Potters Angel (fingers crossed)

[JDNels]

New Potters, about 4 weeks now, he was very nervous first week, But eats everything.
crappy pic for now

 

[Big G]

Colors are stunning! How big is your tank?

 

[JDNels]

Hope to get a better pic of it soon, Tank is a Cad70

 

[ca1ore]

Looks good. My potters is the fattest fish in my tank - a swimming egg essentially. Eats all frozen but also grazes the rocks continuously.

 

[dodgerblew]

How's it with sps and other corals?

 

[Maddlesrain]

@dodgerblew I've had mine for almost two years now and he's been 100% safe with sps, soft, nps, and lps corals.

As stated above, my fish is also a fatty! He eats pellets and any frozen food I throw in the tank.

@JDNels pretty angel! He'll get less shy with time! Mine was timid at first as well, and has a bit of a spastic personality. Haha

 

[Test led]

I Just recieved a Potters Angel from Divers Den today. The most curious fish I have ever had. After I acclimated him and put him in the qt tank all he has done is follow whoever is at the tank back and forth. Looking forward to having this little guy in the display in a month or so.

 

[B-ridge]

Very nice looking male

 

[4FordFamily]

Potters are quite shy. They're also very susceptible to disease, so watch it carefully. Live blackworms should help improve the fish's immune system quickly!

 

[saltyhog]

I gave up on dwarf angels after my flameback went rogue on my coral after 8 months of perfect reef safe manners. You guys are making me reconsider. Potters angel has been one of my favorite fish since seeing them in the wild a couple of years ago!

 

[ca1ore]

Don't care what anyone may say, dwarf angels are a risk to corals. Not my first potters, and while this one's been fine, prior individuals were less reef safe. Luck of the draw I suppose. Even my LemonPeel behaves himself ..... for now.

 

[kinetic]

Dwarf angels will nip no matter what anyone says. They may nip a little, maybe a lot. That's just how they are in the wild. You could get lucky and they won't affect the corals that much. I think you're OK as long as the health of your corals aren't affected badly enough. But things always change. I've had centrogype go from 100% reef safe, to just having a feast through a 90 gallon tank in a matter of a week.

 

[Waters]

I have tried 5 different species of dwarf angels.....had to remove them all due to coral decimation

 

[reeferfoxx]

That moment when you want to comment but karma...;Chicken

 

[ourcoralreef]

I don’t agree
Some angels can be reef safe lamarck's angel are reefsafe
i have also had very good luck with some flames, coral beauty’s
Juveniles are usually reefsafe (many large angels species as well)
They will not eat all your coral within a day they will start nipping and slowly eat coral you will notice things closed when they are not supposed to be
I have also had a hipo tang that would eat stressed zoas so that makes me think no fish is really reefsafe they are all a gamble you need to keep a eye on your fish, feed them and don’t put stressed coral in your display

 

[eatbreakfast]

I don’t agree
Some angels can be reef safe lamarck's angel are reefsafe
i have also had very good luck with some flames, coral beauty’s
Juveniles are usually reefsafe (many large angels species as well)
They will not eat all your coral within a day they will start nipping and slowly eat coral you will notice things closed when they are not supposed to be
I have also had a hipo tang that would eat stressed zoas so that makes me think no fish is really reefsafe they are all a gamble you need to keep a eye on your fish, feed them and don’t put stressed coral in your display

The genus Genicanthus is regarded as reef safe. However, all the other saltwater angels range from being iffy with corals to down-right coral consumption.

With some species of Centropyge which are deemed safer options, such as flames and coral beauties, it's impossible to say as a whole they are safe. Some individuals never nip, some nip immediately, and others are safe for awhile then begin nipping. But this is all dependant on the individual specimen. So nobody can say for certain whether an angel is safe or not, however if the owner in question is risk averse, than angels outside the genus Genicanthus aren't a great choice.

While nipping may be a slow process in many cases, that is not true in all. I have observed on a few cases an angel completely dessimating 10+ coral colonies in the course of a single day.

 

[ourcoralreef]

The genus Genicanthus is regarded as reef safe. However, all the other saltwater angels range from being iffy with corals to down-right coral consumption.

With some species of Centropyge which are deemed safer options, such as flames and coral beauties, it's impossible to say as a whole they are safe. Some individuals never nip, some nip immediately, and others are safe for awhile then begin nipping. But this is all dependant on the individual specimen. So nobody can say for certain whether an angel is safe or not, however if the owner in question is risk averse, than angels outside the genus Genicanthus aren't a great choice.

While nipping may be a slow process in many cases, that is not true in all. I have observed on a few cases an angel completely dessimating 10+ coral colonies in the course of a single day.

This is all based on speculation and personal experiences there are no scientific facts or anything of the sort when it comes to any marine fish

In my experience if they eatbreakfast they don’t nip

i think it has allot to do with what you’re feeding as well as how much you are feeding

Make sure to feed angels angel food that they eat in the wild for example algae, sponges and pods is in their diet in the wild and it should be part of their diet in your tank

 

[eatbreakfast]

It's anecdotal either way. Even with an angel specific diet, and fish being well fed, IME angels are hit and miss. In 2 of the instances where angels went wild on corals, they were fed multiple times a day, a varied diet, and sponge was a part of the diet. So, in your experience they were fine, but they weren't in these instances. There are no guarantees. Some may be fine, some may not be. No one can say for certain until the fish is in the tank, and even then some fish's behavior changes.

 

[Waters]

For what it is worth, the 5 (Flame, Bi-Color, Golden, Potter's, and Coral Beauty) that I had to remove were all well fed. Some started on the SPS/LPS the day they were introduced...some waited several months. My wife will not allow me to purchase anymore Dwarf Angels lol.

 

[ourcoralreef]

It's anecdotal either way. Even with an angel specific diet, and fish being well fed, IME angels are hit and miss. In 2 of the instances where angels went wild on corals, they were fed multiple times a day, a varied diet, and sponge was a part of the diet. So, in your experience they were fine, but they weren't in these instances. There are no guarantees. Some may be fine, some may not be. No one can say for certain until the fish is in the tank, and even then some fish's behavior changes.

In that case its any fish i have seen tangs go to town on coral eat entire colonies

I did always get juveniles and raise them in my tanks, so it’s possible my experiences is associated with juveniles that never ate coral in the wild and never had a taste for it