Normal care Anthias
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YES Some are easier than others in fact, some Anthias are down right impossible to keep long term. I have had great luck with Lyretail and Bartlett. They will need feeding every day at least... and more frequent, small feedings are better yet... I did OK with every-other-day feedings with established specimens.
Next time you are in a LFS, pick up the Marine Fishes Guide and look at them. Several are rated easier than others. I think the Lyretail, Bartletts, Red Cheek, and Tri Colors are easier. So far I am keeping Lyretail and square anthias without much problem.
I think the real trick to anthias is getting good specimens. When a store gets them in, I suggest you maybe get them to hold them for you, but dont pick them up until they are eating and in the store for a couple weeks.
Also, i had better luck with a very short acclimation. SOme I dripped for 60 minutes, some I just temp acclmated for 15 minutes. The 15 minute temp specimens all lived, teh drip acclimated ones did much more poorly. I saw on Meleev's site the same result, and he guessed that the anthias just run out of O2 too quicky for a long drip acclimation.
I think the real trick to anthias is getting good specimens. When a store gets them in, I suggest you maybe get them to hold them for you, but dont pick them up until they are eating and in the store for a couple weeks.
Also, i had better luck with a very short acclimation. SOme I dripped for 60 minutes, some I just temp acclmated for 15 minutes. The 15 minute temp specimens all lived, teh drip acclimated ones did much more poorly. I saw on Meleev's site the same result, and he guessed that the anthias just run out of O2 too quicky for a long drip acclimation.
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