Potters Angel

[Bmgrocks]

A question about the potters Angel

I have been doing outside research, as i do with everything, to reduce pulse purchasing, and found a Beautiful potters angel at my LFS, the bottom half is almost purple.

Exactly How Hardy are they? The LFS said about every Other One, comes in alive, they get one every 2 months, because of it.

How Reef Safe are they? I've Had Flames, no Problems, Heard Lemonpeels, Def. Not Reef Safe and Coral Beauties, No Problems,

Any Experience with the Potters.
Are they Reef Safe
What should I know Ahead of time


they are selling it for $75, kinda expensive, but never seen a Potters like that one... Big size, lots of purple on its belly, really unique.

 

[Bmgrocks]

does anyone have any expierence
heard anything
about potters angels?

 

[Jerry W]

I've kept two of them, both in FOWLR systems, so can't comment on their reef compatability. The first one I had died within a month, but it was most likely due to my inexperience. The second one was with me over a year until I traded it in. It ate everything and was a very healthy specimen. THat said, there are several threads on this fish, and IMO many accounts point to the fact that it is a somewhat demanding species with a poor long term (over two years) survival record. They are truly one of the nicest looking centropyge angels, but it may not be the best choice. My lfs sells them for about $50.00 but only gets one in a few times a year.
hth

 

[Joshua1023]

I have one. He's been in my tank for about 5 months. He's doing well. They need alot of algae and live rock to pick at for the first few weeks until they acclimate and will accept processed food.

Once that is accomplished they seem to be as hardy and social as flame angels.

As for the reef safe aspect, I would give them a thumbs up. I've never seen him pick at anything except for this one leather coral I have w/ tiny polyps. He never rips it or anything, it just seems like he is stealing some of the food the coral collected. He is a model citizen w/ my clams, sps, and lps corals as were the flame angels I've had in the past.

If at all possible try and get one that has a little size to it. At least an inch long. And try and find one that is eating already, although those are very far and few between.