reef safe angels
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I have a rusty Angel that is reef safe have had Pygmy Angels that also where R/S, Flames and Coral beauty's are most of the time. I have noticed that people who feed heavy seem to have better R/S success. If you where to feed once a day or every other day as some do, your fish would resort to looking for available things to eat even things they had no desire to before hunger kicked in. Others as they age and increase in size and there owners don't increase there feeding quanity, can expect the same. I blamed one of my Pygmy's when after watching closely it turned out to be red leg hermits eating my Zoo's
Toddrtrex
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I currently have 5 dwarfs, only one of them hasn't touched any of my corals, and that would be my Potter's. My coral beauty on the other hand LOVED LPS -- the reason I no longer keep LPS in that tank.
In the end, it is going to be a crap shoot -- each angel is going to be different. Though, IME, a lemonpeel and Bi-color were the LEAST reef safe (( they even picked at an S. Haddoni anemone )).
In the end, it is going to be a crap shoot -- each angel is going to be different. Though, IME, a lemonpeel and Bi-color were the LEAST reef safe (( they even picked at an S. Haddoni anemone )).
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interesting, my potters hasn't touched any coral either. He did however pester a clam to the point that I gave it away before it killed it.
Toddrtrex
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What is funny is that when the Potter's was in my 58, it would nip at my clam from time to time. For other reasons I moved it to another tank, then 6 months later I moved the same clam to that tank -- it ignored it.
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That is bizarre.
Toddrtrex
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I wouldn't go that far -- I have read a few posts about even then going after corals.
AfricaOffroad
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I have a small female bellus.
Had it a few months now in a LPS/Softie tank.
Got a couple of big juicy trachyphillia, it does not touch them or anything else.
Active fish with a lot of attitude, takes no nonsense from my big purple nor sohal tang which are each 3 times her size. I highly recommend the Vampire Angel (the small fang like markings on her top lip)
Had it a few months now in a LPS/Softie tank.
Got a couple of big juicy trachyphillia, it does not touch them or anything else.
Active fish with a lot of attitude, takes no nonsense from my big purple nor sohal tang which are each 3 times her size. I highly recommend the Vampire Angel (the small fang like markings on her top lip)
For any fish, there's always a few that stray from the typical, but tgetrs many more you've read that have been reef safe. Tangs are considered to be reef safe but I've heard numerous ones eating corals. I also said considered reef safe, not guaranteed. If your going to go with an angel, genicanthus is your best bet.
Same here nothing, tried a few different things and nothing.
zachfishman
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My flame would nip at my frogspawn occasionally, but it never did any real damage - the FS grew and looked great regardless. As for clams I just assume every dwarf angel is a threat.
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