick at some mysis so hopefully they will be ok.

[corpusse]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Ok so we were at the lfs today and these 3 dispar anthias told us to take them home. They are in QT right now and they all seem fine together, they are eating mysis and they look healthy

A while back I bought 6. 3 died nearly right away and the other 3 lived happily for about 6-10 months. They just started jumping. My tank is covered but 2 of them made it out though the 1/2" gap where the door to my hood is. The other simply disappeared.

Feeding them 3x a day is best. Mine never excepted flake or pellet so I stuck with frozen.

[fishoholic]

We added are 3 anthias to the main tank about 2 hrs ago. They have been fine with all of the other fish, and no fish has bugged them at all. However 2 of my anthias are out in the open swimming around together as happy as can be, while the 3rd one is hiding under a rock I tried to tell her to go find her friends however she's not listening *Update* Yippee! the 3rd one is now out and swimming with her friends.