I have a Harem of 4 flame angels. I also have 2 Regal angels that are the same size as the male Flame Angel in my DT. 320 gal
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How do you find the stress level amongst the flames? You must of got them when they were small? Do you think that a 205 gal would be too small to try the same thing out?I have a Harem of 4 flame angels. I also have 2 Regal angels that are the same size as the male Flame Angel in my DT. 320 gal
That’s great to know. You now have me thinking of doing that. I’m planning out my fish list as my last parts of plumbing and apex system arrives to finally get my tank filled up. Would you recommend other dwarfs in the tank with them? I’m going to be putting in some anthias, wrasse, tangs and medium sized angels. I’ll be getting all of them when they’re small though. Most likely all Poma lab angelsMy angels are all doing great. They don't fight. Spawned all the time. It is fun to have the male spawn with the three females.
All of them are fat and disease free. Of the three females, there is a hierarchy. The largest female is the dominates the other two. They don't fight but the larger female would sometime take a run at the other females. They just dart away. I have never seen actual bite and there is no torn fin or flake scales with these interaction.
205 gal tank would be plenty of room for a harem. I would add at least 3. You do need to have adequate rock structure for them to be comfortable. Get smaller angels. They just form a harem, you don't have to worry. A friend of mine put 4 in a 120 gal tank. Two of which were males. There were a lot of fighting and chasing until one reverted back to being a female, after that, everything were fine.
I don't put much stock in the notion of we must have odd number of fish. I don't think fish can count.
Ok perfect. I definitely don’t want them stressed out fighting each other all the time either. Something to think about I guess@Bruce17
I like to keep one species of dwarf angel, and one species of the larger angel. I kelp single specimen, multiple species before in my 420 gal tank. My Flameback regularly spawned with my Cherub angel.
I am sure you can keep multiple species, but I am not sure if you will be able to keep multiple males in a 210 gal tank. Likely only one will become male.
I bought a yellow angel here: https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+16+1866&pcatid=1866 and I am getting worried because I haven't seen him eating, ever! I put him in the tank on Wednesday. I have been feeding mysis shrimp daily along with various algae and other pellets. I also stuck a quarter of an algae wafer in there that said it contained spirulina. I have a 70G tank with a clown, bi-color psedo chromis, sand sifting goby, midas blenny, 3 pajama cardinals, watchman, fire fish, algae blenny. My angel pretty much hangs out under 1 of 3 different shady areas and is still in the timid phase. When I feed it comes out, swims all around, and I keep thinking he is going to eat something, but he never does. My tank has been up for about 9 months with some macro algae growing here and there along with misc other micro aglae I thought he might snack on.
I honestly didn't realize how finicky he would be. Not sure if I am worried over nothing, or if he is starving to death. Please send tips!
If it is active it will be grazing naturally, I would give it time.
I am sorry to hear about losing your angel. Hopefully you were withing the 14 day guarantee window from LiveAquaria. Make sure you save it in a baggie and put in the freezer if LA wants to see a picture of it. Don't give up. There are lots of reasons why this one didn't work out. I do like putting angels in a large acclimation box I picked up from Octoaquatics with a 3 way PVC connector for them to hide for at least a week. Then everyone can get used to each other and if you have to remove the angel for any reason, it makes removal easier than trying to chase it down.Lost him by this morning. :-( I think I will steer clear of angels in the future. I never could get him to eat despite arriving very healthy along with 2 other fish that are doing great. For sure I am not doing something right here. Probably should have quarantined him separately and done some special feeding technique that I need to research more.
Thank you for the tips and encouragement! Yes I got the $$$ back, but its more about losing fish. I simply don't like that. Ever since getting my 70G+ fuge set up it has frustrating. I have had a 14G cube since 2012 and always wanted a larger tank with more fish, coral . . . . . . . I took my time, slowly adding livestock, but honestly it has been draining. Lost more fish in the last 6 months than I lost in 7 years in my cube. All parameters are within normal ranges, regular water changes . . . . . . Some fish great since day one, others randomly die after 4 months, others don't make it more 2 weeks. I even randomly lost a coral that in all my time with my cube I never lost. I can't put any patterns together on what works and what randomly dies. One of my fish picked up an internal parasite, I guess (I was told), but it didn't spread. Ugh. I think next time I get fish I might put in my cube that is still running or maybe isolate as mentioned here.I don’t QT my fishes but I do keep them separate them from the rest of the fish until they are comfortable and eating well before I release them into the DT. I often keep my new fish in my 40 gal system or in the sump until they are used to captivity.
Gorgeous...more photos? PweeseI couldn't resist, sharing these two, any longer.
@OrionN...is there ANY chance I can add a regal angel at some point...I bought the majestic first, she is a fat happy adult girl or boy. Pretty shy still ...I want the regal but what I have read says I needed to put that in first..@Bruce17
I like to keep one species of dwarf angel, and one species of the larger angel. I kelp single specimen, multiple species before in my 420 gal tank. My Flameback regularly spawned with my Cherub angel.
I am sure you can keep multiple species, but I am not sure if you will be able to keep multiple males in a 210 gal tank. Likely only one will become male.
Jealous...pshhhh... I got a Red Sea Regal at the LFS in their LR holding tank until it eats prepared food. Hopefully it will come home in the next few weeks.