Subject Of The Month (April 2003) - Anthias [Archive]

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Lisa Page

01-04-03, 21:37

This month it's Anthias sp. So come on all you peeps get snapping away at those seriously beautiful fish.

Here's a couple of my favs :D

Pseudanthias parvirostris (male)

http://www.reefgarden.homestead.com/files/Anthias_face_110402.jpg

http://www.reefgarden.homestead.com/files/pseudanthias_parvirostris.jpg

Regards

Lisa

Reef Addict

01-04-03, 22:13

Lisa, those are amazing pictures of a beautiful fish! Wow! :o What kind of camera do you use?

Lisa Page

01-04-03, 22:30

Thanks :D It's a Fuji FinePix 6900Z, a great camera.

Regards

Lisa

Preds

01-04-03, 23:26

Photos not even close to Lisa's quality, but here they are. These are only snaps (only 20KKs on at the moment too) and I'll try to post some proper pics tomorrow. Same species, Pseudanthias parvirostris.

Three females, part of a group that have been hanging around the Cleaners all evening. Excuse the green pipe, sump not up and running yet so that's where I'm keeping the pump that runs the skimmer. :)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/anthflame.jpg

Being cleaned.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/cleanerdiadem1.jpg

Male on the left.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/anthiasoll.jpg

Lisa Page

02-04-03, 15:42

Excellent Olly! Mine hid for quite a while before plucking up the courage to venture out in the open. Voracious eaters once they got going though :D

I really dig the 'cleaning' shot B)

Regards

Lisa

Preds

02-04-03, 20:47

More pics of the Anthias.

Two of the male:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/malediadem.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/malediadem1.jpg

Female:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/femalediadem.jpg

tang man

04-04-03, 21:04

:P hi all

apolagies for the picture but they so dificult to get together

tangman/paul

Lisa Page

07-04-03, 20:56

Paul,

Very nice. :D Are they the Lyretail Anthias, P. squamipinnis?

Regards

Lisa

martyncarr

11-04-03, 06:14

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.carr/fish0004.JPG

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.carr/fish0006.JPG

martyncarr

11-04-03, 16:13

The Male..

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.carr/Anthias.jpg

Lisa Page

11-04-03, 16:45

Martyn,

Woweeeeeee, that's close! Super pics, beautiful fish B)

Thanks for posting. :D

Regards

Lisa

Lisa Page

04-05-03, 20:18

Thanks again for the posts guys. B)

Regards

Lisa

richs01

06-05-03, 18:33

Heres one of mine (sorry about flash reflection, still experimenting with camera):

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.saunders/photos/anthias.JPG

Lisa Page

06-05-03, 19:59

Hi Rich,

Superb, he's a stunner!!

Regards

Lisa

craigg

06-05-03, 20:15

I dont know, I buy 12 today and then realise I've missed the topic of the month.

Anywhere here is one of the 12, they are all in hiding at the moment.

http://www.tauntonaquariumcentre.co.uk/images/Forumpictures/anthias.jpg

Craig

Lisa Page

07-05-03, 15:29

Wonderful Craig, keep the pics coming. I'd love to see a shot of all 12, now there's a challenge for you. ;)

Regards

Lisa

17000ltrs

07-05-03, 16:35

sorry for the late entry.

one of my 2 male pink square anthias

17000ltrs

07-05-03, 16:37

top and bottom ventalis anthias

Lisa Page

07-05-03, 18:06

Excellent, I'm glad to see some more Anthias pics being posted. So you have a ventralis, they have to be my ultimate Anthias species. Do you have just two or do you have more hiding in your tank? How hard was it to get them (male and female?) to feed? I would really like to give these fish a go but I know that most refuse to feed and waste away.

Regards

Lisa

craigg

07-05-03, 18:12

Lisa all 12 together, I'm lucky if I see 2 together........I thought they were showling fish. I bought them for that reason and was going to add more. I suppose I had better be patient.

Craig

17000ltrs

08-05-03, 14:41

thanks lisa,
I have approx 25 ventalis in the tank. The problem with them is that they can hemerage(excuse the spelling ) with the slightest amount of stress. the are not the cheapest fish and to watch one introduced into the aquarium and die almost immidiatly is heartbreaking. Fortunatly i only lost one when i added 26.

They red immidiatly and when shoaling ( usually when the actinics only are on ) they look awesome

mark

17000ltrs

08-05-03, 14:42

sorry fed not red

Lisa Page

08-05-03, 14:46

Mark,

Wow, 25!!! Awesome. Were they a special order? What do they feed on mainly??

Regards

Lisa

17000ltrs

08-05-03, 16:09

they were a special order from tmc via aqua-world warrington. i am sure that they get a shipment every 2-3 months.

they feed on a mixture of brine and cyclops , as previously this is fed 24hrs a day and seems to bring them out of the rocks.

mark