I raised a baby French Angel in a 180g tank with various other fish over the years. I had some soft corals but did not worry if anyone nipped at them. I had her 8 yrs -she was about 10" and ate a romane lettuce leaf or nori sheet every other day. She loved table shrimp too.I kept him with all Caribbean corals, so not too many meaty LPS. They need a HUGE tank, tho. I wish I had kept more pics of him, he was an absolute pig.
Been using the innovative marine but need to find something else. Unfortunately 2 out of three have had magnets blow up in my tank with light use.
man, i am beginning to think its best to use a magnet cleaner and superglue a clip on. The build quality of these algae clips seem to lack a little
I just put a sheet of algae under the wet-side magnet…no clip needed
Gorgeous fish, would love to have a multibar and flame together. What size tank are you running them in?
Reef Safe Angelfish = Kinda, but not really, could be, maybe and you never know!
No angelfish is truly 100% reef safe but some of these fish have a pretty good track record of leaving corals and inverts alone! The beauty of these fish often lure reefkeepers into taking a chance and housing them in their reef tanks! Sometimes it's successful and other times it's not! Today let's talk about your experience!
1. What is your favorite "mostly reef safe" angelfish?
2. What "mostly reef safe" angelfish have you had that went rogue?
3. What are some tips for keeping a "mostly reef safe" angelfish from eating your coral?
Spotbreast angelfish image via @fabutahoun
I think that’s the key, I have 2 multicolor angels, 2 flameback angels, 2 multibar angels, 1 venustus angel, and a Pygmy who never touch corals
what size tank do you have? what skimmer do you have? do you have any other mechanical filtration?
I have a few tanks but I have like two angels in each. I know people will go crazy but I have a multibar flameback and multicolor in my 60. My 40 innovative marine has two more and even my 30 long has a flameback and Pygmy. The flameback would chase the Pygmy for more than a month but now they swim everywhere together. My tanks are all in one tanks, so no sump, I’m just really consistent with the water changes every week. Oh and none even have a skimmer
That is amazing. I currently have a 4" blueface (still changing to adult coloration), 5" purple tang and a flame angel in a 90g cube. I really want to add a regal. But looking at the way the purple tang sizes up the blueface and how the blueface bites at the flame is making me hesitant. I thought about buying another flame... being that this is a cube. There isn't much space to run. Its only 30x30.
My 40 gallon is a cube but I know that the blue face gets big so I’m not sure how that would work. I’m happy I got multibars that were eating and a venustus that was eating
i just acquired a Red Sea 750xxl. Its going to be awhile before I set it up. The biggest problem is the red sea will go right where my cube is going. LOL
How many gallons is that
total system is 200g. The tank itself is 160G
