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	Purple Queen Anthias Survival
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Edited by sirbooks I found this interesting... http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=695884 It looks like there are at least a couple of people who are having luck keeping this species. Feeding small planktonic foods such as Cyclopeeze and baby brine shrimp seems to be the trick. What's interesting is that they never seem to accept adult live brine, at least not at first. Just thought I'd pass this along. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 01-Jun-2006 14:54
fishkid99 Enthusiast Posts: 252 Kudos: 218 Votes: 39 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	thats cool books i remember when i got an anthias its would not eat a thing that i tried to give to it so it sadly went to fishy heaven. >>>----> <----<<< pnh
Posted 02-Jun-2006 20:13
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	Purple queens have a much better survival record than people give them credit for IMO. They aren't as hard to keep as many people say, I dont know what the big deal about them is personally. As long as you get an eating batch they're usually fine, the whole trouble with most anthias in general if it's unrelated to depth and light changes is initially getting them to feed. You can feed anybody with Cyclopeeze and BBS, I'm yet to meet a marine critter that wont. That's how I get the baby seahorses to eat. -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
Posted 06-Jun-2006 22:08
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	"As long as you get an eating batch they're usually fine..." That's exactly it. Apparently people just have problems feeding them, we can never get the purple queens at work to eat. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 07-Jun-2006 01:53
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	It's not usually the foods you're trying to feed though, it's more they've been too stressed from collection and transport to want to eat anything; most of them are gone before they're even acclimated. -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
Posted 07-Jun-2006 01:58


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