Half-black Pygmy angel

MixedFruitBasket · May 9, 2020

Can anyone tell me if this fish is risky as critter/algae grazer in a frag tank? All the corals are soft. No clams. Nothing else in the tank but a few rocks and frag racks.

pcon · May 9, 2020

Would not trust one at all with corals. Among the worse dwarf angels for coral eating in my opinion. and I keep a lot of risky fish in my tank. also angels are not particularly effective at managing algae if that's what you are asking for in an algae grazer.

nereefpat · May 9, 2020

Them and lemon peels are infamous coral eaters.

Really hardy dwarf angel though

MixedFruitBasket · May 13, 2020

pcon said:
Would not trust one at all with corals. Among the worse dwarf angels for coral eating in my opinion. and I keep a lot of risky fish in my tank. also angels are not particularly effective at managing algae if that's what you are asking for in an algae grazer.

I was wanting an algae eater and thought this one might work (since my tank is WAY too small for a tang) and in reading about dwarf angels on a couple of blogs they sounded like they might be useful grazers.

I haven't been able to acquire a new sea hare for the algae in my tank due to the shipping restrictions so I am trying to find something that will be able to hit the algae better.

pcon · May 13, 2020

the angels graze at algae and sponges but I have never seen them do a significant dent in algae. they tend to pick at small patches here and there throughout the day. A Salarias blenny would be my recommendation for a small tank algae grazer. But ultimately manual removal, tends to be most effective, along with a good cleanup crew of snails and hermits.

MixedFruitBasket · May 18, 2020

pcon said:
the angels graze at algae and sponges but I have never seen them do a significant dent in algae. they tend to pick at small patches here and there throughout the day. A Salarias blenny would be my recommendation for a small tank algae grazer. But ultimately manual removal, tends to be most effective, along with a good cleanup crew of snails and hermits.

Yes. I lost my blenny when we had to move the tank and put him in a temp tank. He jumped Luke five minutes before I was ready to put him back in. Even had a lid. All we can figure is he must have swam upstream of his he hob filter and gotten out. I have since no one is importing right now I haven’t been able to locate a replacement. I can’t even find a good doebella sea hate which has been the absolute best algae remover I’ve ever used.