Golden Angelfish (Centropyge aurantia) Reef Safeness?
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CoralsAddiction
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I saw one for $100 at a store in Orange County, CA.
What would he go after?
Fishmaster13
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Most likely your zoanthids. Correction. He almost certainly will devour all your zoanthids. If you don't have any or don't really care about the ones you do have, he should be fine as long as you know he also might nip and clams, oysters, scallops, feather dusters, and stuff like that (feather dusters are the only real concern out of those things). I only keep Anglefish in my non reef tank because while I love them i don't want them destroying all my zoanthids. I have tons and do not want to give them up. So if you don't have zoanthids and/or feather dusters, you're good. Also, it's not garunteed that they wil eat those things, but they're like butterfly fish; they probably will.
Toddrtrex
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Fleshy LPS, IME.
From about 5 years ago, give or take. Lost it when the pink skunks chased it into their S. haddoni, they were sold to a local breeder the next day -- mean SOBs.
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From about 5 years ago, give or take. Lost it when the pink skunks chased it into their S. haddoni, they were sold to a local breeder the next day -- mean SOBs.
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I have a couple zoanthids, but don't really care for them so if he nips him no big deal. I also keep my tank pretty well fed, so hopefully that would help. Most of my experience has been with larger angels (regal) and reef safe ones (bellus and spotbreast) and not that much with the dwarfs.
o2manyfish
o2manyfish
I've been keeping Golden Angels for the past 15 years. I haven't had one that was overly destructive, and zoanthids are definitely not in peril.
This is an extremely shy and reclusive fish. You need lots of healthy established rock for this fish to live in. They almost never come out to feed. I've had several different Goldens over the years, and kept them in pairs. It's not uncommon to not see this fish for months at a time.
Mine recently photobombed a photo and I hadn't had a glimpse of him in probably 6 months.
Dave B
This is an extremely shy and reclusive fish. You need lots of healthy established rock for this fish to live in. They almost never come out to feed. I've had several different Goldens over the years, and kept them in pairs. It's not uncommon to not see this fish for months at a time.
Mine recently photobombed a photo and I hadn't had a glimpse of him in probably 6 months.
Dave B
alton
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I always knew where mine was hiding because of the partially eaten SPS. I read an article somewhere on how they are caught and it said divers look for a small area of dead coral and normally find one. They are beautiful fish, mine only bothered SPS. I would probably still have mine but my male Flame Angel hated him so it wasn't fair to keep him in such danger.
Nipping at SPS is a deal breaker for me :sad1:
^^^^^ This!
