Next: Anthias!

[BSJF]

I think the dispars are easier than the bartletts. Even my daughter in Utah has been able to keep my old ones going, not knowing much at all about SW.

[d3rryc]

Here are a couple of great anthias articles from ReefKeeping:

[link]Part 1[link]
[link]Part 2[link]

The author goes into a lot of detail in Part 2 on the individual species and their care, highlighting which ones are easier, which ones are harder, and why.

I've also read that it's generally better to get an odd number - the pecking order seems to settle out better that way. I picked up three lyretails late last year, and there was a clearly dominant individual and a clearly submissive one, so the turf wars were minimal.

[Europhyllia]

Excellent links! Thanks so much. I read the same thing about the odd numbers however the author of the piece I read said that what people don't realize is that the odd number thing counts for each group (male/female) so he says it's better to have 1 male and 3 or 5 females.
I'll read those links now

[Europhyllia]

Alright. Done reading. Bartlett's it is! I am warming up to the pink ;)

[d3rryc]

I ordered three females and let the dominant change to male. That was a VERY cool process to watch!

[Europhyllia]

Yeah I am thinking of getting 4 females.

[txg8gxp]

Awesome, I'm sure you will love them. Wish I could go that route, but looks like chromis for me.

[Europhyllia]

can I get the PraziPro locally?

[Europhyllia]

does it have to be PraziPro? One of the suppliers treats them with metronidazole while in QT. Is that similar?