Cream angel (Apolemichthys xanthurus) demeanor?

[kaiboshi]

I'm looking at adding a cream angel (Apolemichthys xanthurus) to my 125 fowlr. At this point my inhabitants are more peaceful-ish types: 4 lyretail anthias, a black cap basslet and a desjardini sailfin tang. It seems from my reading that the cream angel is an agressive fish. Just how nasty are we talking?

 

[rachenbrazil]

They pretty calm considering other angels as emperor , passer , queen...

I had one in my FOWLR and never bother anyone , any angel or other fish.... maybe your sailfin will pick on him ...

 

[kactusficus]

Hello,

Mine was quite agressive towards the coral beauty angel, even though the dwarf angel was in the tank years before the cream angel...
The poor centropyge was barely allowed to appear in the water column... most of the time, he had to stay in the caves and rocks.

I was not annoying any other fish.

The worst being this angel was eating all my LPS corals, mainly Trachyphyllia, Catalaphyllia, Scolymia, Duncanopsammia, and the gorgnians sometimes, even if I feed my fish a lot more than the average reefer.

I had to take it out of the tank, and give it to a Fish only tank owner.

cheers,
sabine

 

[tcmfish]

That is surprising it was aggressive. I would also be curious where the OP heard they were aggressive. Apolemichthys in general are one of the more peaceful genus of angels.

And angels eating LPS is no surprise....

 

[kaiboshi]

That is surprising it was aggressive. I would also be curious where the OP heard they were aggressive. Apolemichthys in general are one of the more peaceful genus of angels.

And angels eating LPS is no surprise....

TBH most of my "reading" was from online vendor websites (LA, BZA, etc) and they all list this particular fish as being agressive. WWM didn't have much info on this species that I could see aside from it being fairly hardy.

I figured since I couldn't find much info I'd ask the "general public" to see what their experiences were to clarify what I had read.

 

[The Reef Doctor]

The cream angel is not very aggressive, especially when it comes to angelfish. they are a reef caution as it depends entirely on the fish as to what it will nip. I have had one for about five years now and it has never touched my sps's or lps's though it did take a chunk out of one of my clams, but luckily gave up on that one. It took a liking to aiptasia when i had a problem with them and actually helped me clean the rocks, I'd pick up a rock to check it out and it would come up and pick the aiptasia off clean. It can become a little aggressive towards new fish when it has been in the tank for a while. mine has become that tame it even lets me stoke it when i'm feeding it algae. brilliant fish. understated colours but brilliant fish.

 

[The Reef Doctor]

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