Let's Go Fish Shopping In Alaska

[Alaskan Reefer]

125 needs a new fish. Current inhabitants are...

Powder Blue Tang / Ocellaris Clown / Six Line Wrasse / Royal Gramma / Orange Spot Goby

All are on the small side for their species. Basically, I want to add one more fish, and I'm trying to find a nice angel that is as coral safe as I can. If the choice is other (I'm open to any suggestion on fish), please elaborate -- I like multicolor fish.

LFS has some beauties in right now -- 1.5" Queen Angel, 4" Blue Face Angel, 4" King Angel, 4" Rock Beauty, 1.5" Flame Angel, 2.5" Coral Beauty.

My tank is very open, so a larger fish will have pretty good room for a 125. Water parameters and filtration equipment are excellent, no worries on bioload. Any special food or other needs for your choice would be good information.

Thanks!

 

[Amphiprion]

Well, assuming that potentially any angel can nip at corals, I would say the dwarf angels would be a better bet, seeing as how their diet is mostly filamentous algae, as opposed to benthic inverts like the others. You have a "reef beauty angelfish" in your poll--did you mean rock beauty? I have never heard of a reef beauty.

 

[Alaskan Reefer]

Sorry, rock beauty. Editing.

 

[Johnsteph10]

None of the named angels are reefsafe - at best some are only 50/50.

Go with a Watanabe (sp.) angel for a true reef safe pygmy angel. The large angels will get too big for a 125g as well.

 

[Alaskan Reefer]

Wow, that's a good looking angel that I hadn't seen before (watanabe).

Any other fish suggestions welcome of course -- I am definitely not interested in crowding down any fish, as you can tell with my choice of aquascaping.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

I have a majestic angel in my tank and he is great. I will admit it is a gamble though - others have had problems with them eating coral.