Cameronbherring Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I want to buy a group of fish. I want some lyretail anthias or chromis. Any experience with either? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet'spride70 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Anthias play nice and more friendly when established compare to chromis...my 2 cent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Anthias need fed multiple times a day which is a big turn-off for most tanks. They're also planktonic feeders so they won't really eat anything unless it's suspended in the water column. So basically no matter how established a tank is, they still need fed all the time. As far as a group of fish, you'll have a much better chance with them though. I've always found chromis to be horrible to eachother unless you have a ton of them, like dozens. They single out a fish or two and pester them to death until there's only 1 remaining a few months down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsalt Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I have anthias and they only eat once a day and they readily accept frozen and flake food. I have squamipinis and bartlett anthias. They can be picky at first. If you go with anthias try using live brine shrimp at first to get them eating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet'spride70 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I feed mine once a day when I got home, I kept lyre tails and dispars, plan to add more down the road... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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