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12/04/2008, 02:57 PM | #1 |
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Do red sea Anthias swim a lot?
I am wondering if a single red anthias is a heavy swimmer?
Do they need a long tank like a tang does? Or just a lot of rock work to swim through like angels?
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12/04/2008, 03:11 PM | #2 |
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I have been diving in the red sea, and all the anthias I see are in large shoals next to large reefs in open space, take it what it's worth.
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12/04/2008, 03:13 PM | #3 |
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hmm. Well alot of the fish we pull out of the ocean are like that... but how well do they react to captivity?
I know they are pretty hardy for the anthias in general. But is a long tank more what they need or a bunch of twists and turns to swim around through?
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12/04/2008, 03:29 PM | #4 |
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I have a shoal of Bartlett's in my 300 system, I would say they need a lot of space to feel safe & stay within there happy zone, the larger the better.
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12/04/2008, 03:46 PM | #5 |
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Are you asking specifically about Pseudanthias taeniatus?
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sorry, I am specifically talking about just a single fish of whatever this anthias is... i thought it was a Red Sea/Lyrretail?
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...r/DSCF0196.jpg
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12/04/2008, 04:42 PM | #7 |
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Yup, those are lyretails. They come from other places too, than the Red Sea. I have a very large adult male in a 4' tank, and the amount of space he needs to do his "male anthias" swim thing is crazy. I wouldn't do less than 4'. Even that seems a bit cramped
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hmm. Well i would get the smallest one I could find, 1-2" if they come that small.
Once he gets too big I would trade him out. Do they ever come that small?
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I have those in my 180, and they are very active. I'll often see females that small, but I have never seen a male less than 3 or so inches. You can just get a group of small females, and the dominant one will turn into a male in time.
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do the males and females look exactly the same?
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12/04/2008, 05:50 PM | #11 |
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No, they look very different. Females are basically always orange with the purple eyes. Males can be red, maroon, purple, or any combination, depending on which ocean they are from. The spots on the pectoral fins, however, are always present on the males, regardless of origin.
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ok, I want the orange with purple eyes.
So I want a female lyretail then right? Is there any way to tell what ocean that one in the pic is from above?
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