Anthais need to eat several times a day. They are typical reef crest fish that are accustomed to eating large volumes of low nutrition food as it is washed over the reef. While you are feeding higher nutrition foood then they are used to in the wild, they still need the volume.

The diet is consistent with other members of the Anthias group - zooplankton and floating filamentous algae. In the aquarium, it should be fed a varied diet of mysid shrimp, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp, frozen preparations and other meaty items for zooplankton feeders. They prefer to be fed small quantities, several times daily.