Keeping Blue Line Anthias in your Saltwater Reef Tank

[@waynes8290]

Another great video. An interesting overview of a cool looking fish. 👍

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Thank you so much! 😁🙌

[@Cristos_Santos]

Awesome video again Lauren! The tank is coming along nicely and filling up ..keep up the videos 🔥

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Thank you so much!! 😁🙌

[@jamesgreen9372]

Thanks for the profile video. This is a species that I was unaware of. It is really beautiful and interesting. As always thanks for you efforts and insight, Jim

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Thank you so much! 😁🙌

[@evanfrancis3827]

Enjoying the species summaries. Keep em coming

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Awesome! Thank you 😁 will do 👌

[@jaysrealreefuk]

Great video. I would love some schooling fish - wish I had a tank the size of yours. Your fish look super healthy and active.

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Thank you so much! 🤩🙌

[@rjcameron87]

Bimacs are a beautiful Anthias they were hard to come by over the past 10 years or so in Aust. I would say they are one of the easier species to keep along with Lyretails, stocky and cooperi. The tend to be a lot more boisterous/aggressive than others like dispars. The harder to keep anthias like Ventralis and Tukas would require several feedings at least until the adjust to aquarium life. The reason for anthias needing several feeds is they have small stomachs and use all their energy quickly staying out in the water column.

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

That’s interesting! Thanks so much for sharing! 😁🙌

[@AbsoluteZero6714]

Hey Ryan, what are your experiences with Borbonius Anthias? :)

[@rjcameron87]

@@AbsoluteZero6714 very hardy and pretty aggressive as an anthias when established. I had 1 for a couple years survived ich twice and was territorial would even take on tangs and angelfish much larger than it.

[@AbsoluteZero6714]

@@rjcameron87 Hey thanks for sharing your experience. Was it a big one when you got it? How many years did it last? How big is your tank?

[@rjcameron87]

@@AbsoluteZero6714 it’s was only small when I got it. About 2 years from memory I lost it with along with a lot of other fish after a flat worm treatment and my oxygen level dropped significantly. Tank was 6 foot and had I not done the flat worm treatment I think it would have still been alive :(

[@taylor4tails]

Love the splash of colour they add. Hard to get that pink in anything else

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Yesss! They are so pretty! 🤩🙌

[@TheirWorldAquatics]

Awesome video as always!!! I think we will add a couple when the time comes, those little guys are sweet!!! Multiple different colors to get. Be sure to check out our latest video as we start work on the 360-540-900 saltwater combo system with one filter!!! Keep the great work Ausieeee!!! lol

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Thank you so much! 😁😁

[@tonycloseukreef3799]

Thanks for the video 👌👍

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

😁🙌

[@tyasin101]

I feed my tank ones a day and fasting on Friday been doing that for the past 9 months had no problem

[@fernando-pas]

Do you still have them healthy? Thanks!

[@76honda76]

The image on your intro is actually your tank ..!

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Hehe yeah!! 😁🙌

[@MrDon967]

nice, i've had my 4 lyretails for only 3 months i used to feed my tank twice a day but due to the lack of piscine energetics frozen food i now feed my tank 3 times half a cube and 5-10 pellets. the pellets usually just once or twice coz my anthias dont eat pellets even when frozen yet. my clowns and pajamas do. i didn't get my anthias to eat pellets coz i didn't wanna qt 4 of them in a 10g for too long but mostly coz i didn't expect not being able to buy my preferred food for my carnivores :(

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Oh no!! How frustrating you can’t get the food they like 😫 lyretails are gorgeous fish! 🤩🙌

[@Brad.Hobbies]

Are they pink? 😏

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Hehehehe yes!! So pink! 🤣😁😜

[@Createver_rise]

help me buy the anthias

[@AbsoluteZero6714]

They’re called Twin Spot Anthias or Bimacs (Pseudanthias Bimaculatus). :) Everything just HAS to be different down under, eh? :) But beautiful fish! Personally I like the Borbonius Anthias. :)

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Hehehe you know it! 😜 I didn’t realise they had a different name overseas!

[@AbsoluteZero6714]

@@SimpleAquariumsLauren Hehe Blue Line Anthias was also a new name to me! Same here lol. Nice tank by the way, I think I might go up to a 300 gallon. :)

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Thank you! Oh nice!! 300gal would be amazing! 😁👏

[@AbsoluteZero6714]

@@SimpleAquariumsLauren Thanks! I might go a bit smaller than that, maybe 270-290 gallons but not much smaller. :) It will ideally be 2.4 meters or 8 feet long! :) Good luck as always to your tank!

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

@@AbsoluteZero6714 sounds epic!! 👌👏 thanks so much! 😁

[@fishpony1211]

I have 3 as well!! The male doesnt eat im hoping once he dies one of the other two will turn into a male. 😢

[@SimpleAquariumsLauren]

Oh bummer!! Sorry to hear! Fingers crossed for you! 🤞

[@Njwobrien]

I don't keep Anthias because they look similar to goldfish.