Potters angel

ca1ore · Jan 23, 2020

Another picture ….

Radman73 · Jan 23, 2020

They sure are a pretty fish.

Huff747 · Jan 24, 2020

When I first got mine I would use a little mastick and some LRS/Rods and mash it into a clam on the halfshell and drop it down in there and let him pick at it. After a while they picked up on the LRS/Rods (and everything else now) and they're spawning (or at least trying):

SeaDweller · Jan 24, 2020

Mine didn’t eat prepared foods for months. Instead, it grazed every single millimeter of rock I have until every single mm was devoid of any algae and anything it could pick. Mine is super fat. Once the surfaces were clean and nothing was left to eat, it began taking flakes and frozen.

NJDragonet · Jan 24, 2020

I am looking for one I used to have one but then I had to give him back because he was nipping at corals now I have a 450 fish only system they are very picking but they would like mysis and brine

calvertc425 · Jan 24, 2020

He’s shy lol

Angryminer_07 · Feb 10, 2020

Anyone had luck adding a potter to a tank with established flame?

I was looking at adding another dwarf but I’m worried with my current flame being well established.

calvertc425 · Feb 10, 2020

Depends on tank size

cancun · Feb 11, 2020

Angryminer_07 said:
Anyone had luck adding a potter to a tank with established flame?

I was looking at adding another dwarf but I’m worried with my current flame being well established.
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Hi there! What size tank do you have? I will tell you about my issue I had a few months ago. I have a 200 gallon tank. I had an established half black angel. I bought a beautiful 2 inch potters that was a trade in at my LFS. The second I dropped the potters in my tank the half black went crazy. I immediately got the half black out...took two nets and about a hour....and put him in the sump. I didn't want to risk putting him back in the tank a few days later so I traded him in at the same LFS. Potters is happy as a clam...!

Each fish is different though....so you can try it, but be prepared to remove one or the other. Keep in mind with a Potters they don't handle stress well, so if your flame goes crazy be prepared to take action right away. I wasn't going to just sit by and let them sort it out if you know what I mean. Dwarfs can do a lot of damage to the new dwarf in a short amount of time. Hope my experience helps.

cancun · Feb 11, 2020

Hi there! What size tank do you have? I will tell you about my issue I had a few months ago. I have a 200 gallon tank. I had an established half black angel. I bought a beautiful 2 inch potters that was a trade in at my LFS. The second I dropped the potters in my tank the half black went crazy. I immediately got the half black out...took two nets and about a hour....and put him in the sump. I didn't want to risk putting him back in the tank a few days later so I traded him in at the same LFS. Potters is happy as a clam...!

Each fish is different though....so you can try it, but be prepared to remove one or the other. Keep in mind with a Potters they don't handle stress well, so if your flame goes crazy be prepared to take action right away. I wasn't going to just sit by and let them sort it out if you know what I mean. Dwarfs can do a lot of damage to the new dwarf in a short amount of time. Hope my experience helps.

cancun · Feb 11, 2020

You guys take the best fish pics! Maybe I need to tell my fish to sit still or use a better camera other than my phone! LOL! Here are my recent sub par pics. He he!

Beautiful potters everyone!

vetteguy53081 · Feb 11, 2020

Let it graze. Once grazing, I dropped flakes in and it showed interest then went for the secret weapon - LRS herbivore diet and this us an eating machine now

cancun · Feb 11, 2020

vetteguy53081 said:
Let it graze. Once grazing, I dropped flakes in and it showed interest then went for the secret weapon - LRS herbivore diet and this us an eating machine now

Nice potters!!!!

cancun · Feb 11, 2020

I should add mine eats LRS Reef Frenzy and Mysis twice a day soaked in Vitality with the rest of the gang.

cancun · Feb 11, 2020

Huff747 said:
When I first got mine I would use a little mastick and some LRS/Rods and mash it into a clam on the halfshell and drop it down in there and let him pick at it. After a while they picked up on the LRS/Rods (and everything else now) and they're spawning (or at least trying):

Nice Potters Huff! I am glad they are doing so well!

Angryminer_07 · Feb 11, 2020

cancun said:
Hi there! What size tank do you have? I will tell you about my issue I had a few months ago. I have a 200 gallon tank. I had an established half black angel. I bought a beautiful 2 inch potters that was a trade in at my LFS. The second I dropped the potters in my tank the half black went crazy. I immediately got the half black out...took two nets and about a hour....and put him in the sump. I didn't want to risk putting him back in the tank a few days later so I traded him in at the same LFS. Potters is happy as a clam...!

