Angels and them tasty polyps

[JKDMan]

I know some angle fish like to eat coral polyps. I had kept a couple of majestics in my reef with no problems with them eating my coral. I have since got away from reefs and currently have a fowlr. I am setting up to get back into keeping corals currently. I no longer have the majestic angels. But i recently bought a juvi queen angel, and some zooanthids.
My buddy who reefs had a queen angel and it decimated his zoo's.
My question is this. Generally does it depend on the individual fish or are some species more likely to eat corals than others.
Thanks

 

[sc50964]

Some species are more likely to eat corals than others.

 

[ken6217]

I know some angle fish like to eat coral polyps. I had kept a couple of majestics in my reef with no problems with them eating my coral. I have since got away from reefs and currently have a fowlr. I am setting up to get back into keeping corals currently. I no longer have the majestic angels. But i recently bought a juvi queen angel, and some zooanthids.
My buddy who reefs had a queen angel and it decimated his zoo's.
My question is this. Generally does it depend on the individual fish or are some species more likely to eat corals than others.
Thanks

It's both but in my experience, it's the individual fish than the species.

I have kept past and present the following angels with no picking: French, Goldflake, Majestic, Regal, Queen, Potters.

I also had a Flameback and it picked at everything.

All my tanks were SPS with very little else to pick on.
Ken

 

[snorvich]

Large angels are not coral safe (except Genicanthus). Dwarf angels are usually not coral safe. Some corals are more susceptible than others.

 

[ken6217]

Large angels are not coral safe (except Genicanthus). Dwarf angels are usually not coral safe. Some corals are more susceptible than others.

My point was that I think it is more the individual fish, rather than the species.

Obviously the fish I mentioned are not reef safe, but worked for me.

I also found with other people that I know, large angels generally don't pick on SPS. For me, SPS is all I keep and if there are fish that I really like and want to take the risk, then I do. I can always get them out if they end up being destructive.
Ken

 

[joshky]

I also think tank size helps when it comes to successfully keeping fish that could nip. All fish have their own personalities so it's definitely possible to get lucky with fish that are more commonly known to nip corals.

 

[snorvich]

Large angels tend to leave SPS alone, but meaty LPS are fair game. I have found out the hard way that a fish can be reef safe one day and wake up the next and crunch on corals. (Red sea regal) But, if you want to roll the dice . . .

 

[JKDMan]

I'I've had two different majestic angels and neither of them ever touched a single
coral