Favorite Centropyge?

kangadrew · May 7, 2018

Hi all,

Wondering what your favorite Centropyge angels are. Looking to include a pair of Centropyge in an 8' tank.

Thanks
Drew

Tahoe61 · May 7, 2018

Potters, second Coral Beauty.

becks · May 7, 2018

Flame or lemon peel

eatbreakfast · May 7, 2018

Flame, lemon peel, or coral beauty. If I wasn't so worried about coral nipping I would have all 3.

becks · May 7, 2018

I agree with eat breakfast, lemon peels colour is so vibrant.

ca1ore · May 7, 2018

LemonPeel here too ..... and I keep one in my reef.

dragon99 · May 7, 2018

I enjoy my flameback, but Potter's would have been my first choice.

tripdad · May 7, 2018

Coral beauty and eibli

Xanthurum · May 7, 2018

Eibli, I don’t know why but I love them.

Potatohead · May 7, 2018

Eibli, Flame and Potter's for me.

Ascended Reef · May 7, 2018

Flame, Coral Beauty, or Flameback pygmy.

Sump Crab · May 7, 2018

out of the affordable species - centropyge shepardi

Claus84 · May 8, 2018

Xanthurum said:
Eibli, I don’t know why but I love them.

Me too! Don't dare put one in my reef though so i have a cb flame and biota coral beauty instead

Angel_Anthias lover · May 8, 2018

Potters, and not necessarily centropyge but paracentropyge: venustus and multibar would be my top 3 dwarf angels

KrisC · May 8, 2018

Love my Half-black Centropyge vroliki. If I could add another it would be a Coral beauty or an Eibli, they are so cute.

kangadrew · May 9, 2018

Thanks everyone for the replies. I was surprised to see it dominated by the more popular fish like coral beauties, flames, and lemonpeels - and not some rarer, higher-end fish like Interruptus or Joculators.

Definitely going to need something erring more towards reef-safe.
Tankmates will be a regal angel, a trio of Genicanthus, a bunch (25+) wrasses, and probably 2-3 tangs and maybe a few other smaller fish.

I think I've narrowed it down to a true Shepardi pair or a coral beauty pair.

Drew