SpookyMcSpooker
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I was curious if anyone has had a midnight angelfish. If you have, was it easy to care for? Did it pick at corals too much? Would you prefer it or a different dwarf angel or no angel at all?
Midnight Angelfish
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nonimmigrant
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I'm assuming you mean C nox no?
SpookyMcSpooker
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yes, C. nox is the angelfish that I'm refering to
Toddrtrex
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I have something similar -- for a while it was thought to be a blue color morph, but is now thought of as a separate species -- and I have found it similar to other dwarf angels.
Loves to nip at the live rock all day long, so does better in a mature tank.
Will sample most corals -- LOVES fleshy LPS -- and will go after stressed ones very quickly. Case in point, would nip at zoas from time to time, but no real damage. Well, my blue spotted puffer/toby started going after some zoas with gusto, the dwarf would finish them off.
Overall it is a mellow fish, it doesn't start anything, but isn't a wimp either. Think it is a great fish and very happy that I have one.
Loves to nip at the live rock all day long, so does better in a mature tank.
Will sample most corals -- LOVES fleshy LPS -- and will go after stressed ones very quickly. Case in point, would nip at zoas from time to time, but no real damage. Well, my blue spotted puffer/toby started going after some zoas with gusto, the dwarf would finish them off.
Overall it is a mellow fish, it doesn't start anything, but isn't a wimp either. Think it is a great fish and very happy that I have one.
SpookyMcSpooker
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well, maybe it'll help me thin out some of my star polyps and zoa's. They're growing like crazy and I'm out of space for frags. So I don't mind a little damage, just not catastrophic. Thanks for the info, hopefully others will chime in.
Toddrtrex
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xxtriggermanxx
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What if I ask you too ?
Toddrtrex
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Sure thing. Though I do need to take so more recent/better pictures.
Eating a pellet,
Back when I had it with a flame angel
nonimmigrant
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I've a normal run of the mill Nox in my FOWLR - fat little bugger. It was a very picky eater in the beginning, but it eats anything now. I've had it 5 years now. Great fish.
SpookyMcSpooker
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So if I get him young and keep him well fed he shouldn't do too much damage to my corals? As I stated, I wouldn't mind him eating some of the star polyps or some of the other corals, they're taking over everything, but I don't want him to decimate all the corals.
djkms
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Age and amount of feeding have nothing to do with "habits"
I added a small (young) Nox to my reef a couple weeks ago. I feed my tank twice through a auto feeder and a serving of Rods/PE mysis. My tank is very well fed. The Nox picked at everything, LPS, SPS, clams, rocks, etc. 2 days later it was taken out.
IMO nipping is not a matter of hunger but more a matter of personality and curiosity.
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