Help choosing a large angel
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Trex
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They grow shockingly fast.
IMO/E, this is a bad idea. Wait until you actually have the larger tank. Life has a way of getting in the way --- 10 years ago I was suppose to have get a "big" tank, even bought a baby blue face angel for it (( though I only had a 75 gallon )). The big tank finally happened 10 MONTHS ago; needless to say I had to sell the angel.
Mine went from this,
To this in LESS than a year. It was cramped in a 75, can't imagine how one would do in a 50.
stupid recruit
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Angels take a large amount of space to be stress free and the same goes for rock work. 55 gallons is just to small in general, even with minimal rock work or an open column. They need plenty of space and rock for coverage hiding and grazing. It's just what they do I would just wait tell you have a bigger environment 120+.
Tom Blevins
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Gold Flake my vote.
In general I agree with what has been said before but there are a couple that I can think of Xanthurus Cream Angelfish (Apolemichthys xanthurus), Singapore Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus), and Bluespotted Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus) all stay at or under 8"s and to be honest I have never seen one even close to that size after being in captivity for a long time. Really a bigger tank would be better though.
eatbreakfast
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Lamark's angels are active fish that utilize open swimming space and would be better suited fo a tank larger than your currenr one.
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kozzy
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Do you think a small one would do fine in the 50 for a bit or noI have a Lamarck's in my 120 gal. added as a 1" juvie a year ago. now pushing 4". absolutely reef safe but it's now the bully of the tank. won't let me add any other fish.
CoralsAddiction
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Why not get a nice Centropyge angel like flame back or Potter's? You can even try a more challenging to keep but more peaceful Golden or Multibar dwarf angels. My new custom 100 gallon tank will be ready for pick up in 2 days. I thought about a Regal or Goldflake for it. However, given their size and bioload I doubt I will put them in there and will stick with one of the angels I am recommending you in this post. Best of luck 
rlman41299
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I have nothing against LFS but they are there to sell fish and will say anything to make a sale, well most of fish stores unless you have a really honest and more of a hobbyist one that cares for for the animals than a sale.
I agree with everyones post that 50 is just too small for any angelfish even juvi ones. Why not consider a dwarf one? Flame angels are nice and so are potters, cherubs and so on.
4FordFamily
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Flamebacks have a lot of personality and are cute little guys. I love my flameback
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
That's wonderful. Unfortunately, there is a lot of subjectivity inherent in this hobby. What one person thinks is "safe" or "good" is what perhaps a plethora of others consider sacrilege. For instance, two of my "best" LFS here locally believe that all fish can learn to live with ich. I (relatively successfully) operated tanks utilizing ich management and treated none of my fish. Sometimes fish would show symptoms and then it would go away.
However, when I jumped in to the realm of more fragile angels and tangs (achilles, powder blue, goldrim, chevron to some degree, regal angel, potters angel, copperband butterfly, moorish idol, etc.) I killed dozens before finally admitting to myself that this strategy is MUCH harder to do with these species. It's unfair/unethical to expect them to cope for a plethora of reasons.
I have kept a couple potters angels and flame angels in ich management tanks, but killed far more than I succeeded with when doing this. Since utilizing PROPER qt procedures and treating all fish prior to making it in to my display tanks, I lose fewer than 10% of my fish, regardless of the source. 75% of my purchases now are very fragile, difficult level or expert level fish it seems, in addition.
