New lyretail anthias!

[Lotus]

I got four lyretail anthias today. I'm assuming one will turn male at some point. They're small right now, maybe 1.5".

Some crappy pixellated pics that don't nearly do justice to how gorgeous these fish are:

 

[CoolWaters]

they look great love their "eyeshadow" XD

 

[TheFighterFish]

Nice colors!!!

What size is your Q tank?

 

[Lotus]

It's only a 10g Q-tank.

 

[ram man]

very nice fish lotus

 

[Lotus]

I'm really happy with them so far. I acclimated them for two hours, then put them in the Q-tank. Fifteen minutes later, I put some brine shrimp in there to see if they'd eat, and they did! They looked a little pale in the bag when we got home, but seem to have colored up well already. The photo was about 10 minutes after they ate.

I'll try to get some better pics tomorrow, lights are off now.

 

[Limi310]

Very nice!

 

[1979camaro]

a nice size group of anthias like that will look great in your 125

 

[James From Cali]

Lyretail anthias are by far my favorite slatwater. They look good.....*now to do research and do a saltwater tank just for them*

 

[Mushroomman]

Nice score, got a single male myself, such a great fish in groups. Its interesting to watch them turn from female to male, we got one in at the shop one time that was mid transition, it was like a blend of colours.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Those are some hot fish Lotus, VERY nice!

 

[Lotus]

Here's a few (slightly better) pics:

 

[KahluaZzZ]

yeah..so pretty

 

[Lotus]

Unfortunately, two and a half weeks into quarantine, they're getting ich. Water parameters are fine, but I guess something stressed them. So, I'm going with hypo. Started lowering salinity this evening. I did notice they didn't look as colorful the other day, and today I noticed some spots, dammit.

I was so looking forward to having them in the display tank, too...

 

[aresgod]

well atleast they are in QT, that makes your life so simple and should be easy to handle the outbreak

 

[1979camaro]

agreed...woohoo for QT

 

[Lotus]

I'm hoping the treatment will go well. I'll be checking pH and salinity every day, and keeping a close eye on them.

We may have to set up another quarantine tank for some fish that we might have to buy.... lol.

 

[seastaar88]

well atleast they are in QT

hahaha seriously. this should be a lesson to people don't quarentine new fish!

 

[Lotus]

Unfortunately, one of them didn't make it. Following the first water change, he was sitting on the substrate. About 12 hours later he died

The other three are swimming around and eating like pigs. They're still pale, and the spots are still on there. Salinity is down to 1.017, and I'll drop it down a bit more over the next few days.

 

[1979camaro]

Sorry to hear that Lotus...hopefully the others pull through for you.