I have kept lots of them..
Lyretails and Bartletts are the easiest because they eat anything. They are very hardy but hard to keep in groups especially bartletts.
Bartletts I would only keep one of unless really large tank because in the end you will only have one. They all seem to turn male and want to kill each other.
Lyretails are aggressive and the males tend to harass the females but the females fight and kill off the smallest first and then so on. Keeping one is best but I have had decent luck with pairs, its just the female will hide mostly till feeding. Large tanks with lots of them can be kept with less issues.
My favorites are Dispar and Ignitus because they are hardy and have very little aggression, matter of fact they sometimes protect each other. They are a little harder to get to eat and occasionally one may even eat flake but they take most frozen foods no problem as long as it is small enough. They do not ship well either but once past the hump they are very hardy. The other issue is like most anthias they require lots of feeding or suffer.
I have had very good luck mixing different anthias.
As far as food anthias require lots of feedings. Lyretails and Bartletts seem to be ok with 3 feedings a day but most others seem to wither away over time with anything less than 4 feeding and some require way more than that. I still think most should be fed at least 6 times a day. They are a extremely active fish and burn lots of calories. They also produce lots of waste and why not recommended for smaller tanks.
Lyretails and Bartletts are the easiest because they eat anything. They are very hardy but hard to keep in groups especially bartletts.
Bartletts I would only keep one of unless really large tank because in the end you will only have one. They all seem to turn male and want to kill each other.
Lyretails are aggressive and the males tend to harass the females but the females fight and kill off the smallest first and then so on. Keeping one is best but I have had decent luck with pairs, its just the female will hide mostly till feeding. Large tanks with lots of them can be kept with less issues.
My favorites are Dispar and Ignitus because they are hardy and have very little aggression, matter of fact they sometimes protect each other. They are a little harder to get to eat and occasionally one may even eat flake but they take most frozen foods no problem as long as it is small enough. They do not ship well either but once past the hump they are very hardy. The other issue is like most anthias they require lots of feeding or suffer.
I have had very good luck mixing different anthias.
As far as food anthias require lots of feedings. Lyretails and Bartletts seem to be ok with 3 feedings a day but most others seem to wither away over time with anything less than 4 feeding and some require way more than that. I still think most should be fed at least 6 times a day. They are a extremely active fish and burn lots of calories. They also produce lots of waste and why not recommended for smaller tanks.
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