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Bleeding Heart Anthias
Bleeding Heart Anthias are not quite as difficult to keep as other species of Anthias. These need a large tank which provides them with plenty of swimming room and suitable caves for them to hide in....
Carberryi Anthias
All anthias eat similar foods such as zooplankton and floating filamentous algae. In the aquarium, it should be fed a varied diet of mysis shrimp, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp, frozen preparations and other meaty items for zooplankton feeders....
Diamond Anthias
Diamond Anthias generally stay in the middle levels of the tank, but also require plenty of caves, ledges, and other hiding places. Anthias species all share the trait of being hermaphroditic. If a dominant male perishes, the largest female of the group will often morph to take its place. ...
Disbar Anthias
The Dispar Anthias can be a challenge in coaxing them to eat and may need to be fed two or more times a day. The natural diet includes plankton but they will adapt to a variety of diets including flake food. ...
Fathead Anthias
The Fathead Anthias is a colourful fish, predominantly pink, with heavy yellow-to-orange scale margins and facial markings. Pectoral and anal fins are fringed in blue. ...
Lyretail Anthias
The Maldives Lyretail Anthias does best when kept in a species-specific tank of at least 100-gallons for a group. Males are best kept alone with several females, or singly. The Anthias dwells in the middle of a tank but appreciates the availability of several hiding places. ...
Resplendent Anthias
The body of the female is predominantly orange with a pink/purple hue and a yellow nose, dorsal fin and tail fin. Males are predominantly orange with the same pink/purple hue but have an almost clear tail and deep pink edges on their pectoral fins. ...
Tricolour Anthias
The Tricolor Anthias is one of the Anthias groups that is moderately easier to keep.. A well developed lateral red bar and a red caudal fin differentiate the male from a female which only has red tips on the caudal fin and a pinkish-orange body color....
Tuka Anthias
One of the most beautiful and difficult to keep of the Anthias species, the Purple Queen Anthias will do well in established reef tanks. ...