Thanks Mike.

I realize I took a risk. I think the key thing to do is to keep the belly full. At the same time though, if it wants to nip, it will nip.. regardless of what you do.

I am crossing my fingers.. he only seems to like the digitata. If he does start to nip at all my SPS, I think I'd rather remove all the SPS to keep the fish.. it's pretty sweet.

flame angel in a 20 gallon? Your going to get some serious nippage, dwarf a. need a bigger home in my opinion.

tb

:rolleyes: Thanks.

Plans to upgrade are being made, no worries. You seem pretty certain he'll nip.. how are you so certain?

He's already at adult size.. he won't get any bigger as well, I plan on having a cube built within the next 3-4 months or so, just need to make some plans and prepare.

I think the key is to get a younger one so that they are not use to the corals IMO I could be wrong thou...

That is what i did got rid of the SPs before the fish, Because i loved thr color of the flame in the tank..

it all about the color in the tank....

I agree Mike, a juv. might be better. I know Live Aquaria sells Tank Bred Flames. It's all about the fish.. that's mainly why I setup SW, was for the beauty of the fish, and it just turned into corals, corals, corals. So I think I'd most likely choose the flame over SPS.

I am no way certain that he'll nip, but just from observing my coral beauty, angles like there space and love to graze, if you dont have suffient grazing or "stuff" for the fish to do he's gona take it out on something. These fish love to swim and im glad youre upgrading. IMO getting them tank raised or juv, wouldn't help because he's not learning the habits from the other fish he's just developing his bad habits on his own. It all comes down to tank size and boredom.

JMO good luck
t.b.

I have a dwarf angel in my 4' 120g. He/she's doing well in there. I know you have plans for a cube of some sort from another thread. If possible, for the sake of the angel, try to go with a 3' tank. They need lots of back and forth swimming room.

My coral beauty did very well in my 3ft 50g before I upgraded. But my aquascraping was such that he could swim laps around the live rock, and dart in an out of it. I wouldn't go any smaller for a dwarf angel.

Hmm, I am a little dissapointed in my LFS then. As that was my first question to them "will this fish do well in a 20g?" and sure enough it was a yes.

The tank dimensions will all depend on what will give me the best light in the tank. I do want a cube, and have for a long time. If I go long, then my 150w HQI will not cover a tank like that. Also, the PVC mod I built for the tank is only as wide as my 20g tank stand. Which isn't very long.