Reef safe angels or butterfly's ??

[LuckySingh]

Very hot topic and seems to be discussed all the time . I hve never kept an angel but some butterfly at some extent .
Any experience with either or these in Sps or mixed reef .

[Scutterborn]

I keep a Potters angel in my reef and haven't ever seen any nipping.


-Ben-

[Flyride95]

I have not tried a mini angel but I did have an emperator angel who did great for a while. But then he bit one of my zoas and decided he loved them. I had to remove him unfortunately.


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[koa25]

I keep a Potters angel in my reef and haven't ever seen any nipping.


-Ben-

Those guys are hit or miss. I got lucky with that guy. I remember how paranoid you were when you bought him ha ha. He was very social too. I got another here but I don't have anything but zoas.

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[Southern Flame]

I have a flame angel in my reef


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[Kristy]

We've kept flame angels and coral beauty angels in the reef without incident. We also have a bellus angel who has been a model citizen in the reef. I understand that all the angels from the genicanthus family are this way (bellus, Lamarck, watanabe).

For butterflies, I've had great experiences with the long nosed butterfly in our reef, doesn't bother a thing and seems to keep aiptasia away.

[Scutterborn]

Those guys are hit or miss. I got lucky with that guy. I remember how paranoid you were when you bought him ha ha. He was very social too. I got another here but I don't have anything but zoas.

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I'm so freaking glad I got the Potters. You're right, I was very leery. Especially considering their mortality rate. All in all, he is tied for favorite fish in my tank.


-Ben-

[LuckySingh]

I thinking about keeping one in my upcoming build . But also I don't like to feed tank much . I will be only keeping one or two fishes as my net volume is only 55gln . Don't know if angels like to be fed more to keep em in line not to attack any corals

[jcnkt_ellis]

I've kept Coral Beauty and Dwarf Pygmy Angels in my mixed reef with no problem. I've tried Pakistani & Copper Banded Butterflyfish. I think the Pakistani did nip my gorgonians, but he died from a latent parasite infection before I could really confirm it. The Copper Banded disappeared before I could notice if he did or not...

[lt1z28]

I've kept the following angels in my sps dominant tanks
Bellus
Flame
Coral Beauty
African Flameback
Yellow (centropyge heraldi)
Eibli
Multicolor

[aquasport24]

I think all fishes are 50/50. My buddy used to have a purple tang that loves zoas.

[Bill S]

SPS: Emperor Angel, Flame Angel, Rock Beauty. All have done OK with SPS. Zoas and clams are another story...

[alton]

Zoo's are like drugs to angels, Brains and similar corals are tasty. Most other corals are okay. Of my three flame angels, two where safe with anything but my female grazes on SPS, but does not kill. I had a juvenile blue face that destroyed everything, and yet had a large male that ate nothing. I had a juvenile emperator that grew up with a clam, and then after several years and becoming an adult it started picking. Did not kill it, I just got tired of seeing the clam shut when the imp got close. Of the most safe so far has been the Regal from the Red Sea, the worse is a Queen. My Copperband is safe except for feather dusters. In this hobby there are no guarantees, I remember selling a purple tang to someone and it ate $200 worth of coral before the fish store could remove it.

[350gt]

My flame has been with me 2 years no issues.......

Key is (imo) keep em fed and happy and they wont make food of anything else.....

I feed 2-3 times a day

[ST3PH3N]

I have a flameback Angel. Only time he stresses the coral is when he's eating algae around it and bumps it.

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[texanjordan]

I have kept several Watanabe's Angelfish over the years, they are the only 100% reef safe angel, and they are very nice looking.

[Dean]

Are the smaller angels such ss the Flame Angel and Coral Beauty aggressive to other peaceful tank mates?

- Dean

[FireWater]

I can't answer for the flame you mentioned. I can however tell you that I had a Fisheri Dwarf Angel that was a terror in my old tank. He took out at least three fish. It was so bad that when I fed he was the only one that would come out to eat. The others would wait until he was full or a piece of food would float by them.

I also had a coral beauty that was a perfect tank mate.

[Dean]

So probably hit or miss.. I'm tired if aggressive fish bullying others in my reef tanks so I'm going to hold off on the Angels.

- Dean