Watanabei Angelfish caution

[Redfoxtang]

I know this has been all over the boards with angelfish being reef safe or not. I will say that not all angelfish are reef safe and always buy with caution. I was very hesitant in buying an angelfish for my dominant SPS tank. Went with the Wantanabei as they are considered reef safe. Well think again this sucker has taking a liking in all my sps colonies. Now to trap this sucker and move him to another tank.

 

[dedragon]

dang, is it doing damage or just nipping some polyps?

 

[Redfoxtang]

As of right now just nipping at the polyps. I was wondering why I had no polyps extension on all my corals. Then I sat there and watched the accuser irritating dang near all my corals.

 

[jcdeng]

the flame angel i used to have nip at sps too, so no pe most of the time but the sps were still growing. My acans and chalices on the other hand....

 

[Redfoxtang]

Yea wasn’t gonna take my chance on the typical Flame angel or CB. So I went with one that are supposedly reef safe. Should have stuck to my gut feeling.

 

[Spare time]

Out of curiosity, what do you feed the fish? Any clue what it was eating before you bought it?

 

[Redfoxtang]

I make my own blends of food. Very similar to LRS and loves it. I also auto feed pellets that he eats as well along with algae sheets on clips. That doesn’t keep him occupied enough I guess and the corals taste better.