Best & Worst "Reef Safe" Angelfish for Your Reef

[parkwaytrash]

Had a coral beauty for a year with no problem, then one day she nipped way too much expensive stuff over the course of a couple of days trying to figure out what happened. So she's in sump jail

 

[Aquaman11]

I have a female Bellus Angel that I've had for 2 1/2 years. After being a model citizen, she recently got a taste for my Devil's Armour palys. She has not bothered any other corals including other zoas, palys. So far she seems to be interested in one area of the DAs. Other patches of it are unmolested so far.

 

[GuppyHJD]

I have a Coral Beauty in my tank and I have not noticed it bothering any corals. I did try a LemonPeel angel who within 15 minutes of being released in the thank, ate 3 corals.

 

[Simmo7671]

I have a tank bred Majestic Angel and he doesn’t touch corals probably because he doesn’t know what they are as he didn’t grow up with them. I also have a Red Sea Regal Angel who only touched acans so I don’t buy acans anymore as he is my favourite fish

 

[jaganshi066]

I have a tank bred Majestic Angel and he doesn’t touch corals probably because he doesn’t know what they are as he didn’t grow up with them. I also have a Red Sea Regal Angel who only touched acans so I don’t buy acans anymore as he is my favourite fish

How is the temperament of the captive bred majestic? Did you get it from biota?

 

[Simmo7671]

My tank bred Majestic

 

[Simmo7671]

How is the temperament of the captive bred majestic? Did you get it from biota?

He doesn’t bother a thing. I’m from Wales in the UK and my local fish shop got him from TMC the main supplier over here. He was about $150

 

[jaganshi066]

He doesn’t bother a thing. I’m from Wales in the UK and my local fish shop got him from TMC the main supplier over here. He was about $150

That’s a pretty good price, I want a captive bred one too

 

[Simmo7671]

That’s a pretty good price, I want a captive bred one too

You can get non captive bred ones of the same size for about $100 but I thought it was worth the extra for a captive bred one for obvious reasons. The more species we can captive bred the better

 

[Fishfreak2009]

In my old reefs and fowlr I kept a variety of angels.

Flagfin - only ate zoas
Regal - 3 only ate zoas, 1 was perfect
Koran - ate any softy/lps
Emperor - ate zoas/xenia
Flame - 1 was perfect, 1 ate gorgonians
Coral beauty - all have been perfect
Nox - ate montiporas
Rusty - perfect
Potter's- perfect
Lemonpeel - ate zoas/sps
Bicolor - perfect
Multibar - perfect
Lamarcks - perfect
Blue - ate everything
Grey Poma - ate zoas
Bellus - perfect
Passer - ate everything
Asfur - ate zoas/ricordeas

 

[fishfish2]

i had a majestic angel in a 300 reef tank. didnt go well. had to move it after like 2 days

 

[Roosterjack]

Flame: Epic Fail
Coral Beauty: Model Citizen
Lemonpeel: Meaner than the devil with hemorrhoids, but left corals alone. Had to go.

 

[Janet Belanger]

Watanabe Angel is a wonderful/safe inhabitant in my reef and beautiful to boot. She's a bit bossy with wrasse but otherwise leaves corals and inverts alone. Just make sure to get one that is properly acclimated.

 

[albano]

I have a Genecanthus melanospilos -

I would also love to bring his pattern back because at the moment it’s almost a random type of checkerboard at the top and bottom of him

I’d say that ‘he’ is reverting back to ‘she’ … without a smaller female in the tank a male may lose its colors and go back to female.

 

[i cant think]

I’d say that ‘he’ is reverting back to ‘she’ … without a smaller female in the tank a male may lose its colors and go back to female.

Yeah, I realise that it’s just how I have not room for another large fish (I have my last 3 fish planned as wrasse)
It’s odd because he has stayed with those colours for the past year

 

[BelieveInBlue]

I have a female bellus in my mixed reef and she's been a perfect angel (haha) so far, though I've only had her for a couple months, so no guarantee it'll stay that way, but so far so good!

 

[Zionas]

How long have you had your Majestic and how big is it?

 

[Simmo7671]

About 4 months and she’s about and inch and half. She bothers nothing and if she decides to she’ll have her work cut out with my Kole tang and bossy clown pair

 

[PigDaddyF15E]

Everyone is saying they don't nip coral, but how about clams??

bump......

 

[Laith]

I have a Majestic angel, a Potters angel, a Coral Beauty and a bicolored angel.

The Potters and Coral Beauty at one point were really going at each other (details on my build thread) but now tolerate each other with occasional chasing. None of the four have ever (as far as I've seen) nipped at any coral.

But all four are in a large tank so that makes a big difference...