Coral Beauty Angel, ok with coral?

[manowar669]

I want to add some coral to my FOWLR tank. I bought a decent light setup, and I want to add some coral, either Xenia, Zoas, or Green Star Polyps to start. My question is, will a Coral Beauty eat these? I know the other fish are OK, just not sure about the angel. Thanks.

[joander123]

usually i hear they are OK with soft noxious corals... but it really depends. Some of them will nip while others wont, it really all depends on the fishs individual personality. I'd say you have a safer bet with soft corals then hard (lps or sps) corals... so its worth a try.

My bet would be that he might nip the soft corals at first, but then lose interest.

Hope this helps.
Jay

[zhonk]

It goes fish by fish. Mine works well, but some will eat any sort of coral.

[JohnLin]

they pick at/around corals looking for algae, so add them at your own risk...
Personally, I'd shy away from them just to be on the safe side.

[clown-lover]

Mine are ok with my soft corals, leathers, gsp etc.. But as soon as I added acropora or the hard corals he started to feed on the polyps.

[vorlx]

My coral beauty hasn't gone near my zoa colony. It's the only ones I have in my tank.

[archer772]

I have had my Coral Beauty for 2 years and it doesnt bother anything Softies, LPS, SPS or my clams

[clown-lover]

I have had my Coral Beauty for 2 years and it doesnt bother anything Softies, LPS, SPS or my clams

Lucky... I want my acropora back.. sigh.

[mandy21]

my coral beauty hasn't touched anything but algae. I'll soon have 3 tanks, one where I can't put corals and the other 2 that if something doesn't work in the tankw ith the CBA, then it can go in the other tank which will only have 2 clowns and a goby.

[Grins]

As the answers here have suggested it depends on the individual fish. Some will, some won't.

[sadred123]

my coral beauty hasn't touched anything but algae.