Anthias Pictures

[LisaP]

How's about showing off some Anthias pictures? I love these fish :D . Here are some shots of my Pseudanthias parvirostris or Diadem Anthias.

http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=527732

http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=529616

http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=529619

Regards

Lisa :D

[gregr]

AWESOME!!!
beautiful fish and AWESOME photos!
greg

[Pinecone_Jeff]

Zowie those are nice, Lisa!

I think this is by far my favorite forum. I look forward to seeing all these awesome pics everyday.

[OctoMonkey]

Excellent Lisa,
are you not ready for an octopus yet??? lol

PS did you watch weird nature last night??????

Colin

http://archive.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=78696

[Angel*Fish]

Those are beautiful photos! And your fish is gorgeous! Been thinking about doing search on anthias...seems like they're supposed to be difficult?? Slow eaters or something...would sure like to have some...

[LisaP]

Thanks everybody,

I'm having as much fun taking pictures of my tank as I am actually keeping the tank! Two hobbies rolled into one what a bargin (not!) :D Now I wonder if I should be saving up for a Cannon D60........ ;)

Colin,

I'm still mulling over the octo idea, reading up on the subject etc. We have to move house this summer so setting up a new tank is not really a good idea at the moment (not to mention lack of space for another one). I'm dreading the thought of moving my reef tank as it is without anything else to worry about. When we've moved though...... ahhh, who knows ;) I'll be picking your brains about the octos then :p

Darn it, I missed the wierd nature program last night :(

Marie,

Apparently some Anthias adapt to tank life relatively easily (such as the Lyretail Anthias) and err, some very rarely do (such as the Purple Anthias). I started mine off on live brineshrimp and then quickly moved on to frozen mysis etc. I am fortunate in being able to feed them as often as I wish which presently is 4 or 5 times a day. They would like to be fed more often though and beg for food every time I look in the tank :rolleyes: I'm having to resist the temptation for fear of having to deal with a huge algae outbreak (there's more than enough to contend with as it is......) I hope that I can keep these beautiful fish for many a long year.

Hey, hasn't anybody else got any Anthias pics to show off??? Somebody must have, please post them :D

Regards

Lisa

[Gary Majchrzak]

http://home.rochester.rr.com/garysreef/anthias.jpg Psuedanthias cooperi male is on left.Unidentified species on right,originally shipped as a juvinile Cooper's anthias.

[LisaP]

Yeeeeeaaaah, thanks Gary :D Lovely fish! Do they get along nicely being different species?

Regards

Lisa

[Gary Majchrzak]

When the unidentified male matured,he became the dominent fish.He swims his U-shaped spawning dance at the coopers. The coopers isn't into his advances!

[LisaP]

LOL!. I should think not being a male himself!! :lol:

Regards

Lisa

[gregr]

not from my tank- this is Jeff's Exotic Fish's show tank. with it were my tank...
i can totally relate to your "two hobbies in one" statement- that is exactly how i feel :D
greg

[zenya]

Here is mine,looking at the pavona frag:)

Gene.

[Pinecone_Jeff]

Greg, stunning green trachy!
Oh, and the fish is nice too. :D

[LisaP]

Greg,

Beautiful picture as always :D What is that clam doing? The mantle looks almost perpendicular to the lighting :fun5:

Gene,

Now come, on your fish is just teasing us ;) He should be posing with his face to the camera showing us just how beautiful he really is :)

Regards

Lisa

[Reefs_Rock]

LisaP

Thank you for great pics of your outstanding P. parvirostris.

You get a big :love1: smoooch for sharing.

Thanks.

[LisaP]

Reefs_Rock............ :o :lolspin: :bounce1:

Regards

Lisa

[64Ivy]

Everytime I'm on the road, my favorite photo threads seem to pop up on this board. Hope I'm not too late. This is one of my Bi-colors.

[Gary Majchrzak]

Nice, Ivy! I was hoping someone keeping Bartlett's Anthias would add to this thread.......anybody out there?

[Doug]

Hi Everyone,

Those Anthias pics are awesome! Those fish have to be some of the nicest looking around. I have always wanted to keep a group of them but I do not have the proper tank setup to keep them healthy.

Thanks for sharing them.

Doug

[64Ivy]

Gary: Unfortunately, this one's all I've got at the moment. Will be taking some more soon.

[LisaP]

64Ivy,

Great pics, and beautiful fishes. Are they in the same tank together?

Regards

Lisa :D

[Gary Majchrzak]

64Ivy : Bartlett's anthias is a smaller and supposedly "easier"species of anthias to maintain. Is this your finding? I NEVER see this species offered for sale in the LFS. They always have the lone male squareblock or squamipinnis.

[64Ivy]

Yep. Same tank. It's a 500g though. In total, I think I have 9 Bartletts and 5 Bi-colors (although if I count them ten times, I'll get ten different totals) and they have all coexisted peacefully for almost three years now. They seem to like at least two small feedings a day, lots of room to swim, and a lot of current to swim against. They have also benefitted from whatever they can catch from the refugium and several have grown to nearly 4". Around this area, I see Bartletts offered for sale (in numbers) maybe three times a year. Bi-colors even less often. And both are fairly expensive when they do show up. I do see Bartletts listed on the Marine Center's website almost all the time however.

[boogs]

I posted this before (an older pic of a then, newly acquired male squarespot anthias)

[boogs]

a pic of a female squarespot (purchased with the male). Sadly, the LFS's don't feed them well...If they don't find good homes fast, they seem to waste away.

[boogs]

A lousy pic of the male squarepsot down the length of my aquarium...

[LisaP]

Great, more pics :D Beautiful fish!

I'm curious as to why there aren't more Lyretail Anthias pics posted. I thought that they were the most commonly kept Anthias. Until recently they're the only ones I've ever seen for sale at my LFS.

Regards

Lisa

[mridley]

Hi Lisa long time no see,

http://www.reefworld.20m.com/ultimate/Anthias4.jpg

http://www.reefworld.20m.com/ultimate/Anthias5.jpg

http://www.reefworld.20m.com/ultimate/image3.jpg

[orkspace]

LisaP, what type of camera/film/lenses are you using? Your photography is excellent.

[LisaP]

Mark,

Yo, nice pics as always! :D

I think that it's about time you showed us some new ones actually. Go on, wrestle that camera off your brother! We wanna see new pics ;)

Orkspace,

Thanks :D The camera I use is a Fuji FinePix 6900Z and that's it. It's a great camera and very easy to use.

Regards

Lisa

[Pandora]

Lisa, that's an amazing and striking set of photos (thank you for the other for the site, it's great also)... just wanted to comment :)