Questions about Potter's Angel
 

Anyone had one of these? I know you have ha ha!

Wondering on experiences.... reef friendly or not?

I see pics with them in reef systems.... but read that they are coral eaters. I want one but need more "hands-on info" from you guys.

Thanks!

Marie has a pair of them and if I remember correctly they do pick at her corals.

Just added one to my mixed 170g, he joined the school nice and fast and so far has not touched any coral, I'm sure this will change though. My Coral Beauty did the same thing, I can live with the nipping though.

i have had mine for about a year and have never seen any coral nipping.

Clams
 

Did it nip your clams too? I think I saw clams in your tank....

My 4 clams went into the zoa tank after my coral beauty took a taste for them, so far so good and they are in with a copperband.

I have had my potters in my 60gal for 8 months with no issues. the tank is a mixed reef with zoa's, sps, some mushrooms and a clam. He has never nipped. The biggest issue with potters is getting them to eat. In all honesty mine rarely takes given food of mysis, ocean plakton or brine. The little guy is as fat and happy as can be. Like all angels, its a risk adding them to a reef set up

Yep, I have 2 and they both chow down on corals....any corals :D

Do they do detrimental damage to corals or just certain types... Sps LPS... etc.

They live in a tank that is all sps and the sps seem to cope with the nibbling. I'm pretty sure if left with any lps or clams for long enough and they would kill it

ok
 

ouch. I love them. I guess by the seems of things... it could go either way... really good.... or really bad.

take the risk

Hmmm
 

Am I better off with a Flame Angel?

Had to remove my flame for excessive nipping, at the end of the day it comes down to luck plain and simple.

:biggrin: Yup, mine never touched corals in my tank...she then went to live with Bill (Bvlester) and not sure if she bothered anything in his or not.

They are hit and miss, same with the flames. You'll only know if you have a problem if you try one and observe something. Most potters and flames are usually 75% safe (a statistic that I just completely made up all on very own! :lol:)

I have had one for years. I have never observed any nipping on either corals or clams. However, that said .... I have not been able to keep SPS of ANY kind for about the same length of time. 2 + 2 = ?? I'm not sure. It's a coincidence hard to ignore ... but it could just be coincidence. Drawing a parallel like that without hard evidence is called Texas Sharpshooter Syndrome.

For sure, the clams have been safe though.

My advice is go for it, but be prepared to change your mind if you have to.