Nick's 360 Gallons Reef Tank with Angels

this is me · Feb 6, 2019

Little Porcelain Crab

this is me · Feb 6, 2019

Popping out of the water

this is me · Feb 6, 2019

Not sure how this Blasto is still alive with all those angelfish. I guess it's tucked away surrounded by sps.

this is me · Feb 6, 2019

this is me · Feb 6, 2019

this is me · Feb 6, 2019

Alright, I need to get my beauty sleep.
Actually, just sleep is a rarity with a newborn as any of you father would know.

Kmsutows · Feb 7, 2019

this is me said:
Are they frags or colony? Frags are more likely to not able to recover from the nipping. Also, what's the tank size and how many SPS you have. The more SPS you have, the better since it gives them time to recover before the angel gets back to nipping it again.

I HAD a lot of mature colonies. It's a 150 gal. Only 3 colonies have been able to hold up. I feed extremely heavy too. It sucks. They're the nicest flames I've ever seen

alpinestar · Feb 7, 2019

this thread is pure reef p o r n

this is me · Feb 7, 2019

Maybe you need more angels to keep them in check. ;Hilarious

Kmsutows said:
I HAD a lot of mature colonies. It's a 150 gal. Only 3 colonies have been able to hold up. I feed extremely heavy too. It sucks. They're the nicest flames I've ever seen

Reefpuck · Feb 7, 2019

Such a sweet tank! Love the variety of fish too. You get polyp extension with all those angels in there?

McPuff · Feb 7, 2019

Wow, I haven't seen this system in a long time. It looks great! I love it when I see others keeping angels in their reefs. Your choices are terrific. Surprised to see the euphyllia doing great in there! And the blasto too.

I had an annularis in my sps dominant reef and it was very well behaved (to coral). It grew from 1.5" to 7.5" in about 10 months! Very fast grower. Now, I have a blueface that has grown much slower. It is also a very good reef inhabitant and I have never noticed it picking at any sps. This is true for frags or large colonies. Originally wanted to keep two large angels but I may just stick to the one. A pygmy is possible but would likely be either a multibar or Potters.

Have always liked the mandarins but feared they would not do well with fast moving fishes. You have shown the exact opposite here. I will have to reconsider getting one or two!!

this is me · Feb 7, 2019

Reefpuck said:
Such a sweet tank! Love the variety of fish too. You get polyp extension with all those angels in there?

Here's my Diablo acropora before and after angelfish. This is pretty representative of polyp extension before and after angelfish in all the large colony in my tank.
I think the important fact is that I grew the SPS frags into decent colonies before adding angelfish. If I were to start off with all 1" frag right now with the angels I have, I would struggle I think.
Before. June 2017

Today with all the angelfish

xaflatoonx · Feb 7, 2019

absolutely stunning reef man... just mind blowing.

this is me · Feb 7, 2019

As you can see, some of the colonies I have in my tank are huge. The Pink table acro is probably around 16". I'm not a fan of fragging and selling and fill the tank up with more frags. I rather have the acro grow into their natural form and shape. It's more rewarding IMO.
Pink table when I got it as a frag back in October 2014

Today. I have given up taking picture through the acrylic box since the colony would not fit in it.

408Dartfish · Feb 7, 2019

Wow beautiful tank and great pictures. Congrats on the new baby. Dustin

this is me · Feb 7, 2019

McPuff said:
Wow, I haven't seen this system in a long time. It looks great! I love it when I see others keeping angels in their reefs. Your choices are terrific. Surprised to see the euphyllia doing great in there! And the blasto too.

I had an annularis in my sps dominant reef and it was very well behaved (to coral). It grew from 1.5" to 7.5" in about 10 months! Very fast grower. Now, I have a blueface that has grown much slower. It is also a very good reef inhabitant and I have never noticed it picking at any sps. This is true for frags or large colonies. Originally wanted to keep two large angels but I may just stick to the one. A pygmy is possible but would likely be either a multibar or Potters.

Have always liked the mandarins but feared they would not do well with fast moving fishes. You have shown the exact opposite here. I will have to reconsider getting one or two!!

Yup, Euphillia are perfectly fine with my angels.
I would love to have a pair of Multibar angels. I think they're one of the best looking dwarf angel. I tried a pair from LA but couldn't get them to eat in the holding tank so I haven't tried since. I think they're even harder to get to eat than a Regal angelfish.
Mandarins are more hardy than people realized when they have an abundant amount of food source. They're peaceful fish but I don't think they're that slow moving.