Angel Fish Question

[remiball]

Are there any Angel Fish that are actually safe for a mixed reef? Not a dwarf.

Marc

 

[albano]

Genicanthus are best choice ... I have 5 in my tank...

 

[wayne in norway]

You're going to have to suck it and see but at one point I had a regal, goldflake and majestic, problem free for many years, in my mixed reef.

Just try it. Armageddon is unlikely

 

[o2manyfish]

Depends on the particular fish... I currently have pair of Belus, Gold Flake,Red Sea Regal, Trio of Venustus, Pair of Multi-Bar, Spawning Flamebacks, Pair of Golden, Flame and Multicolor all in the same tank and my corals and clams are all intact and happy.

Dave B

 

[Daniel Machado]

Well...

My majestic killed an elegance coral, several types of mushrooms and a bunch of kenia trees... And liked to nip at the leathers keeping their polyps closed.

Just my 2 cents.

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[Bill FitzRandolph]

My regal was fine with everything but trachy brain corals.

 

[scooter31707]

I don't have any experience in this, I wanted to just follow along. I read that alot of reefers that had angels that eat their corals were mostly LPS or Softies. I heard alot they have better success with SPS dominant tank.

 

[alex gonzales]

lfs has a rock beauty angel that is stunning, and might just go pick it up! It would be my first angel in this mixed reef.

 

[albano]

lfs has a rock beauty angel that is stunning, and might just go pick it up! It would be my first angel in this mixed reef.

I believe that Rock Beauties are sponge eaters, and not the easiest to keep alive

 

[powder_blue]

My regal will occassionally nip at the acans but nothing major.

 

[3dees]

Lamarcks angels are zooplanktivores and will not bother any corals. I have one with all softies and lps. great fish.

 

[hobbzz]

Genicanthus like lamarks or bellus. My lamarks ate my meteor shower cyphastrea despite being fed twice daily, but that's not normal. They are planktivores like anthias.

 

[Kies1]

Swallow tail angel in my mixed reef, awesome fish

 

[gsiegel]

I have a trio of Bellus - 2 female and a male, All is good

 

[Scubaken]

My emporor munched his way through all my corals, he really enjoyed them too.

 

[Stevenliu9]

Genicanthus are best choice ... I have 5 in my tank...

This, all genicanthus should be reef safe- love the Watanabe, very robust fish. And personally I think female Swallowtail and bellus are both prettier than the male.

 

[JoelA7]

Albano is correct. Rock Beauty needs sponge in diet and difficult to keep long term. Gorgeous though.