Captive Bred Angelfish Experience?

[Toby The Puffer]

Hi there,

I have been eyeing a captive bred goldflake angelfish for some time now and I want to hear from people with actual, long-term experience keeping the captive bred angels. Do they eventually nip on softies and lps just like the wild caught ones?

I know biota claims that people have better luck but exacylu HOW much better has everyone's luck been?

I'd appreciate it if you could all chime in. Thanks!

 

[i cant think]

Hi there,

I have been eyeing a captive bred goldflake angelfish for some time now and I want to hear from people with actual, long-term experience keeping the captive bred angels. Do they eventually nip on softies and lps just like the wild caught ones?

I know biota claims that people have better luck but exacylu HOW much better has everyone's luck been?

I'd appreciate it if you could all chime in. Thanks!

I voted no purely because I want to see the results, this is definitely going to be interesting to watch.

From my understanding, it’s the same odds as wild caught. Captive breeding doesn’t remove the instinct of sponge feeding (I find the Corals that are nipped off tend to be much like a sponge in texture).

 

[JayM]

I had a wild caught Lemonpeel for a few months (lost it to some sort of disease), but it never bothered any of my corals in that time.

But I’ve also wondered how much of fish behavior is learned vs. instinct.

 

[adsf430]

Also interested, might get a goldflake

 

[Jmp998]

My Biota Coral Beauty has been good so far (had her about 2 years). She is very well fed though, and I know this could change any time. I have mostly LPS, zoas, softies, only SPS are birdsnest.

 

[OrionN]

should have a choice: have not keep captive bred angelfish.

 

[Tchung23]

Following

 

[Cthulukelele]

I didn't vote as Ive only had wild caught angels, but the general rumbling on the forum has been they're similarly 50/50 with coral as their wild caught counterparts especially fleshy lps.

 

[Lebowski_]

The only Angel I have ever really trusted with the Swallowtail. I've never seen or heard of one being a bad reef citizen. All of the others are varying degrees of probability.

I know Sprung kept big Angels with his SPS but I believe he said he would never keep them with fleshier LPS or Zoas.