Angelfish Question

[aanthony]

So usually when i look at an angelfish i am told that they are not reef safe, now im just wondering what is meant by the term not seef safe, at the time i do not have any corals, but i do have alot of inverts. My tank is a 90 gallon, so im wondering what kind of angelfish i can get away with, my tank at the time only has 4 small fish, so it is by no means close to being overstocked, the dwarf angels do not really appeal to me, what kinds can i get??? i am told the rules of angelfish are simillar to that of tangs which is 125 gallons minimum, is this true????

 

[nemo_66]

i dont know the answers of any of your questions except one. most dwarf angels are considered not reef safe because they have a 50/50 chance they might nip at corals. i would think that applys to large angels as well, but im no expert.

 

[dinogeorge]

Originally Posted by AAnthony
So usually when i look at an angelfish i am told that they are not reef safe, now im just wondering what is meant by the term not seef safe, at the time i do not have any corals, but i do have alot of inverts. My tank is a 90 gallon, so im wondering what kind of angelfish i can get away with, my tank at the time only has 4 small fish, so it is by no means close to being overstocked, the dwarf angels do not really appeal to me, what kinds can i get??? i am told the rules of angelfish are simillar to that of tangs which is 125 gallons minimum, is this true????
Unless you go with a dwarf, your Angels will be too big for your tank. When small they may not bother your inverts, but some of them will pick them off as they grow.

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by AAnthony
So usually when i look at an angelfish i am told that they are not reef safe, now im just wondering what is meant by the term not seef safe, at the time i do not have any corals, but i do have alot of inverts. My tank is a 90 gallon, so im wondering what kind of angelfish i can get away with, my tank at the time only has 4 small fish, so it is by no means close to being overstocked, the dwarf angels do not really appeal to me, what kinds can i get??? i am told the rules of angelfish are simillar to that of tangs which is 125 gallons minimum, is this true????
Compose a stock list of things that you want but Dino is correct that most grow too large for your tank. Angels are like tangs in that they are prone to illness, but many are not open water swimmers. Some get very large though. Size of the adult fish is more in play than activity with angels. What inverts do you have? Dwarf angels or pigmy's will not bother snails, crabs, and (most of the time) shrimp, nor stars or urchins.

 

[anthropo]

Originally Posted by AAnthony
So usually when i look at an angelfish i am told that they are not reef safe, now im just wondering what is meant by the term not seef safe, at the time i do not have any corals, but i do have alot of inverts. My tank is a 90 gallon, so im wondering what kind of angelfish i can get away with, my tank at the time only has 4 small fish, so it is by no means close to being overstocked, the dwarf angels do not really appeal to me, what kinds can i get??? i am told the rules of angelfish are simillar to that of tangs which is 125 gallons minimum, is this true????
i have lots of experience with angelfish. angel fish will pick at anything they can if it's soft unless it tastes bad to them. if they get a taste for it then kiss it good bye. dwarf angels can be put in a tank 30 gallons or larger, but remember the smaller the tank the less other kinds of fish you can put in there. all other angels you want to put in 100 gallons or larger depending on the size they can attain. as far as reef safe goes it's a safe assumption that if a coral has polyps on it then the angel is gonna pick at it although there are exceptions to this but few. they will not eat anemones except for aiptasia(only large angels) on occasion. there are rules that are similar to tangs but not really. the large angels need the room lots of veggies and a mature tank. large angels also do not get along with other angels very well. they need sponge in the diet which is crucial. they will not pick on hermits, shrimps, and most other motile inverts unless they are bite sized or you do not feed them properly. got any questions let me know.

 

[aanthony]

well right now i have about 6 cleaner shrimp, 1 cbs, 2 decorator crabs, some snails, hermits, one huge haloween hermit, an arrow crab, coco worm, 1 tube anemone, and 5 or so featherdusters......i think thats all my inverts
i would LOVE to go out and buy a emperor angel, but i know those things get too huge, but the problems with the dwarf angels is that they are so....boring. i love the colours of the other angels

 

[anthropo]

Originally Posted by AAnthony
well right now i have about 6 cleaner shrimp, 1 cbs, 2 decorator crabs, some snails, hermits, one huge haloween hermit, an arrow crab, coco worm, 1 tube anemone, and 5 or so featherdusters......i think thats all my inverts
i would LOVE to go out and buy a emperor angel, but i know those things get too huge, but the problems with the dwarf angels is that they are so....boring. i love the colours of the other angels
your 125 is ok for a emperor but there's a possibility that the feather dusters might get picked at.

 

[aanthony]

nah its not a 125, its a 90, thats my problem, im wondering if a 90 is too small.

 

[nereef]

imo, you're crazy for thinking that dwarf angels are boring. have you seen the flame, bicolor, lemonpeel, nahacky, or nox. anyway, non Centropyge angels that would fit in a 90 would include: most Genicanthus spp, which are reef safe, Chaetodontoplus spp, and maybe the regal.