reef safe angels

[michael_cb_125]

Any species of angelfish can be reef safe, one must recognize the fact that each fish is an individual.

~Michael

 

[JTR0510]

ive had 2 different coralbeautys and one would nip and the other would not.

 

[teemee]

+1 on the lemonpeel. It didn't touch my lps until it saw a labroides wrasse chomping down on my beautiful acans. The wrasse is now long gone, but so are all of my acans, sadly. It doesn't seem to bother any other lps, though.

 

[michealprater]

All angels are a gamble, depends on if u don't mind losing a coral to a gamble. That's why I have a frag tank, if they nip, the coral moves, but I am a angel first coral second type a person.

 

[Oceanic150]

I could not agree more,my Goldflake angel is the centerpiece of my tank.I have had it for over a year,feed once or twice a day and he has not bothered any of my many zoas !

 

[Angel*Fish]

That is bizarre.

It's not bizarre if the second tank was larger. Just like tangs, when an angel is in a tank too small they will not be as well behaved.

so it sounds like the bellus should be pretty safe as long as i feed enough?

What is your tank size? They get much larger than dwarf angels. S michael recommends at least 75 g. In my opinion you should add 25 g to that.

 

[brian15876]

ive had multiple coral beauties over the years, nice peaceful hearty fish and never seen them touch a coral

 

[ALH]

I got rid of my bellus for nipping.

 

[Toddrtrex]

It's not bizarre if the second tank was larger. Just like tangs, when an angel is in a tank too small they will not be as well behaved.
What is your tank size? They get much larger than dwarf angels. S michael recommends at least 75 g. In my opinion you should add 25 g to that.

Oddly enough, the tank is/was smaller.

 

[michealprater]

Angels are grazers in nature, therefore, you will have incidental pecking on sps. Whether it does damage or not is debatable. That being said, you will have this with tangs also.

 

[SDguy]

I really love my pair of blackspot swallowtails. I've had them 4 years, and they don't touch any coral.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=17990688#post17990688

 

[Angel*Fish]

Oddly enough, the tank is/was smaller.

Mysterious little fish.
What the heck tiny tank did you put that fish in? Bad, bad Todd! :lol: