“Reef safe” angel

[muggle0981]

Mixed reef-soft/los/zoas

Lost my coral beauty of 5 yrs-model tankmate

now i go down the road of what angel to replace with the risks involved

thought on japanese swallowtail angel if i can find

other thoughts…

Tank is down to:
Black clown
Picasse clown
Blue regal tang
Scopas tang
Blue eye bristle tooth tang
Green chromis
Timor wrasse

180g

need to restock some fish and re-evaluating next fish steps….

 

[Pistondog]

My flame angel,has been great with sps lps.
Hes still small.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Lamarck's

 

[uhgster1]

I had a flame angel for over 5 years until I took my tank down. Never touched a single coral.

 

[muggle0981]

I do like the lamarck

Love the flame angel

 

[Tcook]

I have plenty of wellsophyllia, hammers, frogs, torches blastos, acans. Neither my bellus nor my Watanabe touch any of them

 

[adittam]

I have a flame angel and he has destroyed both trachy's and pocillopora.

I also have a Japanese swallowtail and she's never touched a single coral.

I will say though, I love my flame angel so much that I select what coral I can keep largely based on whether or not he thinks it's tasty. He's gorgeous, feisty, and the first fish almost everyone who doesn't know anything about reef tanks comments on when they see the tank.

 

[PeterC99]

Majestic Angel. Doesn’t touch my SPS or LPS

 

[Tcook]

Majestic Angel. Doesn’t touch my SPS or LPS

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Wow!

 

[Dierks]

Majestic Angel. Doesn’t touch my SPS or LPS

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These guys get pretty big so make sure you have the tank for it!! They are an awesome fish, super chill!

 

[exnisstech]

thought on japanese swallowtail angel if i can find

They had one of these when I went to my lfs the other day. Beautiful fish that came in from a tear down. I would have gotten it if the purple tang in my tank wasn't such a jerk.

 

[i cant think]

If you want the money, a Melanospilos can always substitute for a Semifasciatus. A Caudovittatus can also do this, all three of these species are similar as males (Caudovittatus and Melanospilos are closer in looks). This is my… questionable specimen. I’ve had several assuming he’s a hybrid (He hasnt really reverted any further than this even with a varied diet).

 

[nereefpat]

Since you have a 180, I would go for one of the Genicanthus angels. They are reef safe plankton eaters. Which one depends on availability, price range, and what you like. Lamarck is cheapest and big.

 

[Fishyfish22]

Most dwarf angels are hit or miss. You'll get a flame or bicolor that leaves coral alone, or you'll get one that picks at it. Or you'll get one that decides to be a model citizen for a few months, realizes it's not getting paid enough, and will decimate your coral.

Swallowtail, bellus, Watanabei, and llamarks. Those are the safe ones, not just in a "maybe they'll leave it alone" kind of way but the genicanthus family in the wild are natural planktivores. (Llamarks isn't genicanthus, but it eats zooplankton)

 

[nereefpat]

Swallowtail, bellus, Watanabei, and llamarks. Those are the safe ones, not just in a "maybe they'll leave it alone" kind of way but the genicanthus family in the wild are natural planktivores. (Llamarks isn't genicanthus, but it eats zooplankton)

To be picky:
All angels are in the same family, Pomacanthidae.
Genicanthus is a genus. Genicanthus lamarck is in that genus.

 

[Fishyfish22]

To be picky:
All angels are in the same family, Pomacanthidae.
Genicanthus is a genus. Genicanthus lamarck is in that genus.

You're right! Its been a bit since I touched up my taxonomy

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Wow!

Agreed, that pig not touching anything is almost mythical status. Srsly!

 

[i cant think]

Most dwarf angels are hit or miss. You'll get a flame or bicolor that leaves coral alone, or you'll get one that picks at it. Or you'll get one that decides to be a model citizen for a few months, realizes it's not getting paid enough, and will decimate your coral.

Swallowtail, bellus, Watanabei, and llamarks. Those are the safe ones, not just in a "maybe they'll leave it alone" kind of way but the genicanthus family in the wild are natural planktivores. (Llamarks isn't genicanthus, but it eats zooplankton)

The Lamarcki Angel is part of the Genicanthus genus (Family is an entire group of fish which can be separated into genera and subgenera), and while the most of them do avoid coral in captivity, they are still relatively risky if you get a species that is naturally found in shallower water. Melanospilos, Caudovittatus, Semifasciatus are more so likely to be reef safe due to the depths they’re from.

 

[OrionN]

these guys are doing great for me. This is what I called a Flame angel. The male angel with nuptial dance with light catch it just right.