How hardy are lemonpeel angel?

DrewBrees713 · Oct 3, 2016

I tried one years ago with little lucks. Noone here in town i know of can keep one long term. Anyone here has one for more than 6 months? How hardy are they compared to flame angel? Personally i couldnt keep either one for more than a month or two.

tj w · Oct 3, 2016

I had one for over a year with a flame as well until I couldn't take them picking on my LPS. They both were hardy for me.

DrewBrees713 · Oct 3, 2016

Whad you feed them?

Salty1962 · Oct 3, 2016

If you can get one to eat, you'll be ok. They can be difficult to get eating, algae, sponges/tunicates, I had an Ellibi, same family of dwarfs, and he started eating flakes after a few days. Watch your corals, mine never ate anything but tasted every coral in my tank, bye bye Elli

DrewBrees713 · Oct 4, 2016

I saw one at a LFS a couple of days ago but didnt wanna get her til i get on here to get an opinion

Thanks!

eatbreakfast · Oct 4, 2016

Lemonpeels when first collected can be pretty shakey, certainly more so than flames. But once settled and used to captivity can be quite hardy. Lemonpeels are also much more likely to nip corals than other dwarf angels.