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reefnewbie54321
06/01/2006, 07:42 PM
What's your favorite anthia?

I'm getting 5 and cant decide ...
E-A-G-L-E-S
06/01/2006, 07:46 PM
Lyretail.....9 in my 210g, they are great and even though i don't have one predatory or even bossy fish in tank they school :)
reefnewbie54321
06/01/2006, 07:52 PM
I know this is a REALY bad picture but its been on my computer for ever ... can anyone I.D. what type it is? I think I got an I.D. before but I dont remeber what everyone said they were

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/tonyrox1/Grahams20Anthias20tank.jpg
Angel*Fish
06/01/2006, 08:31 PM
Dispars!!! They stay small & get along well with others & tend to stay in a school more than some other anthias.
E-A-G-L-E-S
06/01/2006, 08:38 PM
LOL :)
msuzuki126
06/01/2006, 08:43 PM
I got a yellow anthias yesterday, it's real nice, but still a little shy.
Nitroq2
06/01/2006, 08:47 PM
How in the world did you get dispars? I cant even make out the color. My eyes arent what they used to be, but I want to get some anthias later and would like to know how to distiguish them. Thanks
Nitroq2
06/01/2006, 08:48 PM
They look bicolor to me
TCU Reefer
06/01/2006, 08:53 PM
I got 8 lyretails today and they look great, especially the male. He's got great color.
reefnewbie54321
06/01/2006, 09:01 PM
There bartletts ... I re-found the picture through google, its a pic of Steve Grahams old tank.

I like lyretails but dont they get 5 1/2"?

Thats kinda big ... I would rather have a smaller anthia and put in more of them
Nitroq2
06/01/2006, 09:04 PM
Well there ya go three different names and all look so similar. And I am guess the way you know the males is the darker and more vivid colors?
reefnewbie54321
06/01/2006, 09:12 PM
what ones tend to stay in schools the most?
Nitroq2
06/01/2006, 09:16 PM
Educated ones? LOL sorry I couldn't resist.
Angel*Fish
06/02/2006, 02:32 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7480980#post7480980 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nitroq2
How in the world did you get dispars? I cant even make out the color. My eyes arent what they used to be, but I want to get some anthias later and would like to know how to distiguish them. Thanks I was responding to the question "What's your favorite anthias?" Sorry for the confusion -- maybe that's why E-A-G-L-E-S responded w/LOL??
Angel*Fish
06/02/2006, 02:34 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7480953#post7480953 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by msuzuki126
I got a yellow anthias yesterday, it's real nice, but still a little shy. Are you talking about P.diadema? I had one of those briefly, but it had swim bladder damage. Very nice fish though.They look bicolor to me Do you have any of these?? I have one in my tank & he is by far the "meanest" fish I have -- When he got sick or injured or something, a part of me was secretly dissappointed he made it -- he picks on everybody in the tank
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/530/5247bicolor.jpg
Nitroq2
06/02/2006, 02:57 PM
Ok confused I was! Sorry if I came off the wrong way.
McCrary
06/02/2006, 11:20 PM
Bartletts anthias are my personal favorite.
Angel*Fish
06/03/2006, 10:46 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7486358#post7486358 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nitroq2
Ok confused I was! Sorry if I came off the wrong way. Not at all! I didn't take it in a bad way - After a glance at that photo, I knew my eyes wouldn't be able to make out the species in that photo, either :)