my new emperor angelfish

[NYCBOB]

got it like 3 weeks ago. so far, it has been very good. hopefully it wont eat my corals and inverts.

 

[calvertbill]

Just out of curiosity, do you have a backup plan for when he starts munching on the cornucopia you've provided him with?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

nice baby! Feed it well so it doesn't stunt or develop HILLE

 

[NYCBOB]

if it does start munching on corals, i would try to catch it and move it to my other tank with softies only.

 

[sandwi54]

It WILL most likely eat your corals when it grows up, so have a backup plan for him when he does.

 

[NYCBOB]

what corals does it prefer?

 

[calvertbill]

BTW, I compliment you on some great aquascaping!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

what corals does it prefer?

softies! :spin3:

the only corals I see in your pix likely to get picked on are Sarcophyton and a red open brain

 

[kcrush4989]

softies! :spin3:

the only corals I see in your pix likely to get picked on are Sarcophyton and a red open brain

I got a real nice one a week ago that is going through its color morph and noticed it nipping at my green slimmer and a couple other sps this morning. I have kept nori and feed twice a day and he still nips. I had to more him to the sump till I find him a new home.

 

[NYCBOB]

leathers and open brain i can deal with. hopefully it wont touch my frogspawn.

 

[JAS5LF]

Most corals including the frogspawn will be fine. It'll go to town on the zoas and open brains though. They love those.

 

[shaginwagon13]

It WILL most likely eat your corals when it grows up, so have a backup plan for him when he does.

+1

I agree.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Most corals including the frogspawn will be fine. It'll go to town on the zoas and open brains though. They love those.

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But I bet it will leave a lot of the zoanthids in the pic alone.

It never hurts to have a backup plan. Well fed imps tend to leave many types of healthy corals alone. Theres a big difference between picking at and eating a coral- I would remove the red open brain ASAP because that one that could get eaten in one day. Pomacanthus imperator needs at least a 72 x 24 x 24 180 gallon aquarium.