Life-span of Lyretail Anthias?
Does anyone know the normal life-span of the Lyretail Anthias? Mine are doing great, I am just curious. I have had my harem for about a 1 1/2 now (no losses) and I was wondering how long I can expect to enjoy them.
Lisa |
i would say around 10 years if all goes well (meaning they are kept happy with water quality, good food etc)
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Re: Life-span of Lyretail Anthias?
[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10089668#post10089668 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sunfish11 [/i]
[B]Does anyone know the normal life-span of the Lyretail Anthias? Mine are doing great, I am just curious. I have had my harem for about a 1 1/2 now (no losses) and I was wondering how long I can expect to enjoy them. Lisa [/B][/QUOTE] do your anthias school together. i have 1 and was looking to get 2 or 3 more. thanks. |
Yes, they do hang out together most of the time. From everything I have read it is best to add them all at once and from the same source. Since you already have the male make sure you get 2 to 3 females and add them all at once.
Lisa |
Should be at least 10 years. Good Luck!
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10 years. Has anyone here actually kept one, or a group of them anywhere near that long?
I had read somewhere that there were some species of anthias that had only 3-4 year lifespans. I wasn't sure if they fell into that group or not. |
So has anyone kept a group over a year?
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I had mine for about 5 years before they started to die off one by one. The male was the last to go.
I started with 5 & three lived to the 5 year mark. I had a pair of bartletts in there with them also that lived 4 1/2 years. I won't buy these again, as I have never heard of anyone that has had long term success (ten+ years) I'm not interested in keeping any fish that won't have a chance to live ten years. |
I am thinking that their life-span may be closer to what you experienced than 10 years...Yours may be the longest I have heard of so far.
Lisa |
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