Pick 3 Angels

[Bruce17]

I’m not sure how it would be if I add another butterfly, but right now he’s great.

Oh ok. Is he the only butterfly in your tank?

 

[ca1ore]

I have a pacific emperor, Red Sea regal and Caribbean rock beauty as my three angels. T’were I to add a fourth it would be the Arabian asfur. How’s that for NOT using your list LOL.

 

[Bruce17]

I have a pacific emperor, Red Sea regal and Caribbean rock beauty as my three angels. T’were I to add a fourth it would be the Arabian asfur. How’s that for NOT using your list LOL.

Do you have any yellow tangs? I really like the rock beauty however I’m not sure if it would be war between them because of there colours.

 

[ca1ore]

Do you have any yellow tangs? I really like the rock beauty however I’m not sure if it would be war between them because of there colours.

I have a bunch of tangs, including a yellow. Also have a bunch of pyramid butterflies sporting yellow. Rock beauty ignores, and is ignored by, all of them. RB is tricky to acclimate though. I got mine (along with the regal) from a local reefer who had already done the hard work. Check out my build thread on the monster tank page (simons 450) if you want to see pictures.

 

[Bruce17]

I have a bunch of tangs, including a yellow. Also have a bunch of pyramid butterflies sporting yellow. Rock beauty ignores, and is ignored by, all of them. RB is tricky to acclimate though.

Ok perfect. That’s great news. Bali have managed to captive breed the Rock beauty, so I’m hoping that solves the issue of being tricky to acclimatize

 

[ca1ore]

Have they? I thought the rock beauty was only found in the Caribbean? Maybe I’m mistaken.

 

[Bruce17]

Have they? I thought the rock beauty was only found in the Caribbean? Maybe I’m mistaken.

I read on Bali aquariums that they have.just succeeded in captive breeding them

 

[Bruce17]

Have they? I thought the rock beauty was only found in the Caribbean? Maybe I’m mistaken.

They have managed to captive breed a few others recently as well. They just did a blue angel as well. Hopefully a Queen angel is next.

 

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I guess there is something wrong here !

From The List I am picking, Imperator, Scribbled and Conspic.
I want to pick more than 3 !!

 

[fabutahoun]

My Emperor

 

[Sidvicious]

1. Blueface Angel
2. Emperor Angel
3. Regal Angel (Only caveat, buggas are a pain to get acclimated)

Also is there anyone out there that has a color transformation of their Bluefaces? Would be wonderful if someone could post the different color morphs they go through.

 

[WMR]

In a fowlr there are also always butterfly fish.
Most Have virtually no aggression to non conspecifics. Myriad of patterns from the Pakistani to hawaiian blue stripe. Much less prone to hlle, but a little more delicate to shipping and bacterial infections.

some species are a bit hard to get eating.

Agreed, in FOWLR tank or fish only tank, butterflies are good option, non aggressive, colorful, & active. I’d put the butterflies in first, angel’s second, tangs last. I’ve always sub a butterfly or foxface in my tank for my yellow coloration, instead of a yellow tang. As for butterflies in my tank, I had a Tinkers, Mertens, Klein’s, Longnose, & Burgess in my tank. I’ve had the Roaps butterflies, they’re hardy. I’ve had Declivis, Flavocoronatus ,Mitratus, not all together, but over the years. I stay away from the corallivore butterflies, leave them on the reef.

 

[WMR]

Have they? I thought the rock beauty was only found in the Caribbean? Maybe I’m mistaken.

Bali Aquarich just bred them, they’re breeding a lot of angels. Haven’t heard if they’re breeding them consistently, hopefully they will

 

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[OrionN]

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How hard was it to get him to eat? I read that they have problems adapting to aquarium life because of the food. I’ve started thinking about this fish a bit more since they managed to captive breed it

They are difficult fish to get to eat. Once they are eating well, they eat everything. Mine favor pellets over frozen so it is easy to keep them healthy. Small fish QT in natural environment to get them start is best. Very slow growing Angel and of course exceptionally beautiful.

 

[Bruce17]

I currently have a large Queen (8”) a transitioning Emporer and a transitioning French angel. For the most part everyone gets along great. A big tank is require with limited soft/lps corals with these guys.

What size is your tank?

 

[Bruce17]

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They are difficult fish to get to eat. Once they are eating well, they eat everything. Mine favor pellets over frozen so it is easy to keep them healthy. Small fish QT in natural environment to get them start is best. Very slow growing Angel and of course exceptionally beautiful.

Bali have now managed to captive breed them. That should make having this beautiful a lot easier