Anthias?

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  1. Monstaman717

    Monstaman717 Flamingo Tongue

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    Can I keep 3 a this's in an 80 gallon reef tank?
    Ideas thoughts? I wanted a "schooling" fish
     
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  2. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Yes, one male and two females. A favorite fish of mine, but to do their best and stay healthy they need to be feed 3 times daily and not the same food type time after time unless it's a frozen mix like Rod's that has algae and vegetables with meaty sea foods.
     
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  3. Greg@LionfishLair

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    You need to be careful as to which species you get...some will pick each other off, some aren't as bad. We found that blotched anthias (O. borbonius) tend to squabble a little, but it's a pecking order thing amongst themselves. We kept a trio for several years.

    Our specimens even learned to eat from a feeding stick when we fed the preds they were housed with.
     
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