Favorite Centropyge?

chad vossen · May 14, 2018

I've got a pair of jocs. Love em!

dlaux85 · May 14, 2018

I got interrupta and collini - Love them

Narcosis · May 14, 2018

dlaux85 said:
I got interrupta and collini - Love them

Nice Colini! Do you know where is it from/collected?

My favourite Centropyge are Aurantia, Colini and... Venustus and multifasciata if they are allowed

Narcosis · May 14, 2018

chad vossen said:
I've got a pair of jocs. Love em!

Hello Chad

Nice Jocs

(not sure if you know but here is Australia "jocks" are known as underwear lol)

Any luck spawning and raising eggs with those guys?

Larz_1 · May 14, 2018

+1
Potter's
I love mine (as you can see by my avatar - not my picture).
Never had a problem with nipping at anything in my tank.

Steve Fast · May 15, 2018

always like the potters... how are they to acclimate and get feeding?

Larz_1 · May 15, 2018

Steve Fast said:
always like the potters... how are they to acclimate and get feeding?

I got mine from LiveAquaria Divers Den. They have them eating before you get them. My Potters was eating the moment I got him into the quarantine tank.
I highly recommend Divers Den.

declanisadog · May 15, 2018

potters

BestMomEver · May 15, 2018

Pygmy yellowtail... Centropyge flavicauda....

Steve Fast · May 15, 2018

Larz_1 said:
I got mine from LiveAquaria Divers Den. They have them eating before you get them. My Potters was eating the moment I got him into the quarantine tank.
I highly recommend Divers Den.

Thanks. Thanks very helpful. In a 525 gallon system do you think a Potter's would mix well with a flame, Coral beauty, Dusty, yellow, and flameback

Dragon52 · May 15, 2018

Larz_1 said:
I got mine from LiveAquaria Divers Den. They have them eating before you get them. My Potters was eating the moment I got him into the quarantine tank.
I highly recommend Divers Den.

When your at the LA/DD website take a look at the regular LA site fish choices also, sometimes the prices there are cheaper than the DD for the same fish. I've noticed this a few times even on inverts.

chad vossen · May 15, 2018

Narcosis said:
Hello Chad

Nice Jocs (not sure if you know but here is Australia "jocks" are known as underwear lol)

Any luck spawning and raising eggs with those guys?

I've gotten them to day 77 a few years ago. One of my first angelfish we worked with. I finally have my own pair now, so we expect to raise them when they begin spawning.

tastyfish · May 15, 2018

Flame Angel, without a doubt. However there are some beautiful centropyges, it's a flip of the coin as to whether they will lunch out on your coral or not (or in the case of flames, turn into a raging, fin nipping sociopath).

Carterfish · May 15, 2018

Flame, potters, lemon peel. They have the most color and pop.

tastyfish · May 15, 2018

dlaux85 said:
I got interrupta and collini - Love them

Got to love the interrupta! (fighting the urge now... Think coral, think coral, think coral lol)

kangadrew · May 16, 2018

I think a pair of REALLY nice-looking Coral Beauties wins the pool for me.
Interruptus are beautiful, so are Shepardi - but for me I think the Coral Beauty takes the cake

Waters · May 16, 2018

I like the Flame and the Golden........unfortunately my SPS do not like either

Jesterrace · May 16, 2018

tastyfish said:
Flame Angel, without a doubt. However there are some beautiful centropyges, it's a flip of the coin as to whether they will lunch out on your coral or not (or in the case of flames, turn into a raging, fin nipping sociopath).

Yeah, been there, done that. My fish got to the point where if he got anywhere near them they would get out of the way very quickly:

tastyfish · May 16, 2018

Jesterrace said:
Yeah, been there, done that. My fish got to the point where if he got anywhere near them they would get out of the way very quickly:

The first flame I had was as shy as a mouse. Never bothered anything. In fact, he even "paired up" with the yellow tang. The two were inseparable! They'd go everywhere together. No aggression at all. Never touched a coral or a fin.

The second one was the polar opposite. A total sociopathic lunatic. Nothing was safe, he would relentlessly pursue and hunt down and attack my regal angel or anything else that attracted his ire. I think he was a sixline, reincarnate.

this is me · May 17, 2018

My favorite centropyge is the Centropyge Boylei (Peppermint Angelfish).
But I would settle for
Centropyge Interrupta. I have a pair. Beautiful social fish. Even show mating behavior at night.
Multibar Angelfish is something I would have to try again. Bought a pair from LA, couldn't get them to in. Didn't make it.
Flame Angelfish. Common fish but with the striking red, it definitely draws attention.
Female

Male

Mating behavior at dusk.