New Borbonius Anthias

[MFlores888]

He settled in pretty well. My purple was trying to bully him but a week later and he's out and about with the other fish.

What a cool fish, glad I finally got one. Does anyone else have one that's larger? I'm curious what the average size is

 

[joseserrano]

They can get pretty big. 3-4” plus

 

[StanD]

I had one many, many years ago and it was about 3"+. At the time smaller examples of this fish sold for more than larger ones. Beautiful specimen, I can't really tell what size your fish is though.

 

[sharkbait]

I also had one a few years back 3” he was also really aggressive towards other fish but really beautiful looking fish

 

[sorinwilcox]

Nice pick up!! That is a great fish.

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[Coralsgrow2slow]

One of my favorite fish, they do get big I’ve seen them at least 5 inches and fat, I hear they can even hit around 6 inches. Mine is at least 3 inches but he’s growing quickly, definitely a predator he will eat anything that fits in his mouth. I have seen him swallow shrimp whole, so I’m wondering if he will start going after small fish when he gets even bigger.

 

[MFlores888]

This dude already eats anything that gets near him. Hopefully he doesn't find my eviota gobies to be tasty

 

[Sicklid]

Beautiful
Does some one know how long they live?


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[mattyzang]

brs has them in their tank that's always behind them in videos and they've been in there for several years

they should eventually get to 5-6", definitely on the large side for hobby anthias. i've never kept one, but afaik they're kinda more like a sunburst anthias than the pseudanthias we more commonly keep. more stationary, does better on their own rather than a harem, hangs under overhangs etc