Both - Spectacular angels!
I’ve had the Emperor Angel since April 2020 at about 1-1/4”, and he’s now about 4”… he didn’t bother any of the coral, I believe because I got him before developing bad habits…
I added the Regal about 14 months ago and that’s where destructive habits began.
Now I can’t have any long tentacle LPS, the Regal went for my Euphyllia sp. and the Emperor decided he was missing out and joined in the feasting. They eventually went for my 14” Aussie Elegance coral and that was the extent of their taste for coral, leaving my SPS, Nems, and all other LPS to remain…
I think the height of 27” with the fixture roughly 6” from
Lol we have more than that. We have the 180 gallon, 2x 20 gallon quarantines, the 65 gallon (which will be seahorses once these guys move into the 180), the 75 gallon reef, 2x 13.5 gallon fluval evo reefs, the 9 gallon clown pair, the 47 gallon rimless reef, 2x 150 gallon fancy goldfish stock tanks, a 5 gallon freshwater planted I set up for micro rasboras (looking for the right ones), a 125 gallon freshwater community, and a 3 gallon freshwater planted vase with a koi betta.
Holy cow!
It's what I do all day. I'm the petcare manager at the PetSmart where I work. I take care of animals all day every day. We also have 2 dogs, 4 cats, a parrot, 8 snakes, and 4 geckos at home, plus an orchard of about 65 fruit trees and a garden.
Sounds like paradise!
I’ve seen the same thing; my regal is the instigator in coral munching and the Emporer joins in if he sees the regal eating. They will eat elegance as they ate one in a day. They had shown no interest in it for a few days and I came home one day and it was a goner. They’ll eat acans, zoas, chalices, fungia plates etc. but leave torches, euphyllia, and sps alone. They’ll eat lobos and favia, but leave favites of the same color alone. It’s hit or miss, but the regal will taste everything at least once. When a new coral goes in, he’s tearing his fins out to get to it and inspect it and have a taste.I’ve had the Emperor Angel since April 2020 at about 1-1/4”, and he’s now about 4”… he didn’t bother any of the coral, I believe because I got him before developing bad habits…
I added the Regal about 14 months ago and that’s where destructive habits began.
Now I can’t have any long tentacle LPS, the Regal went for my Euphyllia sp. and the Emperor decided he was missing out and joined in the feasting. They eventually went for my 14” Aussie Elegance coral and that was the extent of their taste for coral, leaving my SPS, Nems, and all other LPS to remain…
That beautiful Regal Angel is just so tempting!!!
I had a feeling you might post here!
This is a game changer and there should be a separate forum for this topic.
Definitely agree with a lot of people on here. Add the fish you want, remove the corals they like to eat. I have a blueface angel in my SPS dominated reef and he doesn't really touch anything. He DID start to chew on softies so I removed them. I removed all the LPS before adding him to the tank just in case. My lagoon has 2 Rhinecanthus spp. triggers in it and they are awesome for a reef. Will add them to the SPS reef at some point I'm sure. Oh, and I did add a niger trigger to my main reef about a month ago.
Good point! I certainly don't think that it's wise to add fish willy nilly. The responsible reefer needs to do their research before adding ANY fish in my opinion.
Wish you lived closer - Im trimming back some corals and you could have for free!
plz share some love if you have extra trimming think to upgrade to a 150 reef tank, but just thinking of stocking it almost kill me.
