Most reefsafe dwarf angel

[Angel*Fish]

oops -double post

 

[saltysand]

can you have a dwarf angel without liverock if you supply them with seaweek , algae clips and blanched veggies and also angel fish food daily.

 

[Angel*Fish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7783299#post7783299 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by saltysand
can you have a dwarf angel without liverock if you supply them with seaweek , algae clips and blanched veggies and also angel fish food daily.

That's a good question - some angels are never going to eat off algae clips - most need microalgae & diatoms which grows really well on live rock and is not included in angel formulas as far as I know.

They must have lots of rocks as in the wild they are never far from a hiding place and swim in and out of the rockwork all day. An angel without rockwork would be a very stressed fish.

So if you have some other type of rock like holey rock, I imagine that would be fine unless you take it out and clean it at intervals. The key is to let lots of life grow on it for the angels to graze on & to provide lots of hiding places.

 

[scarter]

yeah, you never see them far from the rockwork, and they dart in at the slightest twitch from another fish

 

[Sheol]

I think LR is a prerequisite(sic) for keeping Centropyge angels, they just do better in a naturalistic setting..

IMO, anyway.
Matthew

 

[saltysand]

I purchased a coralife 50/50 bulb yesterday with a deflector , that guy at the fish store said that was the min. light I could have for live rock. I bought some 2 med chunks of live rock and 2 small pieces yesterday. Anyone in the nc area with any live rock and base rock for a good deal email me at kathyjacks@aol.com. I am in the market for some. I think 9 bucks a pd is a rip .

 

[scarter]

welcome to the hobby, everything is a rip. but to relax at night ant watch what you have made is priceless

 

[techrach]

I have a bi-colored and she is bad about nipping at my polyps. She also loves to chase my gobies. But she is beautiful.

 

[3.99AfterTaxes]

I sell a lot of dwarf angels, been doing so for the better part of six years. I've sold almost all of the dwarf's available in the hobby a hundred times over and the only one that has never received a nipping complaint is the Golden Angel (Centropyge aurantius).

 

[cyan0069]

Argi complex, Golden, Fisher's, and Pacific Pygmy are the best choices for a reef. Golden probably has the best temperment too. With that said, I have a Lemonpeel in a mixed reef, and up until about a month ago I'd have said that she's been a perfect angel for the last year. Now she's picking at just about every coral I have and she's kinda pugnacious. Live rock is nearly a must for any dwarf angel, at the very least some really broken in base rock (in the tank for over 1 year). They're all hit or miss, but it's to the degree they are reef-safe. I've done Flames, Coral Beauties, Cherubs, Lemonpeels, Potter's, and Half Black Angels over the course of the last 10 years, and IMHE the cherub is the closest to being reef safe out of the lot.

 

[Sheol]

But as said, cherubs are also about the most aggressive. Which isn't a problem in my tank, since all the other fish are damsels or relatives!

Matthew

 

[BMW///M3]

My cherub is a bastard, as soon as I put him in my tank he only goes after my sps, but ALL of them. I have to catch him, none of the pollyps have come out in about a week now b/c of him!

 

[Sheol]

Weird, but there are always exceptions I guess. ( Like the one up there eating toxic softies other fish avoid..).
Its always a gamble.

Matthew