What's your Bartlett's anthias experiences

[ponokareefer]

I've been research them quite a bit as well, but I haven't been able to find much in the way of long term success stories. I'm trying to find Dispar and Ignitus anthias instead. From what I've read, they aren't as hardy initially as Bartlett's, but don't all change to males and kill each other off eventually either. They stay fairly small as well and if you can get them eating, they seem to do really well.

[Stinktooth]

Dispar was my 2nd choice. As much as I like Bartlett's I'd rather get a anthias with a greater success rate.

[Aquattro]

I kept a school of 8 for almost a year, until disease wiped out the tank. Before that, they all got along, a mix of male and female.

[rsisvixen]

I was thinking of getting some too once my tank is established, I thought only the most dominant female becomes a male-out of curiosity why would they all turn into males?

[Stinktooth]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I kept a school of 8 for almost a year, until disease wiped out the tank. Before that, they all got along, a mix of male and female.

That's too bad you lost them to disease. How many males and females did you have? How big was the tank?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Stinktooth

That's too bad you lost them to disease. How many males and females did you have? How big was the tank?

I believe 3 male, 5 female. 180g tank, then into a 115g, but not there long enough to tell if the smaller tank would affect the order.