Taras does a great job explaining the habits of the anthias and the care required for successful longevity of these awesome shoaling fish. I just added five Red bars and a trio of Lyretails to my display and they have adjusted well. 🙌
@@TopShelfAquatics I’ll be adding a lot more smaller fish now that I have 13 Tangs 😊. If you get back to the PNW you should stop by and do a tank tour on my system sometime. You’re more than welcome here.
@@TopShelfAquatics always. Love the content. Although as a Canadian reefer it is torture to see all of these nice SPS I cannot get lmao. I wish I could swap with you guys some Reef Raft Canada pieces I have like rainbow splice, magma (spathulta), avengers, lemon demon, OG bananarama, orange passion, Marvin the Martian. If only..eh lol
When this dude used to work at OSA, he gave me a run down on how to take care of the lyre tail Anthias i was purchasing. They have been thriving for 2 years and rule the tank.
Very helpful and informative!^^ Also seeing the images and hearing the information, I realize how often I see anthias in documentaries, specifically how every time I see them they’re shown hanging out on slopes and cliffs, darting back and forth, in and out, as a great big group Kinda the same case with chromis hanging out around coral outcrops, and I hear their diets and feeding behavior are pretty much the same; actively foraging for food and, in aquariums, needing a constant supply of small foods to avoid starving
Good information. Thank you. Any discussion of anthias should include desease and in particular uronema marinium. Not treating for uronema or at least accounting for it is the fastest way to lose your anthias. Frequency and availability of food would be the next biggest killer. I find most anthias are easy to feed, but the frequency is key. Conventional wisdom suggests 4 times a day. I think they basically need to be fed constantly. There is an excellent plankton autofeeder on the market that is essential kit for anthias. It dispenses freeze dried zooplankton. Also with feeding, you always need to feed the weakest and least aggressive fish in the tank. If you are broadcast feeding, that means you need to put a lot of food in the tank. Basically, at any given point in time, you should be able to spot some type of pod floating in the water column. Far too often, we don't feed enough. I have 18 bimaculatus anthias in a 400G.
Due to participation from most of the contestants, we made the decision to stop the contest and have Koralito be our winner due to the fact he had the best overall growth, and consistent updates. Can see our results on our IG page! -Blaine
So every marine hobbyist are keeping these amazing fish in the wrong type of of tank setup and not forgetting their real nutritional needs. That would explain how they don’t last long in captivity, I’ve seen videos on hobbyists marine tanks as they’re explaining they started out with six or eight, but are down to one or three, could this be because of them being stressed. 🤷♂️
What you described is ridicules. These tanks people keep these fish in are barren and just bad for these fish. At some point people just just let nature do its thing and see it on the reef with scuba gear and not capture these poor animals.
Taras does a great job explaining the habits of the anthias and the care required for successful longevity of these awesome shoaling fish. I just added five Red bars and a trio of Lyretails to my display and they have adjusted well. 🙌
Glad these videos are helping you out with your reef tank at home! I know I love getting to see them in systems flourish!
-Blaine
@@TopShelfAquatics I’ll be adding a lot more smaller fish now that I have 13 Tangs 😊. If you get back to the PNW you should stop by and do a tank tour on my system sometime. You’re more than welcome here.
Very helpful thank you !
Glad this video could be of some assistance! Thanks for tuning in!
-Blaine
I have 7 lyretail anthias in my 300 gallon acro tank and they are my favorite fish.❤
oh yea? how much/often do you feed them?
@@lisademayo8589 I feed between 4 and 5 times a day.
The complications are so worth all the while. Very fun aquarium fish to watch.
Fun video. Anthias are on my bucket fish list.
They're a beautiful fish to keep, especially if you get a nice group to play with one another.
-Blaine
Tara talks are the best for those who are extremely serious. Please keep this going
Will do our best to keep the content coming! Hope the other content is up to standard too!
-Blaine
@@TopShelfAquatics always. Love the content. Although as a Canadian reefer it is torture to see all of these nice SPS I cannot get lmao. I wish I could swap with you guys some Reef Raft Canada pieces I have like rainbow splice, magma (spathulta), avengers, lemon demon, OG bananarama, orange passion, Marvin the Martian. If only..eh lol
I love your in depth video’s. Great information!
Taras always comes with the hard facts! Thanks for stopping in!
-Blaine
When this dude used to work at OSA, he gave me a run down on how to take care of the lyre tail Anthias i was purchasing. They have been thriving for 2 years and rule the tank.
Very helpful and informative!^^
Also seeing the images and hearing the information, I realize how often I see anthias in documentaries, specifically how every time I see them they’re shown hanging out on slopes and cliffs, darting back and forth, in and out, as a great big group
Kinda the same case with chromis hanging out around coral outcrops, and I hear their diets and feeding behavior are pretty much the same; actively foraging for food and, in aquariums, needing a constant supply of small foods to avoid starving
It's another amazing video great job
Good information. Thank you.
Any discussion of anthias should include desease and in particular uronema marinium. Not treating for uronema or at least accounting for it is the fastest way to lose your anthias.
Frequency and availability of food would be the next biggest killer.
I find most anthias are easy to feed, but the frequency is key. Conventional wisdom suggests 4 times a day. I think they basically need to be fed constantly. There is an excellent plankton autofeeder on the market that is essential kit for anthias. It dispenses freeze dried zooplankton.
Also with feeding, you always need to feed the weakest and least aggressive fish in the tank. If you are broadcast feeding, that means you need to put a lot of food in the tank. Basically, at any given point in time, you should be able to spot some type of pod floating in the water column. Far too often, we don't feed enough.
I have 18 bimaculatus anthias in a 400G.
Whatever happened to the TSA Coral Smackdown? People have been asking about it, and the thread on R2R has mysteriously disappeared.
Due to participation from most of the contestants, we made the decision to stop the contest and have Koralito be our winner due to the fact he had the best overall growth, and consistent updates. Can see our results on our IG page!
-Blaine
So every marine hobbyist are keeping these amazing fish in the wrong type of of tank setup and not forgetting their real nutritional needs.
That would explain how they don’t last long in captivity, I’ve seen videos on hobbyists marine tanks as they’re explaining they started out with six or eight, but are down to one or three, could this be because of them being stressed. 🤷♂️
What you described is ridicules. These tanks people keep these fish in are barren and just bad for these fish. At some point people just just let nature do its thing and see it on the reef with scuba gear and not capture these poor animals.