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04/20/2017, 07:42 AM | #1 |
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Anthias questions
I have a 150g that is going to be a mixed reef.
I was thinking about getting 5 anthias. If I don't get all the same sub species, is it okay to just have like 2 lyretails, 1 dispar, 1 barlett, and 1 sunburst? Something along those lines..Or should I have a few of the same species not just one? Is 5 an okay number? Also, if having multiple species is okay, do I just need one male total or one for each of the subspecies? Is liveaquaria the best place to buy them? Thank you, and happy reefing! 😊 Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk |
04/20/2017, 01:46 PM | #2 |
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It's not a good idea to mix the species. Is the 150 a 4ft or 6ft? I would do 1 male and 3 females and add at the same time.
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04/20/2017, 01:50 PM | #3 |
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6ft.
Okay, so just 4 then? that's perfectly fine. Know any good places to buy them? Or just liveaquaria? Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk |
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The sunbursts generally do ok with other anthias species. They are a different sub-species from the normal anthias so there typically is not very much aggression
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Does anyone know the difference between the Fiji ones and the Indonesia ones? I tried googling, but no success. Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk |
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04/20/2017, 07:11 PM | #6 |
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Is 3 too few? One male two females?
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Did you buy them on liveaquaria? Spending 150 to get free shipping kinda sucks, then when you hit 150 and realize you only have 4-5 fish in your cart, that sucks too, haha. Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk |
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Yea the male lyretails are the only one you really need to watch out for because when they get big they can get aggressive and not just to other anthias. Bartletts pick on each other and will kill each other off but you said one only. Dispar/ignitus are very calm and actually will school and very little aggression even between males..
Sunburst are beautiful but will be on it own and not be with the other anthias.
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I have had good success mixing the following species...
Ignitus, Bartletts, Red Striped. This is in a 300g. The bigger challenge is that eventually some of the females turn into males.
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Any other subspecies males that can take the place of the lyretail male? Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk |
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Nothing wrong with a bartlett going in there..
If you put 3 different species of anthias you will end up with 3 males... 4 you will end up with 4 males and so on.
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Most anthias are not aggressive like lyretails and Bartletts.. Lyretails male can be aggressive to other fish usually just smaller than them because they are a aggressive fish. Bartletts are mostly just aggressive to each other.
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