Emperor/Imperator angelfish UPDATE

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

That's what we're afraid of! Our foxface did the same thing I don't know why the fancy colours seem worthy or eating and the others don't.

It's Murphy's Law. Any fish that will eat your corals will always go for the most colourful, most expensive ones first

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by michika

That seems plenty small. The only thing I would caution you about is making sure you have a back up plan if it snacks on anything. Make sure that you could eventually get the fish out if you need to.

So have you made any decision either way?

I tried to convince my Boyfriend that we could always frag off the zoos and sell them if we notice the fish eating them We plan on having the 230g set up shortly after boxing day, so after it's up running and the other fish are transfered over we might add an emperor angel. Kinda still on the fence with this. Thanks everyone for sharing your expirences it definatly helps to hear others opinions.

[fishoholic]

Ok so we took the plunge and bought a 1 1/2 inch emperor angel today! So far so good, but really it's only been a couple of hours. Everyone send "I will never eat corals" thoughts to our new fish!

[sprinter]

I have an Emperor angel that I have had for 5 years in my 250 gal tank that is full of softies, LPS and SPS. (zoos would be a good food for him so I don't have any) I picked him up from a friend when he was approx. 4 inches long. He was in a coral mixed tank from the time hes was 1.5 inches long. I had to train him at differnet times during the introduction of new corals that they were not food. Tapping on the glass and scaring him when he approched the coral seemed to work. He is now approx. 7 inches long and was the king of the tank until my flamingi tang has out grown him. The key to keeping the angel from picking on your corals is to keep him well fed. Not all fish are the same and have their own personalities.

[saltaddict]

Here is a picture of the new addition.