Favourite Dwarf Angel
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bigmayreefer
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I like my pygmy/cherub angle in my 29. I also like flame and golden dwarf angles.
ACBlinky
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My hands-down favourite Centropyge angel is C. potteri, Potter's angel. I haven't been able to find a healthy one, I've bought three and all died within about a week. Here's a picture of the last one. She seemed happy and healthy, ate like a pig until day six when she rapidly declined over a 12h period and then died 
You might want to stick with one of the 'dwarf dwarf' (pygmy) angels for a 29g, most of the others are too large for a nano. Cherubs are gorgeous, but even the less flashy pygmies are still overflowing with personality -- I love my flavicauda to bits, he's loads of fun and pretty in his own way.
EDIT --> I found a picture of the flavicauda, this was taken with the flash so the colour is off. Under tank lighting he's got cream lips and a cream tail, a blue edge to his fins and the majority of his body is a purply-brown.
You might want to stick with one of the 'dwarf dwarf' (pygmy) angels for a 29g, most of the others are too large for a nano. Cherubs are gorgeous, but even the less flashy pygmies are still overflowing with personality -- I love my flavicauda to bits, he's loads of fun and pretty in his own way.
EDIT --> I found a picture of the flavicauda, this was taken with the flash so the colour is off. Under tank lighting he's got cream lips and a cream tail, a blue edge to his fins and the majority of his body is a purply-brown.
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lilprincess
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My favorite is the flame angel, my second choice is the coral beauty.
I love Coral beauties, but both of mine died quickly after seeming to adapt to my tank.
Curently I have a Cherub ( small, under an inch) that is taking over the tank. C. argi have plenty of personality.
I wanted a flame, but I have a Wellsophyllia brain in my tank that is my favorite hard coral, so no risks.
My LFS had a White-tail ( Flavicauda) as well, the C. argi was trying to kill it. They still have that fish, I bought the Cherub. Thing has more color than I thought too..
Matthew
Curently I have a Cherub ( small, under an inch) that is taking over the tank. C. argi have plenty of personality.
I wanted a flame, but I have a Wellsophyllia brain in my tank that is my favorite hard coral, so no risks.
My LFS had a White-tail ( Flavicauda) as well, the C. argi was trying to kill it. They still have that fish, I bought the Cherub. Thing has more color than I thought too..
Matthew
r00onmac
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coral beauty... ironically enough i came onto the reef fish forum to ask questions about these beautiful dwarf angelfish... in most of your experiences are they pretty well behaved? i dont have any SPS but i am a big fan of LPS like torch, frogspawn, hammer, etc... do they generally do well in tanks with softies and lps like those listed or do they like to devour zoos and lps tentacles?
RichConley
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Potters, definitely.
I lost mine ( had him a year, ate anything) in a recent tank move
I lost mine ( had him a year, ate anything) in a recent tank move
Monkeyfish
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hgbarwick
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7740114#post7740114 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ACBlinky
My hands-down favourite Centropyge angel is C. potteri, Potter's angel. I haven't been able to find a healthy one, I've bought three and all died within about a week. Here's a picture of the last one. She seemed happy and healthy, ate like a pig until day six when she rapidly declined over a 12h period and then died
You might want to stick with one of the 'dwarf dwarf' (pygmy) angels for a 29g, most of the others are too large for a nano. Cherubs are gorgeous, but even the less flashy pygmies are still overflowing with personality -- I love my flavicauda to bits, he's loads of fun and pretty in his own way.
EDIT --> I found a picture of the flavicauda, this was taken with the flash so the colour is off. Under tank lighting he's got cream lips and a cream tail, a blue edge to his fins and the majority of his body is a purply-brown.
Beautilful angel ACBlinky!
thriceanangel
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I know a guy that has a coral beuty that picks at everything! SPS LPS and softies. Doesn't devistate anything but still picks at polyps.
Billybeau1
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I have a flame, have had coral beauty, bi-color. But if I was to get another one, I would like a multicolor.
I wish the Potter's had lived, she was a sweetie. The flavicauda has a fantastic personality and he's pretty in his own way Similar threads
