Harem of flame angels

[angelsandtangs]

Anybody successfully in keeping a harem of 5 flame angels together in a large tank mine is a 300 ?

 

[Timfish]

Might be doable but I don't think it's advisable. The times I've had dwarf angels pair off they become incredibly aggressive. If you're successful getting a group of dwarf angles established you will need to be ready to rehome any and maybe all your other fish and you will need to be ready to rehome any angel that' s getting picked on by the others.

 

[LouisianaReef]

I’m sure it would look amazing if you could get it to work!

 

[angelsandtangs]

Might be doable but I don't think it's advisable. The times I've had dwarf angels pair off they become incredibly aggressive. If you're successful getting a group of dwarf angles established you will need to be ready to rehome any and maybe all your other fish and you will need to be ready to rehome any angel that' s getting picked on by the others.

They would be the smallest fish I have .. I have bigger tangs and angels already established

 

[angelsandtangs]

They would be the smallest fish I have .. I have bigger tangs and angels already established

Was hoping maybe the bigger guys would keep them in check ?

 

[alton]

The most flames I have had is three. My first harem the large male was only aggressive right before the spawn. My current harem my male is some what smaller and is not aggressive

 

[Timfish]

Was hoping maybe the bigger guys would keep them in check ?

"Probably" If you start seeing a lot of aggression the first thing to try before rehoming someone is increase number of times they're fed each day. You'll need to keep an eye out to make sure they're all eating well and keeping a good body weight, not just looking for fin or scale damage.

 

[Sleepingtiger]

The most flames I have had is three. My first harem the large male was only aggressive right before the spawn. My current harem my male is some what smaller and is not aggressive

How do you form a harem? Just buy them small and introduce them to the tank at the same time?

 

[alton]

The first time I had a large male added a smaller female and it took about a week for them to pair. The male chased the female pretty hard till they paired. When I added the second female which was small they paired almost immediately. Years later disease ran through my tank and killed the male. I thought the larger female would become the male and pair with the smaller female instead she became male and killed the smaller female? My current harem I started with a smaller male but then found a slightly larger female. I added them to a 29 full of liverock and hiding places. They switched places which took several months. I then added them to my display and sometime later I added a small female that I received from a friend who is king on picking male and female flames.

 

[Sleepingtiger]

The first time I had a large male added a smaller female and it took about a week for them to pair. The male chased the female pretty hard till they paired. When I added the second female which was small they paired almost immediately. Years later disease ran through my tank and killed the male. I thought the larger female would become the male and pair with the smaller female instead she became male and killed the smaller female? My current harem I started with a smaller male but then found a slightly larger female. I added them to a 29 full of liverock and hiding places. They switched places which took several months. I then added them to my display and sometime later I added a small female that I received from a friend who is king on picking male and female flames.

I knew they would change from female to male, but first time I heard from male to female. Fascinating!!

Any advice on a 90g cube with a foot print of 30x30? It is loaded with rocks... you can say there is very limited swim space. This was done on purpose to keep angels and butterflies. Currently have a flame now, I don't know the sex though. The flame is still in quarantine as the tank just finished cycling.

 

[alton]

Flame angelfish pairs and harem successful

Hey all! So I have a large decently aged flame angel and I’m wondering what are my chances to creating a harem or pair if I add a small one when I transfer my fish to my new 90 gal? I wanna here y’all’s success stories!

www.reef2reef.com

Contact OrionN, he is king of the Flame Angels or do a search here on r2r

 

[Zionas]

@OrionN

 

[i cant think]

I knew they would change from female to male, but first time I heard from male to female. Fascinating!!

Any advice on a 90g cube with a foot print of 30x30? It is loaded with rocks... you can say there is very limited swim space. This was done on purpose to keep angels and butterflies. Currently have a flame now, I don't know the sex though. The flame is still in quarantine as the tank just finished cycling.

So, male flames have pointier fins and usually over 4 bars but females fins are rounded off more and have a maximum of 4 bars, usually they have 3.

 

[LaloJ]

In my opinion, in a tank of that size it's quite feasible, the problem is in making sure that these fish do not kill each other when presenting them together, I know of two or three people who did it successfully, you must take all precautions to separate flame angels who were fired from the haren, or angels who are not liked by the haren. In a tank of good size, present the juvenile fish, as small as you can get them, present them first separated and observe how they behave, then remove the divisions and cross your fingers so that everything works well, 5 or 6 individuals can turn out well .