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pasenah
11/25/2007, 11:58 AM
anyone know which this is

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p219/pasenah/anthias750x562.jpg

thanks
ben
pasenah
11/25/2007, 12:19 PM
heres a better pic

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p219/pasenah/anthias1750x562.jpg
sohalfr
11/25/2007, 01:55 PM
Very nice fish!

It is a male Resplendent Anthias, Pseudanthias pulcherrimus

Not easy to keep in a tank. Needs plenty of caves, hiding places..
pasenah
11/25/2007, 04:13 PM
thanks, ive also been told its a randalls anthias. ill check out your id.

cheers
ben
pasenah
11/25/2007, 04:16 PM
yeh it does look very similar to that one too. thanks again
maxxII
11/25/2007, 04:20 PM
That was my thought as well. Its a little pale in your picture, but a friend of mine has one she has kept for over a year now. Its swims freely and openly in the tank.

Nick
pasenah
11/25/2007, 04:24 PM
it has only just been put in the tank so i guess that would make it look pale. thanks nick, hopefully mine will be fine. i dont have anything aggressive so thats a bonus. i have 3 altogether.

cheers
ben
screamincamaro
11/25/2007, 04:54 PM
Actually they look just like my Pseudanthias Flavicauda. Very hardy anthias with big appetites.
screamincamaro
11/25/2007, 05:02 PM
Click here for a pic of the male & females (http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=231922)
SDguy
11/25/2007, 05:58 PM
AFAIK, flavicauda don't get those pelvic fin colors, male or female. Randall's anthias are much more red. I'm going to go with Pseudanthias pulcherrimus.
screamincamaro
11/25/2007, 06:16 PM
I just noticed the coloring at the edge of the fins. Mine do have a slight purple trim but not like the ones pictured further above. I"m with you similar but not the Flavicauda.
CarlC
11/26/2007, 05:24 PM
It is a changing female randall. Notice the red stripe running the length of the body.

Carl
SDguy
11/26/2007, 05:42 PM
I was under the impression Pseudanthias pulcherrimus males had a slight stripe running through their body. A LFS got some in a while ago. The stripe was quite distinct, yet they didn't look at all like the male randall's I had a while ago...
CarlC
11/26/2007, 06:47 PM
I forgot about the pulcher males having a slight stripe.

Is there anyway you could find out where it was collected? That is the truest way of telling the Randalli complex apart.

Carl
pasenah
11/27/2007, 01:52 AM
thanks guys, ill see if i can get their location.

cheers
ben