Corals and Angelfish…

[i cant think]

What corals have you kept your angelfish with successfully?

Angels are a fish everyone loves but few people actually keep. I wanted to help people wanting to keep these beautiful fish in reefs but not in the way you’d expect.
We generally say ‘Go for Genicanthus species’ when people want to own angels in reefs but what if we did it the other way round?
What if we have a list of corals that we have kept our angels with.

 

[Rmckoy]

With any emperor I’ve had I was able to keep most sps .
Hammers are safe , along with zoas , palys , Xenia , and gsp

every lps I’ve had such as donut , trumpet , open brains , plate corals. Are all destroyed fast

 

[Rmckoy]

I want to add a queen angel

 

[i cant think]

I cant speak for my Navarchus Angel as he’s only been with me for 4-5 hours now, however my Regal has been with me for 4ish months now and I think I can safely say these corals are safe;
Euphyllia/Fimbriaphyllia species (Frogspawn, Hammers, Torches, Cristata)
Duncans
Mushrooms
Similaria, Lobophytum and Sarcophytum Species (Leathers)
Kenya Trees
Leptastrea/Leptoseris species

This is the left side to my reef and so far it’s stayed looking this way since it was formed.

 

[PeterC99]

This majestic angel had not touched my SPS, torches, hammers or Zoas.

 

[i cant think]

This majestic angel had not touched my SPS, torches, hammers or Zoas.

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Hopefully my girl behaves the same way!

 

[PeterC99]

Hopefully my girl behaves the same way!
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A beauty!!!

 

[i cant think]

A beauty!!!

Definitely! She’s only about an inch and already mature.

 

[blaxsun]

With any emperor I’ve had I was able to keep most sps .
Hammers are safe , along with zoas , palys , Xenia , and gsp

every lps I’ve had such as donut , trumpet , open brains , plate corals. Are all destroyed fast

I'd agree with this for the most part, although our emperor has taken a liking to nuisance (unwanted) zoas and palys. A cat's eye lasted all of 24 hours and acans and blastos are a definite no-go. Corals that I've found are compatible with (my) dwarf and emperor angels:

• Acros, montis, chalices, favias, hydnophoras, symphyllias, fungia plates, cyphastreas, torches, all mushrooms and all gonioporas and alveoporas.

 

[PeterC99]

Definitely! She’s only about an inch and already mature.

How’s she eating?

 

[i cant think]

How’s she eating?

She’s eating perfectly, she isn’t eating everything I feed but she loves Mysis and Brine.

 

[PR_nano]

Following would like to add a Cherub (Centropyge Argi) to mix reef.

 

[PeterC99]

She’s eating perfectly, she isn’t eating everything I feed but she loves Mysis and Brine.

Great to hear, they can be very difficult to feed. Do you have any aggressive fish in your reef?

 

[JReefer4]

What corals have you kept your angelfish with successfully?

Angels are a fish everyone loves but few people actually keep. I wanted to help people wanting to keep these beautiful fish in reefs but not in the way you’d expect.
We generally say ‘Go for Genicanthus species’ when people want to own angels in reefs but what if we did it the other way round?
What if we have a list of corals that we have kept our angels with.

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I have a flame angel and keep everything from torches to zoa, and all other lps in between, and he has no problem with them.

 

[i cant think]

Great to hear, they can be very difficult to feed. Do you have any aggressive fish in your reef?

Not really, I have semi-aggressive fish but no outright aggressive guys
My main aggressors to newbies are my Twin spot bristletooth tang and my Copperband Butterfly. The others generally leave taller bodies fish alone.

 

[Rmckoy]

I'd agree with this for the most part, although our emperor has taken a liking to nuisance (unwanted) zoas and palys. A cat's eye lasted all of 24 hours and acans and blastos are a definite no-go. Corals that I've found are compatible with (my) dwarf and emperor angels:

• Acros, montis, chalices, favias, hydnophoras, symphyllias, fungia plates, cyphastreas, torches, all mushrooms and all gonioporas and alveoporas.

Mine went after acan and favia before it went to the donut .

 

[blaxsun]

Mine went after acan and favia before it went to the donut .

My midnight dwarf angelfish ate $250 worth of brand new acans as I watched him. That fish gives no F's...

 

[i cant think]

Bump!
Still no issues with these two and the corals I have

 

[PeterC99]

Bump!
Still no issues with these two and the corals I have
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Absolute beauties!!! Wondering if you would mind if we came by to view in person?

 

[zoomonster]

I have always kept dwarf angels in my mixed reef and never a problem until recently. I currently have flame, african flameback, bicolor, multicolor and orange peel. The new orange peel (had one before) decided he had a taste for Wellso's and demolished one. The only fish I'm missing from my usual collection are Potter's which I can't get right now (well at acceptable price) and coral beauty. The last CB I had was a holy terror beating up fish and done with them. None have ever seemed to bother ricordia, shrooms, zoas, most lps, sps, RBTA etc. other than they are grazers and might disturb.