Each fish is different though....so you can try it, but be prepared to remove one or the other. Keep in mind with a Potters they don't handle stress well, so if your flame goes crazy be prepared to take action right away. I wasn't going to just sit by and let them sort it out if you know what I mean. Dwarfs can do a lot of damage to the new dwarf in a short amount of time. Hope my experience helps.

125gallon display with lots of rock work. The flame covers most of it weaving in and out of the rock work. Guess I’ll wait on the potter until the flame dies or I up size the tank.

cancun · Feb 11, 2020

Angryminer_07 said:
125gallon display with lots of rock work. The flame covers most of it weaving in and out of the rock work. Guess I’ll wait on the potter until the flame dies or I up size the tank.

That's a pretty decent size display. You could try it and see what happens....but it was a total pita to get my half black out quickly. I was surprised how aggressive that half black was. I knew the potters wouldn't last long if I didn't get him out.

Fish Biscuit · Jun 18, 2020

My first potters was a model citizen with a mixed reef. I lost him in a power outage a few years ago. That fish ate like a pig & never touched any corals.

A month ago I added a small potters to our established 240. He was eating mysis at the store but won’t touch any frozen at home. Doing nothing but grazing besides an occasional bite of nori. I’m pretty sure he’s started coral nipping. I’m about to lose a hammer & my button coral is showing an inch of skeleton.

He’s on the thin side so I’m not sure if I should treat with Prazi yet. I’ve tried every flake, pellet, frozen & he won’t touch it even soaked in garlic. Ignores clam on the half shell, not really interested in nori. I added Ulva lettuce & red ogo to the display yesterday & it doesn’t look like he’s interested in that either.

Eva Rose · Jun 18, 2020

Fish Biscuit said:
My first potters was a model citizen with a mixed reef. I lost him in a power outage a few years ago. That fish ate like a pig & never touched any corals.

A month ago I added a small potters to our established 240. He was eating mysis at the store but won’t touch any frozen at home. Doing nothing but grazing besides an occasional bite of nori. I’m pretty sure he’s started coral nipping. I’m about to lose a hammer & my button coral is showing an inch of skeleton.

He’s on the thin side so I’m not sure if I should treat with Prazi yet. I’ve tried every flake, pellet, frozen & he won’t touch it even soaked in garlic. Ignores clam on the half shell, not really interested in nori. I added Ulva lettuce & red ogo to the display yesterday & it doesn’t look like he’s interested in that either.

Have you tried these frozen options:

LRS foods (Reef Frenzy or Fish Frenzy)
Hikari Mega Angel Marine (has sponge - good for angels)

My Potters eats more nori than my other dwarf angels. If you have bigger more boisterous algae eaters, add an extra nori clip in your tank far away from other nori clip.
Use a turkey baster, if you aren't already to feed thawed frozen foods. That way you can blow meaty food to boisterous eaters in one directions. Then some for timid fish in other direction.

If he still doesn't respond & it looks like a disease issue instead of timidity... look @ pulling him to treat in QT where he can be treated, eat & get back to a healthy weight.

Fish Biscuit · Jun 18, 2020

Eva Rose said:
Have you tried these frozen options:

LRS foods (Reef Frenzy or Fish Frenzy)

Hikari Mega Angel Marine (has sponge - good for angels)

My Potters eats more nori than my other dwarf angels. If you have bigger more boisterous algae eaters, add an extra nori clip in your tank far away from other nori clip.
Use a turkey baster, if you aren't already to feed thawed frozen foods. That way you can blow meaty food to boisterous eaters in one directions. Then some for timid fish in other direction.

If he still doesn't respond & it looks like a disease issue instead of timidity... look @ pulling him to treat in QT where he can be treated, eat & get back to a healthy weight.

I’ve tried LRS reef frenzy, Rod’s reef formula & fish eggs, Ocean Nutrion Formula 1 & 2 & prime reef, Hikari mysis, PE mysis & calanus, live & frozen brine. There is plenty of live sponge in the tank & he won’t touch it. I did grab some Sally’s angel food so I’ll try that now for lunch.

No one touches the nori except for a few bites from the potters. We only have 14 fish & the only other grazers are a tailspot blenny & a cherub. There’s only minimal displaying from the cherub & the potters is top dog.

I feed with a turkey Bastet at 3 different spots in the tank upfront & shot some frozen in the back.

Apart from ripping the tank apart to get him out, I’m debating Prazi for the entire tank. I’ve used it before in the reef without issues. I don’t even know how I could get meds into him if he’s not eating even in a Qt.