potters angelfish...?
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ndrwater
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They are notoriously difficult to keep. Difficult to get to eat, and very sensitive to fluctuating water quality.
They can be kept thriving, but someone willing to put in the time and effort to need their somewhat particular needs.
They can be kept thriving, but someone willing to put in the time and effort to need their somewhat particular needs.
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As others have stated, difficult to feed, these fish don't usually recognize food from the water column. With this said that's also why they almost always come in with internal parasites, they are scavenging food along the way.
So if you treat for internal parasites and initially provide a mature rock with algae and pods along with other live foods you have a 90% chance of success; if you don't, you have about a 10% chance of success. If you are serious about keeping one I'll be happy to help.
So if you treat for internal parasites and initially provide a mature rock with algae and pods along with other live foods you have a 90% chance of success; if you don't, you have about a 10% chance of success. If you are serious about keeping one I'll be happy to help.
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My first attempt was a failure, it simply didn't survive despite eating well the first few days. Died within a week.
Second "attempt", have had it for 4+ months, and it's doing very well. Eats everything that goes into the tank, and I try to feed a lot of different foods. It's definitely the boss in the tank, unfortunately it's gotten a taste of LPS, and thus my "fleshy" LPS aren't really extending anymore
Second "attempt", have had it for 4+ months, and it's doing very well. Eats everything that goes into the tank, and I try to feed a lot of different foods. It's definitely the boss in the tank, unfortunately it's gotten a taste of LPS, and thus my "fleshy" LPS aren't really extending anymore
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Not the most difficult of the dwarf angels, but pretty close. If you are able to find a specemin that isn’t already half starved, then having a lot of grazable live rock is essential to keep it sustained as you wean it on to prepared foods. I’ve had two over the years, and both ended up about the fattest of all my fish because of the obsessive grazing. Had a third now for a few months, so not a fatty yet.
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Sounds like the dwarf angel answer to the Leopard Wrasse or Copperband Butterflyfish.
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I’d say they’re not as hard as their reputation but definitely difficult. Particularly disease-prone and more difficult to get feeding than other centropyge.
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haha...seriously, 2 of my favorite fish......go figure
I would say, exactly, you will find that many of these difficult fish have 2 things in common. One they many times come in with internal parasites, so successfully de-worming and treating for parasites I find a must, because they are grazers they are many times grazing on fish poo along the way. 2nd they must be taught how to eat from the water column, recognizing what we are feeding is actually food, so a mature tank and other fish to teach them, and sometimes live foods.
