Pygmy Angel Diet

[maxcab]

My fish (Chalk Bass, O. Clown, and my Pygmy) get mysis, Formula One and Omega One Super Veggie twice a day and I have a small clump of calerpa that my Pygme is grazes, but my calerpa is not doing very well and I'm woried that it will not get enough to eat.

Should I take some from my 75 @ school or try something different?

Is it not doing well because my pygmy is eating it/off it?

Does calerpa need a ton of light because at school, its doing great
and it's under a Coralife 250W MH Aqualight. Mine is in an Aquapod with CFs.

Or is it because the brown stuff COVERING MY TANK :mad2: is killing it.

Thanks for your help

 

[maxcab]

Here's a picture of the pygmy, the brown algae and the calerpa in the background.

There is a lot less calerpa (am I spelling that right?) in the tank now, the pict is a week or two old.

 

[maxcab]

Anybody?

 

[jc1of2]

It's got to be the angel nibbling on it. That is plenty of light.

 

[maxcab]

Is there a better algae that can handle it?

 

[ACBlinky]

Try feeding him dried seaweed sheets. My angels LOVE TwoLittleFishies 'Sea Veggies' (green), they attack the sheets as soon as I put them into the tank.
I second what jc1of2 said, it's likely the caulerpa isn't doing well due to the constant nibbling. I had some C. racemosa in my 65g and the angels ate all the little 'roots' connecting it to the rocks until it stressed, turned white and threatened to go sexual.

 

[Angel*Fish]

Or is it because the brown stuff COVERING MY TANK is killing it.

Diatoms can have a negative effect on macros, but you'd probably be able to see it

Diatoms do tend to be the #1 favorite food of dwarf angels, though, I'm sure the stuff isn't bothering your cherub at all! Well you can see what he thinks in the photo

 

[maxcab]

Yeah, he is always nibbiling on stuff.
I tried a piece of the green seaweed sheets but the pygmy didn't touch it. The snails LOVED it though, I just took a small sheet from school so no loss, but I did pick up a package of the red seaweed sheets, recomended for small angels, we'll try it.
Are diatoms the brown stuff COVERING MY TANK ( :lol: ) because if they are the favorite for d. angels mine needs to get busy.

oh, my calerpa never turned white, well... the roots did, but it never grew at all. At school, it's growing like mad.

 

[Angel*Fish]

Are diatoms the brown stuff COVERING MY TANK ( ) because if they are the favorite for d. angels mine needs to get busy.

:lol: I know what you mean, but it really is a favorite food. It's just more than one little chreub can keep up with, but they try

In case your tank is recently set up, you probably already know that a huge diatom bloom period is normal -- but I thought I'd mention it just in case.

I tried a piece of the green seaweed sheets but the pygmy didn't touch it.

With all those delicious diatoms, a pygmy may ignore this - if you keep offering it , he'll eventually sample it and will probably start coming back for more

 

[maxcab]

Yeah, I can scoop out all the brown stuff and by the next day it's all back, and yes it is a fairly new tank, set up mid march.

 

[Angel*Fish]

It doesn't do anything positive to remove it. Obviously it must be removed from any desirable coral or macro it's smothering & scraped off the glass, but it is not helpful to your tank to remove it, in my opinion.

 

[DeepReefs]

Angel*Fish are those 2 flames in your avatar in your aquarium and if so what size is it and did you put them in together ? I have a flame in a 75 im setting up a 125 and would LOVE to put 2 flames together !

 

[maxcab]

I would like a flame angel, the one at my LFS is beautiful, he's been there for over a month. He also costs 80.00 which is probably why he hasn't been sold.
I will stop scooping then, except when I do a water change. There's only so much I can take :lol:

 

[Angel*Fish]

Angel*Fish are those 2 flames in your avatar in your aquarium and if so what size is it and did you put them in together ?

Yes, but the male just died suddenly & somewhat mysteriously. I don't think 2 flames would get along in the same tank unless a mated pair. My tank is 100g, but the key was to find a female/juvenile flame which is not easy to do. Most of the flames at LFS's are already males.

The little female may be already showing subtle signs of turning male after just a week, could be my imagination, but I think she has a new attitude - I guess I'll just "allow" this & hope to find another female down the road. It will be interesting to watch her development. She's been such a sweet fish, I'll miss "her" -- but somebody's gotta keep the mean little cherub angel in line & a bossy male flame is just the fish to do it

 

[maxcab]

Very sorry
Which one died? The male or the female?
OHHHHH, flame angels are like clownfish, they can change gender.
:idea:

 

[nathansinger]

I've had great success feeding pygmy angels pure spirulina flake at least a couple times a week. Aquatrol makes a great flake that is cheap and holds together really well in the water. It's hilarious to watch a pygmy grab a flake twice his size and run around the tank with it while he tears little pieces off.

 

[Angel*Fish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7497553#post7497553 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by maxcab
Very sorry
Which one died? The male or the female?
OHHHHH, flame angels are like clownfish, they can change gender.
:idea:

Thanks.

Yes, it's just the opposite though - they start as juvi/females & in the absence of a male, the female becomes male.

I guess that did sound confusing - To clarify: it was the male flame who died. And when said I'd miss the female, I meant I'd miss her sweet female personality which I expect to disappear in the coming weeks - to be replaced by mean & nasty------
-nothing I can do about it though :mixed:

I'm sure you're aware that your little cherub angel can be quite belligerent - just to share an experience - After my male flame died I bought a large male flame angel to replace him....well the little female flame thought he was nice, the Herald's angel was fine with him - as was the Singapore angel. Who was it that chased this poor fish & kept him confined to a corner behind a power head??? You guessed it >>the little cherub -- tough cookie that fish! (I had to remove the male flame)

 

[maxcab]

Yes, my pygmy will chace my chalk bass into a corrner for no apperant reason, but my pygmy won't touch the clownfish. The first time I saw the pygmy take a swoop at the clownfish, the clownfish turned around and chaced him back to where the he was (my clown is about 1/2 the size of the pygmy) So I wouldn't say that the angels a tyrant, he knows who's boss, my little 1 1/4" clown. :lol: