New Tank mate

[rafa316]

Hello guys,

So it is time to add a new tank mate to my 75 gallon tank. Currently it houses
2 clowns
1 watchman goby
1 pistol shrimp
tons or nassarius, margarita snails and red legged hermit crabs.
90lbs of live rock

I am thinking on adding a Flame angel, I have read about them and it seems they will do fine. Can you share your thoughts with me?

Thank you,

 

[spw4949]

I have 1 in my 46 bowfront, he lives with a yellow watchman,maroon clown,firefish & a royal gramma. I added him last & he will be my final fish. He's been in there for about 3 weeks now, so far he's great, he will occasionally chase the gramma a bit & they go back & forth but so far it's really just been posturing. They are probably me favorite saltwater fish & IMO would make a great addition.

 

[rafa316]

cool! what do you feed him and how often?

 

[spw4949]

I feed my fish once a day. I feed him spirulina flake(he loves it),frozen mysis,frozen brine shrimp plus(it's a mix of a bunch of different things),formula two(frozen cubes)& frozen cyclopeeze. I also put Nori(seaweed) on a veggie clip during the day when I'm not home, i've yet to see him graze on that but I just started doing that a few days ago so it may just take him some time. He's always picking at my LR & grazing on algae. The big thing with him is because angels are really herbivorous I try & get him the spirulina flake or another plant based food like 3-4 times weekly. I'm lucky in that all my fish readily eat flake foods, I really do my best to vary their diet, IMO that's important. Like I said before though, really cool fish.

 

[rafa316]

Thank you Steve, this gives me a better idea about his kind. I was afraid he would eat my snails and crabs

 

[Ranchhand02]

I have never had any touble with the angel bothering the crabs or snails.

 

[rafa316]

Nice! cause I might be thinking on adding an arrow crab before him

 

[spw4949]

Mine has been a model citizen, I took a chance because I do have corals but so far so good....Heads up with the arrow crabs, they are definately cool but they are opportunistic feeders and as they get bigger they will snag some smaller fish if they get the chance....