Large angels in a reef. Your thoughts?

[danny zubot]

No the Angel do not seem to bother the clams. I put the clams out of the main swimming lanes of the tank as the clams close every time a fish swims by and if they are in the main swimming lanes they are closing all the time. After a while the clams do not open all the ways and are just not happy.

A great lesson in aquarium logistics.

[Montana]

all fish can be coral eaters it depends on the fish. i have a 2 angels and neither of them pick at coral ... but my yellow tang killed 2 clams on me ... my advice is watch your fish and if it is just grazing on coral not killing it then the coral will probobly do better... remember in the wild the fish that graze on coral keep the coral healthy...

JUST MY .O2 CENTS

[Skimmin]

It's all a matter of chance. I had a coral beauty for about a year. I feed my fish once a day and last week I wake up, check out my tank and right in front of me is my coral beauty eating some zoanthids. That was the last day that fish spent in my tank. Someone with a fowlr tank took it off my hands. So some fish will be fine forever. Some will be fine for some amount of time and then for no particular reason change. It's a shame because I really liked that fish. That's my own experiance on this topic.

[aussiefishy]

i have had a blueface juvi in my reef for about 2 years, not picking anything and than all of a sudden picking at my clams, then it has been living in my refugium ever since (poor thing)... i am at the progess of adding a ear-spot angel, multicolor and a potter angel all at once to see what will happen...

i am willing let go of any corals that they like to pick on though.

i think based on my opinion, the reef tank will be more vibrant if angelfishes are put in, you will lose the sponge/tunicate/macro inverts variety in the long run, but this is the sacrifice i am willing to make.

cheers!

[Chin_Lee]

oK update on my angels - my Flame, Regal and Goldflake seems to have started picking on the millis.

[aussiefishy]

i am currently trying to catch the shoal tang to my sump, to give the new arrivals a little breathing room. i currently have a purple tang, ear-spot angel, potters angel and a multicolor angel waiting to be put in.

should i bet on the fact that the aggression of the shoal should be quite spread out and everybody should survive??

i set up a trap last night and all of my fish except the shoal are entering the trap to eat no problem... i am convince that by end of this month i will be able to catch him.

what is your opinion??

[michika]

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee

oK update on my angels - my Flame, Regal and Goldflake seems to have started picking on the millis.

Any photos of your new additions?

[Lynn]

Aussiefry...is your blueface angel still living in the sump?