Wanted fish

[Joe Fish]

Thanks I'll keep this in mind when I get to that fish. I'm still debating on what fish to add first. I want to make sure I have the right conditions for each.

 

[wayne]

By the way you would find the anthias an utter p.i.t.a. - you need to keep them as a single or as a largish group (6+) to deal with their continual aggression. they are easy to get feeding BUT need feeding at least 3, and realistically 5 or 6 times a day or they starve to death in a few weeks as short stomached planktivores , but they require pretty high levels of water quality, and lots of nice oxygenated flow.
Look at angels, smaller hawks, small wrasse, medium clowns, blennies, that sort of thing. A lot depends on what you can get locally ....

 

[Joe Fish]

Is there any difference besides color between a normal firefish and a purple one? I see the purple one is more expensive.

 

[aresgod]

Wayne, while I agree with most of what you said I would have to disagree about the lyretail anthias, I have a male and 2 females in a 90, and they are fine, easy to feed, and not agressive, and have been in the tank for well over a year, but on the whole most anthias are rather difficult.

 

[wayne]

Then your experience is different to mine..... a year is good going for those fish

 

[Joe Fish]

I'm learning quickly that you can easily have a completely different expereince in almost the same settings in this hobbie. So far nothing bad has happend, but I'm sure I won't be let down.

Scratch that, came home today and I had a lot of that brown crap and one of my yellow tails lost a boxing match. I'm hoping to catch them on Monday so I can trade them for a firefish.