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Willito
11-17-2004, 09:32 PM
I am sure many have fantasied about the co-existence of these two, but does anyone currently have one in their SPS tank. What kind of Angle? How is it doing? Is it eating/nipping on corals? Would you recommend it or not.
Samw
11-17-2004, 09:34 PM
No Angles here. But I do have an Angel. Its a Flame Angel. It doesn't touch my SPS unless it was already dying. Then it'll nip the dead tissue.
muck
11-17-2004, 09:36 PM
haha. I thought you were asking about a bow front... :razz:
Buccaneer
11-17-2004, 09:40 PM
I thought he was talking about a angler :razz: :lol:

like in the nemo movie :mrgreen:
Jaws
11-17-2004, 09:44 PM
I have a Regal Angel in my sps tank. Now I don't have a lot of sps corals and it hasn't been up and running for that long but the angel's been in there for about a month now and the only thing he eats are my snails and the fish food I feed him.
Canadian Man
11-17-2004, 09:49 PM
I have a coral beauty and a flame angel with no problems.
muck
11-17-2004, 09:50 PM
I have a Regal Angel in my sps tank.
Can you post a picture of it Jaws?
Jaws
11-17-2004, 10:03 PM
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/970Web_4-med.jpg
muck
11-17-2004, 10:05 PM
Awesome. Thanks Jaws. :cool:
Jaws
11-17-2004, 10:09 PM
No problem. I was a little concerned for a while because he had a good cut on his side for a while and he wasn't eating as much for a couple days but it's almost healed now and he is eating great again. Definitely a great addition to a tank if the fish has the right intentions. By that I mean "doesn't want to eat your pocket book up in corals".
Willito
11-17-2004, 10:36 PM
Does anyone own Anglefish from the Pomacanthus family. Juvenile or adult?
MitchM
11-17-2004, 11:15 PM
I've got an Emperor angel, adult. Loves eating the LPS (so they're separated) but I haven't seen him bother the SPS.

Mitch
Willito
11-18-2004, 12:16 AM
How long have you had the fish. Was it a juvie when you got him?
MitchM
11-18-2004, 03:10 AM
Had him for about a year and a half, and he was a juvenile when we got him.

Mitch
AJ_77
11-18-2004, 03:13 AM
What all did he eat, Mitch? I mean corals-wise.
MitchM
11-18-2004, 03:16 AM
As a juvenile, he didn't bother any corals. As he grew, he developed a taste for the LPS - open brain, caulestrea, sometimes the closed brain. (so he's now sitting in my sump)
Beautiful fish, though! :smile:

Mitch
SeaHorse_Fanatic
11-18-2004, 07:33 AM
No SPS, but I have a 4-5 inch Queen & juv. Koran in with my LPS & soft corals. Never touch 'em, although they & the tangs are hard on my caulerpa fields :biggrin: They also leave my red halimenia (macro-algae) alone.
Willito
11-18-2004, 07:07 PM
As a juvenile, he didn't bother any corals. As he grew, he developed a taste for the LPS - open brain, caulestrea, sometimes the closed brain. (so he's now sitting in my sump)
Beautiful fish, though! :smile:

Mitch

Do you have clams in your tank?

What's your plan for the Emperor? Any plans on getting rid of it? :biggrin:
JohnM99
11-20-2004, 04:38 PM
If you go through the Tanks of the Month on reefcentral.com you will see a few people who have had large tanks with large angels and a variety of corals - esp. sps - no mention of angels eating up the corals - I don't remember exact details, but these were BIG tanks.