Rock beauty

[BEN BOGDAN]

I was wondering if anyone has had luck keeping a rock beauty angel for any length of time? I hear they are tough. Found one about 4 inches looking good and eating at my lfs.

 

[Luiz Rocha]

I kept one back in the day for about 3 years, ate everything but you have to supplement its diet with algae or it will lose its colors.

 

[BEN BOGDAN]

Thanks luiz What kind of algae did you feed yours? Did he go after your corals?

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Back in the day I didn't have any live coral, lights weren't good enough to keep them alive so it was a fish only tank. As for algae, I usually mixed whatever I could find in his meaty diet, if you mix bits and pieces of algae in mysis or similar he will go for it.

 

[Gatorzone19]

I have had my rock beauty for about 6-7 months now and I feed it NLS Pellets and algae sheets. I collected the Rock Beauty off the coast of Florida.

 

[smb2]

In the wild they will graze on algae but don't mind nipping at hard corals, anemones and especially feather dusters. They seem shy and like their caves, but will cover a lot of territory on their feeding rounds.

Picture posted earlier, trying in vain to keep up with Luiz.