All Coral Beauty Owners

[Ranchero]

Does anyone have a Coral Beauty that has almost no orange at all? This is my Fiji Angel so I am wondering if the Fiji dont have as much orange?

 

[Bax]

Here's mine. Not much orange. I'm looking for a female for him. Six years in my reef!

 

[Ranchero]

oh yours has some nice orange! Do you know if you can tell the sex of them?

 

[fish77]

I don't think there is a reliable way to tell the difference of gender of the fish

 

[lvpd186]

Here's mine. He looks way different from the OP photo (although I love the way that one looks ):

 

[Ranchero]

Yours looks alot like the first one I had a couple years ago.

 

[kingfisher62]

My first beauty was a real dark purple . I had him in a FOWLR with basic lighting and I thought his color was unimpressive. Maybe if my lighting was better at the time I would have liked him more. My second had much more orange wich I loved .
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[Ranchero]

Wow that one looks alot like mine..
Yea I am a little bummed because he almost looks black in the tank. The only time he shows color is when hes in the back of the tank.

 

[All Delight]

nice coral beauts

 

[kingfisher62]

Wow that one looks alot like mine..
Yea I am a little bummed because he almost looks black in the tank. The only time he shows color is when hes in the back of the tank.

That is exactly what I was talking about. I see you have SPS's . so I guess the better lighting does not help.

 

[kingfisher62]

nice coral beauts

Thank you!

 

[kingfisher62]

Here Is another pic of my orange one when he was displaying and trying to harrass a newcomer in the tank. note the paler color and the normally purple/blue fins changed color also. Boy, I miss the little fella!
I was thinking of getting a new one but was concerned about how reef safe they are.
Is yours well behaved?

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[flameangel88]

My first beauty was a real dark purple . I had him in a FOWLR with basic lighting and I thought his color was unimpressive. Maybe if my lighting was better at the time I would have liked him more. My second had much more orange wich I loved .
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The second one looks like a deep water variant. Very nice looking CB!

 

[Toddrtrex]

Mine is fairly dark, but still good looking -- IMO

 

[Bax]

I don't think there is a reliable way to tell the difference of gender of the fish

Age and size along with the elongated cheek spikes lead me to believe that if I am lucky enough to successfully introduce a smaller, younger CB the established one will become male if it is not already. If I'm luckier yet, they may pair up....

... Then again they may not. But, I have successfully paired three breeding pairs of orchid dottybacks and the attitude of those little guys is way tougher then any dwarf angel! I plan to use similar methods of introduction.

Sorry for the thread jack! :fish1:

 

[Moort82]

I read somewhere that the colour is to do with the depth the fish is found at. I've probably got it backwards but i thought more purple meant greater depth.

here's mine i prefer less orange

oh and good as gold with any corals so far.

 

[lvpd186]

Great photos all! It's kinda cool to see all these different variations!

 

[fewskillz]

Here's the best shot I've got of mine: