Reef Discussion

[Agent M]

Are there any Anthias enthusiasts on the board? Would love to see pics

 

[brendore]

Love anthias, but unfortunately I don't have the tank for them :( .. Favourite is deffinently the Square Bloc, with the Longfin not far behind, also the Queen and Pascalus.. hell I just love all anthias haha

 

[rosechaser]

Not yet but in January I am going to get 5 or 7 Cooperii...have been suggested as one of the hardier ones

 

[Agent M]

Look forward to hearing about them when you get them Sven!

 

[n0rk]

Anthias are beautiful, if you like ditzy and simple fish. I'd call myself an appreciator... but not so much of the common ones. Most of my favourites are either deepwater, or not of the Pseudanthias genus - there's a lot of really awesome ones that don't ever get seen simply because we're not regularly exposed to them like we are, say, Lyretails and Dispars for instance. That's not to say those have no place... but I think anyone with an appreciation for the common kinds would be floored by some of the more obscure species. When I'm not on my phone I'll have to post some, there's some real hidden treasures.

 

[brendore]

Since were talking about Anthias and not particularly Pseudanthias, I love the look of these guys, Splended Pearch (Callanthias australis)

The photo doesn't do them justice to when you see them in life, especially after the have just been pulled out of the water and have their full suite of excited colours glowing!

 

[firebird]

When I'm not on my phone I'll have to post some, there's some real hidden treasures.

So .....get off your phone and post them!!!:p

 

[n0rk]

So .....get off your phone and post them!!!:p

Fiiiiiiiineeeeeeeee!

First, from Pseudanthias so it doesn't seem like I'm totally anti-those, here's some of the less commonly seen varieties:

Pseudanthias aurulentus

Pseudanthias charleneae

Pseudanthias elongatus

Pseudanthias flavoguttatus

Pseudanthias leucozonus

Pseudanthias randalli

Pseudanthias smithvanizi

Pseudanthias taeniatus

Pseudanthias ventralis hawaiiensis

[Broken External Image]:http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/images/species/Psven_m1.jpg

Pseudanthias ventralis ventralis

 

[n0rk]

And now for the main event... the non-Pseudanthias Anthias!

Anthias anthias

[Broken External Image]:http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/images/species/Anant_u9.jpg

Anthias woodsi (forgive the photo, it was shot at 368m down...)

Luzonichthys waitei

Odontanthias borbonius

Odontanthias chrysostictus

Odontanthias tapui

Sacura speciosa

Tosanoides filamentosus (excuse the shitty photo, but when you can take awesome photos of an incredibly rare, tiny, and lightning fast fish at ~65m, let me know)

Tosanoides flavofasciatus

There's a bunch more, but owing to most of them being either newly described or deepwater, finding photos of them is the impossible dream. Either way, that's a little taste of what else exists within the Anthiinae subfamily.

 

[Synodontis]

Great info n0rk.
What are the size ranges for these guys? min-max?

 

[n0rk]

With the exception of the Anthias and Odontanthias, all pretty much under 4.5".

 

[Agent M]

Pseudanthias elongatus

and

Odontanthias borbonius

 

[Synodontis]

Would love to see a tank full of these little guys. Some very pretty fish indeed. :)

 

[n0rk]

Would love to see a tank full of these little guys. Some very pretty fish indeed. :)

Well... at the last rates I'd heard for the ones in question, to get a single specimen of each species would cost you... $43,680 if you were lucky. Though, the bulk of that price does come from the last few...

Pseudanthias elongatus

They're something a bit special eh? It's a shame we don't see them here. Silly Asia ruining our fun!

 

[Synodontis]

Well... at the last rates I'd heard for the ones in question, to get a single specimen of each species would cost you... $43,680 if you were lucky. Though, the bulk of that price does come from the last few...

n0rk,
not offten my mouth opens & nothing comes out, along with the wide open eye balls :eek
So you organizing the next group buy? Man's gotta set goal's in life don't he :D
It would look spectacular tho!

 

[n0rk]

n0rk,
not offten my mouth opens & nothing comes out, along with the wide open eye balls :eek
So you organizing the next group buy? Man's gotta set goal's in life don't he :D
It would look spectacular tho!

Haha, I mean all up would be 44k. A few on the list have gone for close to 10k a throw. Which, actually, for rare fish is pretty cheap. There's been certain rare (and I use that in a literal sense, not the aquarium trade OMG I WANNA MAKE SOME CASH SO HAVE SOME SUPERLATIVES OMG!!!!! rare) deepwater Chaetodontidae that've been ballparked at $100k as a starting bid, so when you think about it, $10k for a fish isn't that unreasonable!

 

['vspec']

Cotton candy with eyeballs!
What's not to love!

 

[ifishnow]

I would love one of these but being such a schooling type fish I'm not sure that it would be fair to have one in a normal 3ft tank...What do you guys think?

 

[n0rk]

I would love one of these but being such a schooling type fish I'm not sure that it would be fair to have one in a normal 3ft tank...What do you guys think?

If you can pony up the cash for them, you can front it for a suitable system. Put it that way ;)

 

[ifishnow]

Don't you worry, I've been doing the power costs maths in my head of 4x2x2 tank again...would have to investigate whether I could transfer current equipment to it...meaning the same power costs as I have now..eg skimmer heater etc