Most reef safe dwarf angel

[Recty]

That's a nice looking tank. And yes, my tank is small, this would be the only fish I'd have in it, it would be a complete reef with a small mantis shrimp and this dwarf angel.

I've had flames before but always just in a FOWLR so I never had to deal with risking corals. I'm leaning more towards trying it this time around those, I certainly like the looks of a nice flame angel.

A LFS has a flameback for sale for $30 and the cheapest I could buy it online is $60, normally it works the other way around here where it's listed online for $30 and I have to pay $60 local, so I was thinking about giving it a go. I wish I didnt like the look of the flame angel so much

 

[guppie]

I have had pairs of Flames, CB, and Lemon peals over the last 10 yrs with no problems, my tank is Softies, and LPS

 

[OoNickoC]

I have a handful of systems I still get to play with that have kept centropyge for years. The smallest about 17 gallons display. Though if your planning on housing frags that are expensive....it's really just luck and relying on internet/hobbyist conjoncure. RC search on the ones you like will give more than a brief read lol.

 

[wayne in norway]

I think you would need to be very, very unlucky with a flameback to get one that started nipping. I have owned several, and have never had an issue.

I have however owned a Lamarcks that nipped softies, so have 1st hand experience of misbehaving Genicanthus. Also I would only keep bellus in a 4 foot tank, and at least 5 or 6 for the bigger Genicanthus -they swim a lot.

 

[Recty]

I think I'll go with the flameback at this point due to the small size and the low potential to become a nipper.

A slight concern of mine is that this is my office tank and I wont be here over the weekend. Right now I dont have a good way set up for auto feeding, although I can, but for a little while at least he wont be getting fed for 2 days, so I bet he gets hungry which could lead to nipping...

I'm redoing my canopy and when I do, I plan on having a small spot built right into it for my autofeeder to go and be hidden from sight, then the fish can get food all days without problem, as long as he will happily eat flakes or pellets.

 

[johnike]

My 2 cents. I have had an Eibli for quite a while with no problems munching corals.
Beautiful fish as well.

 

[rssjsb]

I dont have any brain corals and I dont know that I ever will... right now I've got green star polyps, pulsing xenia and some button polyps. I'd like to eventually have some of the cool ricordea covering the floor and then some more small, easy to manage corals around the tank. I'm not actually sure what I want yet, other than I dont want to have to maintain perfect water conditions like SPS require, I'd rather be able to be a little more lax and just keep some LPS and buttons. Acans might be added at some point, which seem pretty hit and miss for dwarfs from what I can tell.

You ought to be ok with GSP and rics. Xenia and zoanthids are riskier but probably ok, too. Acans are more likely to get unwanted attention. I would try adding a really healthy small colony (to minimize delicious irresistible slime) only once you get your auto-feeder sorted.

Anyone know how dwarf angels sleep at night? Do they cruise around the tank slowly or do they pick one spot in the rock and jam in and sleep there?

I'm not entirely sure, but they do seem to disappear after lights-out, so I'm assuming they're jammed into the rocks.