Corals vs. Butterflyfish and Angelfish...

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Thinking of turning my 65 fowler into a reef...I have a Singapore angel and a lattice butterflyfish...is there a type of coral that these fish would not readily consume?;Drool
 

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In my experience there is no way to tell individually. The Singapore will nip at lps and sps. The butterfly will also nip sps and softies and zoas
 

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The angel is unlikely to do much nipping if fed regularly. I would be more concerned with the butterfly. if you want to keep anything more than mushrooms and leathers you may have to find it a new home.
 
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The angel is unlikely to do much nipping if fed regularly. I would be more concerned with the butterfly. if you want to keep anything more than mushrooms and leathers you may have to find it a new home.
So leather corals and shrooms will be OK?...that's a start...not interested in a major reef...just want some interest and color...
 

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Mushrooms are probably ok. Probably rock anemones and BTA. I had a Singapore and he was a model citizen for a long time. Then one day. Sps and euphelia became dinner.
 

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I love angelfish and I had to remove my coral beauty as he started attacking my corals, I over fed my tank and it did not stop it. They are pickers and then tested and coral was like hummm this is nice nom,nom ,nom.

I was gutted but I won't put another angelfish in my reef again.
 

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