ORA Pygmy flame back angels! ❤

[oceans garden aquaculture]

ORA Flameback Angelfish Captive Bred - Oceans Garden Aquaculture

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[Robertellis30]

How would these guys go with a potters and flame angel?

 

[oceans garden aquaculture]

How would these guys go with a potters and flame angel?

Hi! What size system are you working with?

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Hi! What size system are you working with?

I love that you asked this first. If there was a respect option on the like button I would give it.

 

[Robertellis30]

Hi! What size system are you working with?

Red Sea 300xl

 

[oceans garden aquaculture]

"Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you"
---Confucius---

 

[oceans garden aquaculture]

Personally I'd say a 150+ would be ideal. I have seen dwarf and pygmy angels housed in 75 gallon tanks successfully though. I definitely wouldn't do it without a substantial amount of rock work for the pygmy to hide if things get heated.

 

[Dempsey941]

As a captive bred species is there any reason that it’s more/less reef safe than its wild caught relatives?

 

[oceans garden aquaculture]

As a captive bred species is there any reason that it’s more/less reef safe than its wild caught relatives?

Honestly the pygmies are pretty reef safe in general. You could debate that it's less likely to consume polyps because it's never seen them before and has been well established on small pellet and frozen feeds. I personally wouldn't and won't hesitate to add one to my personal reef tanks.