POLL: Is your dwarf Angel reef safe?

[BZreef16]

I would love to add a flame angel to my reef at some point and understand the risk..... Hoping this thread can help with a solid answer.

 

[brclark82]

Maybe “so far” should be an option…I have a coral beauty for a few months that has been the most active algae grazer I’ve ever seen but hasn’t bothered any corals, so far

 

[fishywishy]

I would love to add a flame angel to my reef at some point and understand the risk..... Hoping this thread can help with a solid answer.

I would just go for it, I would say only 1-2 out of 10 actually nip. It Usually happens when you add Corals to a tank that already has an angel. Just keep it well fed and you will probably be fine. You can even make a deal with your lfs that if it nips you will bring him back.

 

[q8cyu]

So far my flame hasn’t nipped any coral (or not that I’ve seen)

edit: I’ve had him for somewhere around 8 months (It somewhere around that mark not 100% sure just a guess for how long I’ve had him)

 

[Undersea Gardens]

My coral beauty had never eaten anything it shouldn't get. Been about 3 years.

 

[Sleepingtiger]

If you''re keeping bunch of scolys, acans, brains, chalice... i wouldn't take a chance

if you got zoas, euphylia, sps... I would take a chance but keep a close eye.

my flame doesn't touch any corals. I don't keep any meaty corals

 

[i cant think]

I would love to add a flame angel to my reef at some point and understand the risk..... Hoping this thread can help with a solid answer.

Mine is currently reef safe however I don’t have many corals in with him and of the corals I do have, a lot of them are repeating species - Duncans, Hammers, Frogspawn, Mushrooms, Leathers, Chilli.

I do have 2 other angels with the Coral Beauty - A Regal Angel (3-4” transitioning to adult) and a Majestic Angel (1.5-2” Juvenile transitioning to adult)

 

[realwizer]

Both my dwarfs (different tanks) have been fine with all coral.

Coral beauty - SPS, LPS, Zoas, Clam.

Flame - SPS, LPS (including button scolys), Zoas

Even with a poll though, fish vary and you will not get a 100% certain answer.

 

[DeanoL]

I was just going to create a thread asking which of the dwarfs angel were the most reef safe......

I have a 60g with mainly LPS corals - a couple of soft (leather) and a couple of zoas.

The dwarfs that I narrowed it down to were: flame, coral beauty, pygmy (cherub) or a flameback.

Does anyone know which of those would be the best choice?

Flames are ridiculously expensive in Australia, whereas the coral beauty is much much cheaper (like 1/4 to 1/5 of the price). Don't see pygmy or flamebacks too often.

 

[Enchanted Reefs]

Mine enjoyed Sps polyps so I ended up giving it away. It didn’t bother the Sps to the point where they were dying but many of my Sps had retracted polyps. Not long after I got rid of him did I see polyp extension again from my sps