King and Queen Angel in the same tank

pfcbizz · Nov 12, 2016

Hello SWFF Members, I'm wanting to know if it would be ok for a King and Queen angel to be in the same tank ? the tank is 180 gallons

blueface · Nov 12, 2016

IMO no not in the long run. Both are very aggressive as adults. It could work for awhile if one is a juvi but eventually they will fight.

4FordFamily · Nov 12, 2016

If they are with other large Angels you'll be fine but they will eventually outgrow the tank.

I have a King (Passer), Queen, Emperor, and Annularis in the same tank and they're fine. They were added simultaneously and the emperor is tank boss but also very docile. The king is the aggressor but is kept in check. The emperor is about 6-7", the rest are 4.75-5.25".

Just those two angels alone though is riskier I agree.

lion king · Nov 12, 2016

I was going to do the same thing but got some good advice from someone I respect alot. Believe it's not a good idea for the long run. I went with a king for my juvi tank. Here he is in qt for another week or so.

pfcbizz · Nov 13, 2016

So if I may ask what are two Large angels will be fine in my tank ?

sc50964 · Nov 13, 2016

pfcbizz said:
So if I may ask what are two Large angels will be fine in my tank ?

Just need to be from two different genus.

Other than these two Angels, what else do you like ?

pfcbizz · Nov 13, 2016

I'm leaning very strongly towards Cream Angel x 2 along with a Sailfin Tang x 1, Humu Picasso Triggerfish x 1, Green Birdfish x 1 with Hermit crabs x 6, Turbo Snails x 10 and maybe Cleaner Shrimp x 2

badstorm48 · Nov 13, 2016

triggerfish will more than likely kill your inverts especially a humu. Niger, blue throat, and red tail triggers have a better chance with inverts

sc50964 · Nov 13, 2016

pfcbizz said:
I'm leaning very strongly towards Cream Angel x 2 along with a Sailfin Tang x 1, Humu Picasso Triggerfish x 1, Green Birdfish x 1 with Hermit crabs x 6, Turbo Snails x 10 and maybe Cleaner Shrimp x 2

It's a gamble with two cream angels. They aren't known to play nicely. Suggest to get Angels belong to different genus.

badstorm48 · Nov 13, 2016

I currently have a niger in my tank and hes great. I have a reef with inverts and hes awesome

pfcbizz · Nov 13, 2016

badstorm48 said:
triggerfish will more than likely kill your inverts especially a humu. Niger, blue throat, and red tail triggers have a better chance with inverts

Yea I see after doing some research I don't think ill get any triggers or the green birdfish

pfcbizz · Nov 13, 2016

sc50964 said:
It's a gamble with two cream angels. They aren't known to play nicely. Suggest to get Angels belong to different genus.

Yea I thought about that also so I'll only do one

pfcbizz · Nov 13, 2016

pfcbizz said:
Yea I see after doing some research I don't think ill get any triggers or the green birdfish

I think I'm gonna go with black and white butterflies x3 and a rabbit face x 1 instead

sc50964 · Nov 13, 2016

pfcbizz said:
Yea I thought about that also so I'll only do one

How about the queen or king? Are you still gonna have one of those? Cream is a lot less colorful than those two.

tj w · Nov 13, 2016

You can always have a back up plan. Try it, and if it doesn't work you can trade it in at the lfs or re home it. If you buy juvi's you'll have more of a chance for success. I absolutely love passer angels by the way.