Coral eater gamble, please advise

[Liquidgold]

I'd like to hear stories of those who have taken the risk and gambled with adding a potential coral eater fish to their mixed reefs such as angels, butterflies, etc.
What has been the usual outcome?
Was it worth the risk?
Are there ways to optimize success?
Have you any way to test to coral eating tendencies before adding to main tank?

Thank you

 

[czoolander]

Coral Beauty Angelfish. So far for me 100% reef safe and a model citizen. Beautiful fish that I would recommend in any mixed reef tank !!!

 

[Tiki Reef Joshua]

Added a filefish today. Hold the line!

 

[ssunthar]

Coral Beauty Angelfish. So far for me 100% reef safe and a model citizen. Beautiful fish that I would recommend in any mixed reef tank !!!

Totally agree with @czoolander

 

[ssunthar]

I'd like to hear stories of those who have taken the risk and gambled with adding a potential coral eater fish to their mixed reefs such as angels, butterflies, etc.
What has been the usual outcome?
Was it worth the risk?
Are there ways to optimize success?
Have you any way to test to coral eating tendencies before adding to main tank?

Thank you

My good experiences.. good success with coral beauty, mimic tang, blue lip & hippo tang.

My bad experiences (because of my lack of knowledge):
- Added a koran and he went rampage on my meat coral.. it is dying (see pic).
- 2 of my damsels (blue fin & blue velvet) became very dominant in the tank and caught them niping the polyps of toadstool leather (the coral died), sponges, mashrooms and even anemone.
- My squirrel, which doesn't touch any of my corals but preyed on my cleaner shrimps (which i only found out after many batches of my shrimps went missing mysteriously).

 

[Tiki Reef Joshua]

My filefish seems good so far. I really want a Valentini puffer though.

 

[jaganshi066]

I'd like to hear stories of those who have taken the risk and gambled with adding a potential coral eater fish to their mixed reefs such as angels, butterflies, etc.
What has been the usual outcome?
Was it worth the risk?
Are there ways to optimize success?
Have you any way to test to coral eating tendencies before adding to main tank?

Thank you

Flameback angel and multicolor angel, so far 1 year and they haven’t touched any corals

 

[Chris Spaulding]

Potters angel for me. Have had him over a year and has not touched anything including my clams.

 

[kerbfish]

Had zero problems with flame angel and imperator angel ( occasional nip, but rare) velvet sealed their fate though

 

[Exiled]

Emperor Angel, Annularis Angel and Moorish Idol.

No fleshy corals (or rbta, or shrimp) left in the tank.

The angels casually nip the ends of sps. Moorish is probably the most destructive with sps as he sometimes focusses on one. Tend not to kill them, but Milli's struggle to grow.

Emperor is a pretty efficient aip eater

 

[hds4216]

I consider the fish accessories to the coral at best so I would never risk a coral eating fish. I spent $150 on all my fish combined but am >$1000 on coral lol.