Anthias? (1 Viewer)

[Diesel]

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[darbex]

I have 3 anthias and I love them but they dont swim in a group that much. Chromis are better schooling fish if thats what you want. I have about 10 of them and they always stay together as a pack swimming around. I want to get more but got to wait. I also am getting a trio of grammas to test them out.

 

[NarnyTheGreat]

I have 3 anthias and I love them but they dont swim in a group that much. Chromis are better schooling fish if thats what you want. I have about 10 of them and they always stay together as a pack swimming around. I want to get more but got to wait. I also am getting a trio of grammas to test them out.

How long have you had the Chromis and what size tank? They are some of the meanest fish imo. They pick off each other one by one until there is only one left. Some people have had decent luck with them but most have similar experiences that I have.

I love my anthias. They need to eat often to keep them healthy but other than that, they add a pretty splash of color to my tank.

 

[darbex]

I have them in a 300G. My chromis are about 1-1.5", the green chromis are more relax in my experience. Now I had blue reef chromis and still have one and he is a mean sob.

 

[inigomontoya]

Keep us posted on the trio of royal grammas, I just got my first one and still think they are an awesome looking fish. Have heard two will fight, curious to hear how a small group does. I know when snorkeling in Mexico you would see schools with 50-100 or so, very cool.

I also like anthias, maldive lyretails are bright, pretty and some of the hardier types. Anthias do need to be fed a few times a day, but you can just get an auto feeder to help with that.

 

[steveb]

I love mine. They pretty much hang together. I think a trio of royal gramma's would be cool (plan to do that in my 400). I also think a trio or larger of purple or helfrichi firefish would be cool. May also look into a male/two females Banggai Cardinalfish(Kaudern's Cardinal),Orange Lined Cardinalfish (Apogon cyanosoma) or
Spotted Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera).

 

[Reggie]

I had a trio of Gammas for some time in my 180. They did fine no fighting at all. After a period of time one disappeared for no known reason.

 

[fire123]

I used to have 3 anthias together for many months then 1 and the 2nd disappeared for no apparent reasons.
I also had 5-6 chromis and end up with one.
They swam together sometimes but I don't think you see schooling behavior in a small tank the same way you see them in the ocean. They don't really do it in my 125G.

Maybe if you have 10, 20 of them in a 300g+ tank, you may experience something different.

 

[mwilliams62]

I had the Maldives Lyretail Anthias she was fed twice a day was going to get a two more till I was informed that they need a lot of feedings so I never did get the others she did very well with two feedings a day. But not all will be that lucky.

 

[TiAg]

I have two anthias and 10 or 11 green chromis. Everyone gets along and the chromis school really nicely. Getting a couple more anthias as well but they more "hang out" together than actually school IMO.

Beautiful fish.

 

[Jamie9169]

Fourteen green Chromis in a 125. They school all the time. I am going to take them back when I get the new 280 up and running.

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[toefu]

my 3 bartletts don't hang out at all. 2 of them randomly fight, and both pick on the 3rd one for fun. The tank gets auto-fed pellets 4 times a day (in small quantities). I supplement the pellets with frozen and nori in the evenings if I'm not busy with other things.

Feeding's not a problem, but in my 178, they don't school at all.

 

[Midwinter]

I found my Bartlett on the floor when i got home last week.

need to diy tank covers...

 

[mwilliams62]

I did mine a few weeks ago do to the same reason finding a few small fish that had jumped out so hoping to keep my new wrasse in and not find him on the floor so far so good.