what dwarf angels do you have in your reef?

Ya, I paid $30 for my Potters back in 2004. This when when my LFS just got their first one in and didn't know how it was going to sell so they sold it at cost. After mine died I went back to get another one and they were at least $75. Definately jumped in price. I also read they are not very hardy angels but from my experience and everyone I have talked to with first hand experience that doesn't seem to be the case. Obviously I can't say that is true for every Potters, or even say every Potter will be perfect in a reef but I have had good experiences with them that counter what I have read online.
 
Wow, $75 is a lot! You were really lucky to get yours for $30. Sorry about your loss, BTW.:(

They are about $50-60 here.
 
Its a hit or a miss with all angels, some worse than others. Fish of the same species are not always the same either. For example, you may have an aggressive coral eating monster, or a friendly coral peacemaker. You don't know what the fish is going to be like which is why it is so risky, and not many people are able to keep a dwarf angel in a reef system with no problems or little problems.

Your best bet is to keep them very well feed, with good nutrition and algae while not overfeeding. They could eat only certain corals, eat them all, or get lucky and leave them alone. They could all change their minds in my opinion, and it is a risky chance.

The smaller dwarf angels may give you a better chance. I ahve a Cherub angel in my tank that is very peaceful with my firefish and clownfish, and I have yet to see any aggression at all since I bought him 6 months ago.

If you already have a tank massed with corals, it might not be a good idea to put him strait into your main tank.

Maybe you could put him in a quarantine tank and put some corals in there to see if he would be at all interested. Of course, it matters on the condition of the QT and corals.
 
SuperScro brings up an excellent point- I know of many instances where people have angels in a reef for a long time successfully, and then they just start getting nasty on your corals. It's something to consider.

It's a risk I'm personally willing to take. I LOVE dwarf angels.:)
 
Not necessarily salty, but I'm told that you should introduce the most aggressive fish last into your system. In many cases, that is the angel. Depending on your stock, add the angel last.

Which one are you considering, and what other stock would you like?
 
How many corals are in your tank right now? I would add the angel last and do not add any more corals until you have seen him in the tank for a couple of weeks.

Like I said, if you keep them very well fed with a varied diet, you might be able to pull it off, but it is not definite.
 
current fish stock -
2 bk/wt clowns
1 royal gramma
1 pj cardinal
1 blue neon goby

wish list *considered*
1 foxface
1 mccoskers flasher wrasse
1 midas blenny
2 angels - considering the flameback, potters, swallowtail, and bellus

right now as far as corals go you can click my link to my 37g tank to see what i've got right now. when i upgrade i'll be getting a MH T5 combo canopy (cha-ching!) so i'll be filling the tank with sps and i will get a clam in there as well. SO, i thought maybe it would be a good idea to put the angels in after getting at least a couple sps pieces and the clam. i think i'll use my 37g as my QT tank so in that case i could have my current lighting on it and have at least some zoas, gsp and xenia in there to "test" the angels out and see how they behave.
 
I wouldn't mix centropyge angels- I'm told they may fight. A 75 isn't a huge amount of space for two spp of the same genus.
 
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