Majestic Angel in a Reef

[Spartanman22]

I'm strongly considering a Majestic angel for my SPS reef. I'm wondering if anyone could provide some first hand experience with them and SPS. I have a local LFS that can get 2" juvis. It would be in my 100 gallon SPS dominant system. Now I know this tank will eventually be too small. However from my understanding they are one of the slowest growing adult Angels. I won't give the whole ordeal on how I'm going to upgrade to a larger system in a few years. I do have plans to re-home it. I imagine a 2" Juvi would do quite well for 2-3 years before becoming cramped.


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[carrots]

I raised a majestic from 1 inch juvi color to a 8" long 14 year old in a 90 gallon. She did fine with corals until year two. In a week everyone of my LPS and colts were ripped apart. She just got cranky I guess. Didn't have any SPS except for Monti. which she also killed. Always planned on getting a bigger tank for it but never happened.

 

[twon8]

The bigger the tank the less likely the fish will be to kill any specific coral but any angel in the pomacanthus genus is going to nip at corals


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[Tkieu78]

I have a 110 mixed reef. The majestic went for my lps chalice zoas and short tentacle plates. Loved the fish but he ate more then he was worth. Mine was about 3 inch


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[jmm]

I've had one for nearly 4 years. He doesn't bother anything. He ignores zoas, softies, LPS and SPS. He also doesn't bother any other fish.

 

[cFloor]

I had a majestic for two years in my SPS tank and he never nipped at anything. I really miss that fish and am hoping to find a juvenile to add to my reef.

 

[scooter31707]

Once again, it's a Angel, so it can be hit or miss. They will be good for years and one day decide they have the taste for coral. It's always a gamble to put a Angel with coral.

 

[ThRoewer]

Back in the late 80s I bought a navarchus and misjudge its size - he was way too large for the 750 liter tank I had back then. So I gave him to a friend who had a 2500 liter tank. The fish was doing OK in there, but out of sheer boredom he decided to shred all softies - just for the fun of it.