my new Anthias Fish

Faisal1976us · 08/21/2007, 03:21 PM

Hi ,,,

yesterday i buy two new Anthias Fish in my 55g reef tank and the problem is all the time they hiding , i dont now why ?
i have in the tank , yellow tang , blue tang , clown clark , six line wrass , blue damsel .

Travis L. Stevens · 08/21/2007, 03:28 PM

Anthias can be shy at first. Give it time, and make sure they aren't been bullied by an aggressive fish. All of the fish that you have listed are known to be aggressive and territorial.

jer77 · 08/21/2007, 03:50 PM

What type of anthias is it, there are many, some can handle more aggression than others.

Faisal1976us · 08/21/2007, 03:53 PM

its Purple Anthias

jer77 · 08/21/2007, 05:29 PM

Purple anthias are very hard to maintain. They do require peaceful tankmates and all of the other fish you mentioned can and will bully the anthias. Try moving around the rockwork and turning the lights off for a while. Have you gotten it to eat yet? Thats a lot of fish for a 55g too.

cboberg · 08/21/2007, 10:21 PM

Purple are one of the most difficult. You might want to see if you can trade for some lyretail anthias. Give them another day and make sure nobody is bullying them. Anthia.s do hide a lot the first day you place them in a new tank

Veni vidi vici · 08/21/2007, 10:57 PM

Beautiful fish ,it was the second fish i purchase.Unfortunately i didnt know how hard they where to keep.Mine was a picky eater,would only eat mysis and very tiny pieces at that.It was very shy ..so shy i almost didnt realize it was Dead one morning.Seemed fine one day and the next........
Good Luck

Faisal1976us · 08/22/2007, 02:21 AM

Thanks all i will whait and see what happend

billsreef · 08/22/2007, 02:25 PM

As has been mentioned they are exceedingly difficult to get to eat in the best of circumstances. Best bet to get them eating is some frozen cyclop-eze that has been defrosted. Introduce some several times throughout the day. Also fresh hatched brine shrimp nauplii might be worth a try.

08/21/2007, 03:21 PM	#1
Faisal1976us Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,076	my new Anthias Fish Hi ,,, yesterday i buy two new Anthias Fish in my 55g reef tank and the problem is all the time they hiding , i dont now why ? i have in the tank , yellow tang , blue tang , clown clark , six line wrass , blue damsel .

08/21/2007, 03:28 PM	#2
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	Anthias can be shy at first. Give it time, and make sure they aren't been bullied by an aggressive fish. All of the fish that you have listed are known to be aggressive and territorial. __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

08/21/2007, 03:50 PM	#3
jer77 Phish Lover Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,642	What type of anthias is it, there are many, some can handle more aggression than others. __________________ - Jonny -, 120g 5 Year Old Reef w/ SPS, BTA, Zoos & some Softies. 40g Frag Tank. 40g Sump. Super Reef Octopus XP 3000 External Cone Skimmer. 250W Radiums. TaoTronics LED. PanWorld 200PS w/SQWD

08/21/2007, 05:29 PM	#5
jer77 Phish Lover Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,642	Purple anthias are very hard to maintain. They do require peaceful tankmates and all of the other fish you mentioned can and will bully the anthias. Try moving around the rockwork and turning the lights off for a while. Have you gotten it to eat yet? Thats a lot of fish for a 55g too. __________________ - Jonny -, 120g 5 Year Old Reef w/ SPS, BTA, Zoos & some Softies. 40g Frag Tank. 40g Sump. Super Reef Octopus XP 3000 External Cone Skimmer. 250W Radiums. TaoTronics LED. PanWorld 200PS w/SQWD

08/21/2007, 10:57 PM	#7
Veni vidi vici Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: San Antonio,Texas Posts: 395	Beautiful fish ,it was the second fish i purchase.Unfortunately i didnt know how hard they where to keep.Mine was a picky eater,would only eat mysis and very tiny pieces at that.It was very shy ..so shy i almost didnt realize it was Dead one morning.Seemed fine one day and the next........ Good Luck __________________ All I wanted was a goldfish........ Current Tank Info: 120 gal

08/21/2007, 03:53 PM	#4
Faisal1976us Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,076	its Purple Anthias

08/21/2007, 10:21 PM	#6
cboberg Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Coarsegold CA Posts: 97	Purple are one of the most difficult. You might want to see if you can trade for some lyretail anthias. Give them another day and make sure nobody is bullying them. Anthia.s do hide a lot the first day you place them in a new tank

08/22/2007, 02:21 AM	#8
Faisal1976us Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,076	Thanks all i will whait and see what happend

08/22/2007, 02:25 PM	#9
billsreef Moderator 10 & Over Club Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Long Island, NY/North Miami Posts: 36,538	As has been mentioned they are exceedingly difficult to get to eat in the best of circumstances. Best bet to get them eating is some frozen cyclop-eze that has been defrosted. Introduce some several times throughout the day. Also fresh hatched brine shrimp nauplii might be worth a try. __________________ Bill "LOL, well I have no brain apparently. " - dc (Debi) Current Tank Info: Far too many tanks according to my wife, LOL.