are foxface lo and flame angel reef safe?

[reg828]

are foxface lo and flame angel reef safe? im planning to add them to my reef tank

 

[bertoni]

Flame angelfish are sometimes reef-safe, more often not. They often end up nipping at corals. I wouldn't trust one.

The foxface is more likely to be reef-safe, I think. I'm not as familiar with that fish.

 

[Teremei]

Both fish are in the "might be/might not be" catagory. Though they are RELATIVELY safer than non reef fish.

I have a coral beauty and the most she has even done was nip at a brain once but didn't do any damage.

search "foxface" and you will get alot of results. MOST results are people saying their foxface was good. And a few saying they are not. You'll have a better change it will be ok, but there is always that small risk. I'm personally gonna try a foxface in my 125. Keeping them well fed will keep them less interested in corals IMO.

 

[raw88gt]

my flame angel doesn't mess with any of my corals but all i have are softies,mushrooms an zoo's

 

[JENnKerry]

Bertoni is right. I will add to that that I consider the foxface to be more "reef safe" than the flame. I do have a FF in my 125 and he has never even looked at a coral. I think if you do a search, you'll find that more people seem to have more success with FF's in reefs than the flames, at least from what I've found.

 

[bearpeidog]

Agree on the fox face. Nice fish - hasn't done a bad thing in my tank. Def good at algea control which is nice to have in reserve.

 

[Kookynewky]

I have a Foxface and I would have to say that it acts exactly like a tang. Only nibbling I've seen was on some algae.