Fish

Anthias and damselfish are very popular fish for the marine aquarium. Specially anthias from the Indo-Pacific ocean of pseudoanthias species like jazzy orange coloured and easy to be maintained jewel- anthias pseudanthias squamipinnis, pseudanthias cooperi, pseudanthias dispar and pseudoanthias tuka are the ones usually marvelled at in the marine aquarium. Anthias are schooling fish and should thus be kept with at least 4-5 specimen. In the aquarium the anthias usually remain small which reach a final size of upto 13cm-15cm in the sea.

Due to the necessary school of fish, an aquarium of 500l is recommended. Damselfish like the known Chromis viridis (chromis) are schooling fish but they are a lot more aggresive than anthias and thus form couples and mark their territories. The same applies to other damselfishes too like yellowtail damsel (Chrysiptera parasema) or Dascyllus melanurus (Blacktail-dascyllus) which are also found in nature in schools but are very less in number in the aquarium. If one has a sufficiently large tank, then it is possible to keep a school of fish, in small tanks it becomes difficult to keep pairs.

Anthias and damselfish are very popular fish for the marine aquarium. Specially anthias from the Indo-Pacific ocean of pseudoanthias species like jazzy orange coloured and easy to be maintained jewel- anthias pseudanthias squamipinnis, pseudanth...

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Chrysiptera Parasema

EUR 14,31 - EUR 15,90*

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Chromis viridis - Blue Green Damselfish

EUR 14,37 - EUR 16,90*

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Pseudanthias dispar - Peach fairy basslet

EUR 26,01 - EUR 28,90*

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Chrysiptera talboti - Talbot Demoiselle

EUR 14,31 - EUR 15,90*

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Sphaeramia nematoptera - Pajama Cardinalfish

EUR 24,90*

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Gramma loreto - Royal Gramma

EUR 59,90*

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Chrysiptera hemicyanea - Azure Demoiselle

EUR 14,31 - EUR 15,90*

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Pseudanthias cooperi - Red-bar anthias

EUR 26,91 - EUR 29,90*

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Chromis dimidiata - Half-and-half Chromis

EUR 14,31 - EUR 15,90*

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Dascyllus aruanus - Whitetail Dascyllus

EUR 15,21 - EUR 16,90*

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Chrysiptera rollandi - Rolland's Demoiselle

EUR 13,41 - EUR 14,90*

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Pseudanthias huchtii - Redcheek Anthias

EUR 31,41 - EUR 34,90*

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Dascyllus carneus/reticulatus - Cloudy Damselfish

EUR 14,31 - EUR 15,90*

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Dascyllus trimaculatus - Domino Damselfish

EUR 13,41 - EUR 14,90*

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Chrysiptera cyanea - Blue Damselfish

EUR 13,41 - EUR 14,90*

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Pseudanthias tuka - Yellowstriped fairy basslet- female

EUR 31,41 - EUR 34,90*

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Ostorhinchus (Apogon) cookii - Cooks Cardinalfish

EUR 18,81 - EUR 20,90*

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Pseudanthias squamipinnis - Lyretail Anthias

EUR 24,21 - EUR 26,90*

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Pseudanthias squamipinnis - Lyretail Anthias (Male)

EUR 34,90*

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Pseudanthias squamipinnis - Lyretail Anthias - harem of 5 (4F 1M)

EUR 134,90*

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Pterapogon kauderni - Banggai Cardinal (Aquacultured)

EUR 39,90*

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Pictichromis paccagnellae - Royal dottyback

EUR 23,90*

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Serranocirrhitus latus - Hawkfish anthias

EUR 79,90*

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Pseudanthias pleurotaenia - Square-spot fairy basslet

EUR 49,90*

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Anthias and damselfish are very popular fish for the marine aquarium. Specially anthias from the Indo-Pacific ocean of pseudoanthias species like jazzy orange coloured and easy to be maintained jewel- anthias pseudanthias squamipinnis, pseudanthias cooperi, pseudanthias dispar and pseudoanthias tuka are the ones usually marvelled at in the marine aquarium. Anthias are schooling fish and should thus be kept with at least 4-5 specimen. In the aquarium the anthias usually remain small which reach a final size of upto 13cm-15cm in the sea.

Due to the necessary school of fish, an aquarium of 500l is recommended. Damselfish like the known Chromis viridis (chromis) are schooling fish but they are a lot more aggresive than anthias and thus form couples and mark their territories. The same applies to other damselfishes too like yellowtail damsel (Chrysiptera parasema) or Dascyllus melanurus (Blacktail-dascyllus) which are also found in nature in schools but are very less in number in the aquarium. If one has a sufficiently large tank, then it is possible to keep a school of fish, in small tanks it becomes difficult to keep pairs.

Keeping damsel fish and Anthias

"Harem or solo? It depends... "

Generally there are exceptions of ruffians in the damsel fish like pseudoanthias-species – please be informed before buying!

Feeding of anthias & damsel fish

Anthias feed on plankton which they usually get in open water. They eat continuously in the sea, in the same manner, they should be fed often during the day. Once they are familiar with the aquarium live, then it is easy to keep anthias P. squamipinnis by feeding just ca. two times a day. We recommend NYOS Goldpods for all anthias which can be added through a dosing pump several times a day. The change to new food habits can be very tricky for few species like P. ventralis or P. Tuka in which case these species are recommended only to experienced aquarists. Anthias sold in our shop accept frozen food very well. Please ask for feed varieties used for individual species.

Tanksize and behaviour

Anthias have a very interesting swimming behaviour which can be observed only in aquariums upto 500l. Each harem consists of one male fish with several female fish in a different hierarchy. If the male anthias dies or has become weak due to some disease, the highest-ranking female fish converts to a male within few months.

Buy and order anthias online

When ordering online, you can select anthias at Whitecorals: Either you decide directly for a harem with one male and several females which we can arrange for you. Alternatively, you can order females only out of which the highest -ranking would convert to male. Please do not add two males in one tank.

Problems and diseases in anthias: Pop eyes

In addition to the somewhat tricky feeding during familiarization, the male anthias are susceptible to so called „Pop eyes“. This is due to the intra-species ranking in the harem and stress in the tank. In nature, this would cause death of the animal. In the aquarium the swelling rebuilds often, sometimes even leading to blindness. A good and vitamin-rich food and limited stress in the tank supports the healing process.