Large angels in a reef. Your thoughts?

[Delphinus]

I'm always surprised to see how many people have larger angels in their reefs. I always had the thought that they were risky in a reef due to munching on things we'd otherwise pay good money to keep? SPS, clams .. LPS. ? Is that true or is it more of a case where they eat sponges, and whatever you feed them, and they leave the rest alone?

So.. I'm curious. If you have an angel (or angels) in your reef (excluding the Centropyge sp. pygmies that is), is there anything you've found that you can't keep in your reef as a result of having the angel(s)?

[marie]

I have a regal angel that eats everything softies, lps, zoos, sps.

The only things I have found that can tolerate being munched on are sps

[Tom R]

I have 3 angels in each of my display tanks. The largest in each of my tanks are Majestic Angels of between 4 - 5". I find that they all pick at things in the tank with the smaller angels doing the most continuous picking. Angels are very inquisitive and will immediately go over and pick at anything new put into their tank. My tanks are completely over grown with GPS, Xenia, Anthelia, Kenya Tree and Zoo's and if they are in fact eating any of the corals it is impossible to tell. Some of my friends that have had problems with angels in their reef tanks have had problems with the angels going after the more meaty Brain Corals.

[Jaws]

tagging along.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

The corals that seem the most tempting to angels are brain-type and sometimes Euphyllias. My Majestic & other angels seemed to nip at the puffy brain corals a lot.

[Finaddict]

Tom- does your majestic pick at your clams?

jw

[Tom R]

Originally Posted by Finaddict

Tom- does your majestic pick at your clams?

jw

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.

Tom R

[Chin_Lee]

Tony
I just added 5 angels to my acro sps tank.
6.5" Majestic
5" Emperor
4" Regal
3" Goldflake
2.5" Flame

So far so good with the acros. I don't have lps or softies or clams in there.

[Jason McK]

I want a gold flake
(just subscribing to thread really)

[rzadun]

I have a large queen angel in a reef tank and it eats green star and yellow polyps. I recently moved a Large Koran angel into the tank and it ate two of three green bubble corals and some Red mushrooms although the tank I moved it from had geen star polyps and yellow parazoanthus which it did not touch. It did like to pick at brain corals and palythos and zoanthids. I think the angels are individuals and each is not to be trusted in a reef.