coral beauty and flame angel

php

Member
just a question..can you have a coral beaty and a flame angel in the same tank,and tank size i mean 75 gals. to 55gals.?
 

killa

Member
No in most cases but helps if you add them at the same time. I have had two attempts in two different circumstances though not with the fish you mention. The first time I had a 55gal with 50lbs of LR. Added a Coral Beauty and Bi-color at the same time and both got along fine. In the other case I tried adding a Keyhole to my 180gal with 220lbs which already had a Bi-color (different from above). This didn't work and the next time I saw the Keyhole after adding it to my tank was dead a couple of days later. So if you are going to try, make sure you add them together with plenty of LR, this may not last however.
 

carrie1429

Active Member
Most likely they won't get along. 50/50 chance though, they might get along, then again they might not. But adding them at the same time would be your best chance that they might get along, but I wouldn't try it.
 

vibe

Member
yeah put them in together...they will mate and be happy. good for their health. we call them coral flame beauties. dont worry, i tried it in my 5 gallon nano tank. they live together happily. i ahve 2 female flame angels and one male coral beauty. i also have a
2 1/2 gallon tank, with 2 purple tangs....they never fought....ever. both tanks are equipped with peguin mini bio-wheel filters....i ahve several corals in each tank....no protien skimmers. corals include: fox face, gonapora, finger leather, and brain coral. inverts include: 20 blue legged hermits and 10 scarlet hermits in my 5gal. and 10 blue and 10 scarlets in my 2 1/2gal. both tanks also have a bi color blenny, and a spotted mandarin. one last thing, 5 gallon has 2lbs LR, 5lbs LS. 2 1/2 has 1 LR, 2lbs LS.
damn...im talented :D
good luck with ur coral flame beauty mix :)
 
I wanted to do the same thing, I have a coral beauty and I wanted to add a flame angel in a 75gl tank reef. How do I tell the diffrence between male an female on the angels?
I want some coral flame angels toooo! ;)
 

php

Member
with flames u can tell the male from the female by the black stripes..the male i believe had more black stripes while the female has like 3
 

mishka

Member
We had the same two fish in a 55 gal for about one week. The flame angel would not leave the coral beauty alone (we were told they would be ok together-yeah right). We had to go buy a 20 gal long and set up a refugium for the coral beauty. It is nice and healthy now, and is not all freaked out. We just bought a 125 gal tank. Is that big enough for the both of them, or do they still have to be seperated?
 
Well now that I know the diffrence between the M/F flame angels... Thanks PHP!!! Does anyone know the diffrence between M/F coral beauties?... I want to try M/F coral and flame together see if they can live toghether!!! :p
 
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