Should I?? Big decision!

[wildbunch]

I need to decide whether or not to add a 4" Juv. Imperator Angel to my 175 Gallon Fish & Partial Reef Tank? The tank has been set up for more than a year.
I have the following in the tank. UV, Berlin, Wet Dry. 7" Naso, 3" Kole, 3" Clark Clown, 4 damsels, snowflake eel. Toadstool leather, 2 feather dusters, yellow polyps (not many left, somethings been eating them), Green mushroom, and 2 condilactuses. 20 blue snails, 2 emerald crabs, 20 astrea snails. (Side question--Who has been eating my 20 red hermits??? now all gone)
Should I add the Emperator? I have one on reserve an the LFS. AWESOME LOOKING FISH, that is eating, and still a Juvenile. Do you think he will eat the corals?
If he starts to then I can move the corals to my 50 Gallon and make that a reef. The 2 triggers, Niger and Humu Humu would move out of the 50 and into the 175.
Any help would be great.

 

[reef-addict]

At first my advice would be to split the two tanks, make the 50 Gallon the reef tank and the 175 an all fishtank. This may create a challange in the long run, I know, from experience, once you start getting a lot of corals you always want more room, and your 50 gallon may not be enough for you.
In the end, I would say add the angel into your 175 but get rid of that nasty eel if you can. Toss him in your trigger tank, they'll get along fine. How big is he anyway? He might have been the one chowin down on those big delicious red legs.

 

[mlm]

Angels in the wild eat sponges and coral. It is there main diet. The pygmy angels may not eat your coral and prefer a good algea diet instead. If it was my reef tank I would not add the angel.

 

[discusking]

I have heard of large angels that did not bother corals if you want to I say do it.

 

[jayhawk]

The Imperator is an awesome fish to watch change colors. Watch him, if he nips at the corals then take those out. Sounds like a big JUV.

 

[wildbunch]

Thanks, for your suggestions. I bought the Angel, doing great. Not bothering the Corals. Not bothering the Feather Dusters, Mushroom, Toadstool Leather, Candilactus Anenome's. Time will tell.

 

[q]

As it they get older they are more likely to eat corals.
It would be a good idea to get an angle fish supliment to make sure it eats all the nutrition that is needs.

 

[lordofthereef]

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