[gimmito]

Anybody keep anthias ? I'm upgrading to a 180-280 gal and would love to keep a shoal of possibly lyretail, squarespot, fathead, or bartlets.

[gimmito]

Does'nt Anybody Keep Anthias ???

[SweeTang22]

ive never kept anthias before but have a few friends that have some. the lyretail are probably my favorite and in a 180-280 gallon you would be fine! i would shoot for the 280 because its bigger lol but either way you'll be good!

[gimmito]

SweeTang, Love the handle...thanks for the input...I think lyretail's are very cool also. Does your friends keep a shoal ?

[SweeTang22]

Originally Posted by gimmito

SweeTang, Love the handle...thanks for the input...I think lyretail's are very cool also. Does your friends keep a shoal ?

depends on how large a number your talkin really. they do get a bit aggresive with eachother. one tried to keep like 10 together and with every group theres a bully. well the bully of course grew faster and beat up on all the other ones. he has 4 left. the 4 that are left are doing very well and he has them with 2 saddleback clownfish and a large hawiian tang. there are a few other fish that i cant think of also. awsome fish but be carefull. the bigger the tank the better for sure lol. otherwise i dont know much about the anthias in general!

[SweeTang22]

check out Aquarium Fish: Tropical Freshwater Fish and Saltwater Fish for Home Aquariums they have info on the fish with schooling, males to femals ratio and feeding info. read as much as you can lol!

[gimmito]

SweeTang, What type of anthias does your friend keep? From reading scott w. michael's book marine fish, he suggests keeping 1 male anthias and 6-8 females. I understand they need to be fed 3 times a day. Does your friend use a feeder ? and what does he feed them ?