Paracentropyge

[dnsfpl]

care to share your experience in keeping Paracentropyge?

planning to keep multifasciata & venusta in my 4 footer

thanks in advance

 

[Toddrtrex]

I currently have a venusta in my 58 (( along with a coral beauty and a multicolored angel )), I have had it for about 6 months now -- received it from the diver's den section of LA. They can be difficult, so the key is starting off with a healthy one, mine started eating prepared foods within minutes of being released in the tank. Mine is fairly docile, so I would make sure that its tankmates aren't too aggressive -- or at least have it in the tank first and established.

 

[dnsfpl]

beautiful

thanks for sharing

 

[zachfishman]

Those angels ever bother your clam? I've always heard dwarf angels were murder to clams and a gamble for zoas.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Those angels ever bother your clam? I've always heard dwarf angels were murder to clams and a gamble for zoas.

When I first got it there was a nip or two, but now, ignores it -- except from picking at the shell from time to time, which doesn't cause any harm.

I have been lucky, none of my 5 dwarfs bother my clams and zoas.

 

[dnsfpl]

anybody tried buying meaty corals for them to nip?

will this increase the success rate?

thanks

 

[dnsfpl]

bump

 

[Toddrtrex]

While mine ate an open brain, it was already eating prepared foods, but it might help tied one over until it is eating prepared foods -- but I wouldn't think of it as a long term solution.

 

[SGH360]

Usually Dwarf angel start nipping corals at adult age. If kept well fed using their diet they should not be bothering anything since they will be always full