Potters Angels

Chelsey · Apr 25, 2007

Who has one of these? I'm a potters addict, and after searching long and hard I've found one that eats frozen and flake and DOES NOT eat coral. I've had him for about a month now and before that he was downstairs at a LFS for 3 months because I wanted to make sure he was going to do ok. I hope I'm not cursing myself by posting this, as I'll be VERY upset if he dies, but I was curious if anyone else has had any luck with them

revhtree · Apr 25, 2007

Well did you see the pics of my potters. Got him eating flake food and anything else, then I gave him away 2 days ago.

Beautiful and he was awesome, but I am fixing to start stocking some high end sps and I was scared. He was picking at parts of a monti cap.

revhtree · Apr 25, 2007

Chelsey · Apr 25, 2007

Sorry Rev

I've got SPS in with mine and he's doing fine thus far *fingers crossed* There are few SPS in my tank that are worth me getting rid of my Potters Angel for, the rest would be given away before he'd go anywhere

revhtree · Apr 25, 2007

Ya he wasnt bad, I just wasnt sure and since I am just starting out stocking I thought I would make a decision before it would have been real hard. I don't doubt at all that one can live in a tank and be a good citizen.

Chelsey · Apr 25, 2007

I don't blame you one bit

It's hit or miss with almost all dwarf angels, Potters are no exception. How big was your Potters? They are somewhat sexually dimorphic (mature males get very dark blue, almost black toward the tail) and I think mine is a male. I'll post pics if he decides not to be camera shy tomorrow.

reefboy · Apr 26, 2007

the one i have in my 300 dosnt bother anything but i think when your tanks full of sps a little natural predidation is a good thing.

revhtree · Apr 26, 2007

reefboy said:
the one i have in my 300 dosnt bother anything but i think when your tanks full of sps a little natural predidation is a good thing.

Not in a 37g though!

Chelsey · Apr 26, 2007

Nor in a 40

Azurel · Apr 26, 2007

They are gorgeous fish, there is a breeder in Hawaii that was breeding them and about guaranteed that they would not eat coral....

Chelsey · Apr 26, 2007

The breeder is Reef Culture Technologies: http://www.rcthawaii.com/angel/6.htm#hybrid

I do not think that he's breeding at the moment though because he moved or something.