i would lke to put a angel in m reef, i love them but i dont want to wake up to my clam devoured, any advice?, anyone here have an angel with clams?
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advice on an angel
- Thread starter waynes reef
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waynes reef said:
Any of the swallowtail angels mentioned (the Bellus and the Wantanabe are only 2 of them) are almost completely reef safe.
Also very, very reef safe is the Golden Dwarf angel. A true beauty if you ask me. Runs around $100 or so most places and seems to be hit or miss availability wise. One of the hardiest as well.
A Potters angel is also fairly reef safe from the dwarf side as well.
A 4th choice would be a Regal Angel. Much more reef safe than many large angels, but obviously fairly difficult to keep. ONLY buy yellow chested ones that are eating. The white/blue/gray chested ones all seem to die out.
A 5th and final choice if I had to pick one would be the Majestic Angel. Might pick a bit, but, again -- more reef safe than most of the large angels.
thanks for the input, i have to give this some thought, i would like a full size angel and the regal seems like the best choice, but i have seen emporers in reef tanks also, but i guess it all depends on what kind of risk i want to take right, like i said, i have to give this some carefull thought
waynes reef said:
I see Emps in reef tanks, but not normally reef tanks with clams.
I urge you to check out the Annularis Angel. They are tremendously gorgeous fish (if you get a chance, check out Trop's in their FOWLR show tank).
I didn't mention it in my post, but they are normally considered fairly reef safe. Might go after Xenia probably, but I had one in my old tank and it never bothered my LPS (even my elegance!).