Adding 2 flame angels into 180?

Stevenliu9

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I just bought a 180G RR. I am spending this week finishing some of the carpentry and plumbing and am planning to combine what's in my two tanks- 75 & 92corner into the 180 next week.
My biggest concern is I have one flame angel in each of the two tanks. They are similar in size with one a bit "thicker" than another.
This is the "thinner" one http://thewetandwild.blogspot.com/2014/10/20141016-flame-angel.html
This is the "thicker" one (sorry I don't have a close up)
http://thewetandwild.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-03-20T01:36:00-05:00&max-results=7&start=84&by-date=false
The thicker one has been living with clam and coral for over a year so I know it's a model citizen. The other new guy has only been in my tank for a month and so far left corals alone but I don't know of clams yet.

Does anyone have experiencing housing two flame angels in one tank peacefully if added the same time? I do plan to still have the 75G up and running for some of the bullies I currently have and don't want to throw into the 180, that list includes a flameback angel. So if I don't throw the flame angel into the 180 together, will one of them be OK with the flameback in the 75?
thoughts please!
Thanks
 
Hard to tell from pictures... are their anal and dorsal fins the same shape? (( pointed, or rounded )) If so, you have 2 of the same sex, which could very well lead to issues. If one is pointed, and the other fish has rounded ones, you stand a better chance of it working.

Not the best pictures, but you can sort of see what I am talking about here (( bought them as a pair --- lost the smaller one when I moved ))

Flamepair7.jpg


Flamepair6.jpg
 
Hard to tell from pictures... are their anal and dorsal fins the same shape? (( pointed, or rounded )) If so, you have 2 of the same sex, which could very well lead to issues. If one is pointed, and the other fish has rounded ones, you stand a better chance of it working.

Not the best pictures, but you can sort of see what I am talking about here (( bought them as a pair --- lost the smaller one when I moved ))

Flamepair7.jpg


Flamepair6.jpg

+1 you need one with a pointed and one with a rounded anal fin. Also usually one will have thicker black bars
 
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