Asfur Angelfish

[zachluhrs]

What are your opinions on the Asfur Angel being reef-safe.

 

[SDguy]

I think copps has one...may want to PM him.

 

[LargeAngels]

50/50. IME a larger one was not an issue at all. Smaller one was a pest and had to return it.

 

[copps]

Mine was yanked after picking on my sps... He was small when I got him... 3 inches or so but I've kept him in another system awaiting my fish only... I've had him over a year now and he's grown quickly... He was a must have though... very long streamers for his size, and I also remember 15+ years ago when they commanded interuptus like prices. so I'll always have a sweet spot for them... the queen angel of the Red Sea...

 

[naeemn]

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[naeemn]

doop sorry my mistake , I wanted to ask what you guys feed your asfur i got one very healthy eats great i feed him mysis shrimp anything else i should feed him? sorry for jumping on this thread

 

[copps]

Mysis is good... I've always fed my angels the gel bound Ocean Nutrition cubed foods, including the angel formula (with lots of sponge) and Formula 2 (with lots of vegetable matter). Also Spectrum pellet foods... I've recently started feeding the large pellets (3mm) and like them. I much prefer chunkier foods... instead of those that dissipate in the tank and go straight to excess nutrients...

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

Mysis is good... I've always fed my angels the gel bound Ocean Nutrition cubed foods, including the angel formula (with lots of sponge) and Formula 2 (with lots of vegetable matter). Also Spectrum pellet foods

This is almost exactly what I feed my angels along with the excellent Hikari food line, blood worms, krill, mega marine, ect. I feed PE mysis and have had excellent luck and the fish love it. I also feed nori sheets. I am becoming a real believer in the Spectrum pellets, I have noticed my fish are looking better every day since I have been feeding it and have noticed other people keeping some pretty delicate fish like regal angels, moorish idols, and others (I'm keeping a flagfin, another touchy species), feeding the Spectrum food.

I had an asfur for over four years in a soft reef; leathers, shrooms, GSP, anemones, and he didn't touch anything. He went from about 4 inches to around 7 and was well behaved except with a frag of frogspawn I tried which he happily devoured. I never tried and other stony corals or clams.