What to feed purple anthias?

[Genetics]

I can't seem to get any of my new anthias to eat. I am currently feeding an assortment of blood worms, mysis, and flake. Any recommendations for the supermarket tomorrow?

[paveking1]

I had to start mine with live mysis .They will eat those real quick .hope this helps.

[Genetics]

TY - now just need to find a store with live mysis in central ohio.

[RokleM]

Get some Arctic Pod's from Phishy's. Every finicky eater I've had gulped down Arctic Pod's before anything else. Zooplankton also works, but that seems in short (if not non-existent) supply anymore.

[cl2ysta1]

i must of got lucky. my new anthias ate frozen mysis. didnt seem to like cyclopeze though

[cl2ysta1]

lookin real cute

[Reefdiver72]

I have a bunch of zooplankton if you need some.

[TOURKID]

i want anthias *pout* i was very unsuccessful with bartletts so its prob. a bad idea to try agian. but mine started with cyclopeeze and reef plankton i think they call it (frozen sallys orange box) makes a mess

[cl2ysta1]

i think bartletts are harder to keep. try lyretails. i've heard their quite easy

[Genetics]

RockleM,

To phishy's I must go! Thanks for the info. I usually have a fairly good understanding of what the fish eat and downfalls before buying them. I thought the difficult guy in my tank would be the 5 bar mystery wrasse but nope he eats like a champ.

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ReefDiver,

PM sent.

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Tourkid,

I would try to make sure that every fish you buy is eating in store. I will not buy a fish unless the owner feeds him in front of me. I know it must be obnoxious but its saved me paying for fish that wouldn't make it. Find some bartletts or lyretails and try those.

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cl2ysta1,

I saw some of your posts in the reef fish forums. Which anthias did you end up with?

[itZme]

I don't know if you ever make it up this way but if you do Greg at Aquatic Technology has live mysis. It might be worth the drive if you haven't been to his store before.

Good Luck!

[TOURKID]

Genetics- oh they came from phishys and were 100% perfect and eatting when i got em. but they dropped like flys. I lost one after another over a 6 month span. it really sucked. I really like anthias!

[dew2loud1]

Originally posted by Genetics

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cl2ysta1,

I saw some of your posts in the reef fish forums. Which anthias did you end up with?

I got some Pseudoanthias Hutchii anthias. they were supposed to be lyretails but werent. I have two males and six females. they seem to be doing great. I'm still going to get another type. I think i'll end up with dispars. probably do 8-10 of those. these guys seem to like one side of the tank. very inquisitive. here are some pix. all are eating mysis but nothing else yet.

[dew2loud1]

Originally posted by Genetics

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cl2ysta1,

I saw some of your posts in the reef fish forums. Which anthias did you end up with?

I got some Pseudoanthias Hutchii anthias. they were supposed to be lyretails but werent. I have two males and six females. they seem to be doing great. I'm still going to get another type. I think i'll end up with dispars. probably do 8-10 of those. these guys seem to like one side of the tank. very inquisitive. here are some pix. all are eating mysis but nothing else yet.

[Genetics]

Anyone have or know where to get live mysis? Half of my anthias (2 purple queens) don't seem to want even the artic pods. However, the bartletts love it.

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Dew2
Did you complain with the hutchii b/c they look very little like lyretails. But then again I ordered sunburst and got tukas and bartletts. So I guess as long as they're in the pseudoanthias genus its anyones guess.