ID: Anthias or Chromis?

saltn00b

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lets see,
the very purple ones are Purple queen anthias. notorious for dying for no reason tanks. almost unheard of to keep alive.
looks like a few barlett anthias , which do better
and a handfull of pink square anthias.
these fish eat and eat often. they are closely related to groupers and can sometimes show that in their personality and be very aggressive. sometimes they make good schooling reef fish, but sometimes not. they will --- change depending on the situation. they can jump with precision and power. i wouldnt do a single in anything smaller than a 50.
 
aquaknight

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Slow day at work. Here is the complete list I found with a match ID pic:
#1 Lori (Pseudanthias lori)
#2 Tiger Queen (Mirolabrichthys tuka)
#3 Bartletts (Pseudoanthias barlettorum)
#4 Evansi (Mirolabrichthys evansi)
#5 Squareback (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia)
#6 Lyretail (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
#7 Ventralis (Pseudanthias ventralis)
#8 Dispar (Pseudanthias dispar)
#9 Resplendent (Pseudanthias pulcherrimus)
#10 Tricolor (Pseudanthias kashiwae)
#11 Carberryi (Nemanthias carberryi)

As far as hardiest/tank size. The only one remotely hardy are the Lyretails. You just, basically have to feed them enough. 1 could work in a 40gal breeder, but they will be quite aggressive to other fish. The Squarebacks are somewhat hardy if you get a healthy specimen and have a large tank. These guys get huge, over 7". The Evansi, Bartlett's and Disbars are borderline. They require someone 'seasoned', but are not impossible. You could do 2 Dispars in a 40gal.
 
keri

keri

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Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2753620
Slow day at work. Here is the complete list I found with a match ID pic:
#1 Lori (Pseudanthias lori)
#2 Tiger Queen (Mirolabrichthys tuka)
#3 Bartletts (Pseudoanthias barlettorum)
#4 Evansi (Mirolabrichthys evansi)
#5 Squareback (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia)
#6 Lyretail (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
#7 Ventralis (Pseudanthias ventralis)
#8 Dispar (Pseudanthias dispar)
#9 Resplendent (Pseudanthias pulcherrimus)
#10 Tricolor (Pseudanthias kashiwae)
#11 Carberryi (Nemanthias carberryi)

As far as hardiest/tank size. The only one remotely hardy are the Lyretails. You just, basically have to feed them enough. 1 could work in a 40gal breeder, but they will be quite aggressive to other fish. The Squarebacks are somewhat hardy if you get a healthy specimen and have a large tank. These guys get huge, over 7". The Evansi, Bartlett's and Disbars are borderline. They require someone 'seasoned', but are not impossible. You could do 2 Dispars in a 40gal.

Ok! Now do all the corals!!
(j/k ;)
 
saltn00b

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11 might be female square backs/ pink squares.
there is two males at least in the tank, (see pic 2, you pointed to one with a #5 and then the other is swimming out of frame on the right side, 2/3 of the way up.
the two males shouldnt work unless there was a sizeable harem of females to share / split into two harems. the females dont have the spot and are more orange than pink.
 
aquaknight

aquaknight

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Originally Posted by saltn00b
http:///forum/post/2754264
11 might be female square backs/ pink squares.
there is two males at least in the tank, (see pic 2, you pointed to one with a #5 and then the other is swimming out of frame on the right side, 2/3 of the way up.
the two males shouldnt work unless there was a sizeable harem of females to share / split into two harems. the females dont have the spot and are more orange than pink.
Yea, very hard for sure to say with as small as they are in the pic, to tell a female squareback from a female lyretail. (I think you mean number 6?)
They I thought was the female squareback's have blue in the caudal fin outline and semi-clear ventral fins. Lyretail's ventrals are yellow.
If you look just below the big male, in the second pic, pretty sure those are female square's...
 
saltn00b

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here is a shot of my old pink square. bought as a male, changed to a female. here she is mostly female.
 
1journeyman

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Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2753620
Slow day at work. Here is the complete list I found with a match ID pic:
#1 Lori (Pseudanthias lori)
#2 Tiger Queen (Mirolabrichthys tuka)
#3 Bartletts (Pseudoanthias barlettorum)
#4 Evansi (Mirolabrichthys evansi)
#5 Squareback (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia)
#6 Lyretail (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
#7 Ventralis (Pseudanthias ventralis)
#8 Dispar (Pseudanthias dispar)
#9 Resplendent (Pseudanthias pulcherrimus)
#10 Tricolor (Pseudanthias kashiwae)
#11 Carberryi (Nemanthias carberryi)

As far as hardiest/tank size. The only one remotely hardy are the Lyretails. You just, basically have to feed them enough. 1 could work in a 40gal breeder, but they will be quite aggressive to other fish. The Squarebacks are somewhat hardy if you get a healthy specimen and have a large tank. These guys get huge, over 7". The Evansi, Bartlett's and Disbars are borderline. They require someone 'seasoned', but are not impossible. You could do 2 Dispars in a 40gal.
Well done.

Anthias, in general, need chaotic, good flow, room to swim, and a constant food supply.
No idea how that tank is feeding all of those Anthias.
 
srfisher17

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Originally Posted by 1journeyman
http:///forum/post/2754330
Well done.

Anthias, in general, need chaotic, good flow, room to swim, and a constant food supply.
No idea how that tank is feeding all of those Anthias.
Yeah; Chaotic flow is the term I've been looking for! I feed my anthias at least 8 times a day. When still in Mississippi, I had a friend who was nuts about anthias and was working on an auto-feed system that centered around a frozen block of his anthias home-brew. It was like an I.V. bag and would drip into the tank as it melted; last I heard, he was still trying to fine tune the frozen cube size. I've tried auto-feeders (now that's desperate!) with a mix of Cyclopeeze, etc. Didn't work at all.
 
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