Centropyge angels; How safe are they?

[mpoletti]

I have almost pulled the trigger three times on three different angels, but I am looking for a little feedback on how much terror they will cause in an SPS tank. I know that there are some very knowledgeable angel keepers here, so I would love some feedback.
I was thinking of starting with a multicolor. Would this be a good first choice? What are some of the others that have a better track record? I know that some are fish specific; rather a hit or miss, but any help would be appreciated.

 

[Charlie's Angel]

I have a coral beauty and flameback that are model citizens. I hear the multicolors are fairly safe. I am adding a potters this weekend.

 

[InLimbo87]

I had a coral beauty that started heavily nipping on my SPS after a couple of weeks in the tank. Back to the LFS he went...

 

[craiglanda]

Its 50/50! the people with bad experience with them will say they will nip, and the people with good experience will say they wont. It really depends on the individual fish regardless of species. Granted some species of dwarf angels have a better reputation than others...however, there will be someone out there that will tell you they had a bad experience with the more "reputable" species of dwarfs. So if it is a risk you wanna take then just keep a close eye on it and be ready to catch it if it starts developing a taste for your corals. I had a rusty angel that never showed any interest in my corals until one day....So, it could be fine for a length of time till one day it decides to just have a taste! So it is always something to watch out for...even the "model citizens" can turn corrupt!

 

[coolie]

I have a flame and a golden angel in a sps dominated. The flame nips at sps on occasion. The golden as far as I know has been a model citizen. If you like to see polyp extension on the sps, then you may have to catch the angel later on, if not go for it. My sps grow without issue, just don't see PE during the day If you have a bunch of sps, you probably will not even notice any problems. My vote is to go for it!

 

[thecichlidpleco]

my cherub has found an acan that he likes to menace, but besides the one, model citizen.

 

[snorvich]

I have a multicolor in each of my two tanks. So far, no problems. But I think it is a crapshoot and depends on the fish.

 

[oct2274]

i had a flame angel that destroyed 2 sps frags and a frogspawn. at the same time i have a coral beauty now and it never touches a thing

 

[thor32766]

this is all based upon what rish you what to take.

 

[JamesJR]

It really depends on the fish. Some dwarfs like the yellow and lemonpeel I would probably never put in a reef. Flames and coral beauties I would be a lot more open to adding to a reef.
with the exception to the geniacanthus angels, adding any angel to a reef can be a big risk.

 

[cloak]

Anyone had any problems with them picking at the spaghetti worms throughout the tank?

 

[craiglanda]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11663496#post11663496 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cloak
Anyone had any problems with them picking at the spaghetti worms throughout the tank?

What would be the problem with that? i think more people have issues with them nipping polyps!

 

[cloak]

The worms are the heart of my DSB. You feed the tank and the ground moves. Don't want to disturb that. Had a coral beauty in the beginning, but wasn't paying to much attention the fauna.

 

[craiglanda]

id be more worried about a wrasse disturbing that than a dwarf angel. I dont think that should be a concern if you are thinking of adding a dwarf angel.

 

[cloak]

Yeah, no wrasses for me anymore. Ate everything that moved pretty much. My LFS has had an eibli for months now. Nice fish. Don't know why someone hasn't bought it already.

 

[JamesJR]

eibili are pretty hardy but they can be pretty destructive.