Angelfish and starfish

[spmillsii]

I want to get a angelfish for my 75 gallon tank but i have a red knob starfish that i really like and dont want to have him harmed. Is there any dwarfs that are star friendly?

 

[grabbitt]

Larger angels tend to be a bit nippy around stars, but I would say you have a better chance with a dwarf. I had a flame angel and a sand-sifting star (which spent an ample amount of time above the substrate to notice any problems between the two) in a tank together for over a year and I never had any problems. However, I was also fortunate enough to find a flame angel that didn't pick at any corals, either (although dwarf angels are said to be reef safe, it's more reportedly known your chances of getting a nipper are about 50/50).

 

[spmillsii]

thx for the info my knob stays around the live rock and the glass of the tank so he would be easy target to an aggressive angel.

 

[pastor b.]

Dear hobbyist,my Queen angelfish ate all four of my star fish

.I didn't think that it would happen since the star fish were large,but that didn't make a difference at all,when the queen saw them she saw a meal and flipped the star fish over,and began to eat

. I wish you success with the dwarf angel fish .