Flame Angel In 24g?

[rad]

Im in a predicament. I originally bought my new 24g aquapod for a pair of maroons and some other small fish. Since then Ive come to realize that the female maroons will get too big for a 24g too quickly (quicker than I can upgrade at least) My other option is to get one maroon and a flame angel (better yet a coral beauty, I wish). I know its not recomended to put a flame angel in a 24g but I was wondering what others experiences with this were. I know of some others in another forum that have had them (flame angels) in their tanks and I havnt heard of anything too disasterous, but thats why Im here. Keep in mind I do plan on upgrading in a year or two to a 55g or bigger.

 

[hot883]

Wait to the upgrade before you buy the angel.
1. not large enough tank
2. not enough fauna in there to graze on.
3. LR amount is not large enough to support #2 because they graze ALL DAY long. Barry

 

[seattle]

Get a Pygmy Angelfish not a Flame they do better in Nanos than any other Angelfish :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: Cheer leader squad

 

[rad]

^thanks for the advice. That pygmy is pretty cool but if they need fauna also then I dont see the difference between the two. But at the same time I was under the impression that they eat flakes and pellets. Why would they need the fauna?