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I have frogspawn hammer and torch, never touched them, the only one coral I saw it attacking is wild red sea policipora. and that was only yesterday. not a lot of damage was done.
Angels and Butterflies in The Reef Tank
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I have frogspawn hammer and torch, never touched them, the only one coral I saw it attacking is wild red sea policipora. and that was only yesterday. not a lot of damage was done.
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Angels and Acros
lol, all too typical.
You going to, maybe, do a little research on them first?
And find out that they are even more shy and difficult that a Regal Angel?
And that they prefer to be in pairs or groups instead of singly?
LOL
yah they are a little shy, difficult more than Regal not sure about that. and yes as you say pairs are better. but I am good with one don't want to add more so they don't team up against my corals
I think getting them in small size also is a good idea
Can You give us more details about your tank size and some pictures, every body love pictures
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Sorry I missed the part with fatty LPS and zoas, yes they are at risk, but one thing to keep in mind to minimize the risk is to have them as small as possible when they didn't get the chance to feed on corals at the wild, and keep them well and tummies are full.
As I Noticed Angel have more risk at acans, brians and zoas. but mine stopped nipping at them. While Butterfly have more risk with SPS
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Tank size : 900gallon
What Kind Of Corals: SPS 90%,LPS 10%,Clams
Fish Name: Pygoplites diacanthus
Reef Safe 80%
Eat: some Acans, Lobos, Symphyllia
Fish Name: Chaetodon mitratus
Reef Safe 99%
Fish Name: Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Reef Safe 99%
What Kind Of Corals: SPS 90%,LPS 10%,Clams
Fish Name: Pygoplites diacanthus
Reef Safe 80%
Eat: some Acans, Lobos, Symphyllia
Fish Name: Chaetodon mitratus
Reef Safe 99%
Fish Name: Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Reef Safe 99%
reeftank220master
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I would have thought it would be easy and far less expensive getting marine fish in Saudi Arabia! I would love to see a pic of your tank
Thanks [emoji3]
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120g 4x2x2
95% SPS. 4 Clams, Zoas, Duncan's. Hammer
Angels:
Masked
Bandit
Bellus
Had an emperor that got too big so he was rehomed. Kept the aiptasia and GHA at bay.
Haven't noticed any problems. Had them from when they were tiny. They could help out by trimming some SPS but no luck.
95% SPS. 4 Clams, Zoas, Duncan's. Hammer
Angels:
Masked
Bandit
Bellus
Had an emperor that got too big so he was rehomed. Kept the aiptasia and GHA at bay.
Haven't noticed any problems. Had them from when they were tiny. They could help out by trimming some SPS but no luck.
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fabutahoun
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Tank size : 900gallon
What Kind Of Corals: SPS 90%,LPS 10%,Clams
Fish Name: Pygoplites diacanthus
Reef Safe 80%
Eat: some Acans, Lobos, Symphyllia
Fish Name: Chaetodon mitratus
Reef Safe 99%
Fish Name: Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Reef Safe 99%
Nice Tank, oh that Clam is Huge !!!
120g 4x2x2
95% SPS. 4 Clams, Zoas, Duncan's. Hammer
Angels:
Masked
Bandit
Bellus
Had an emperor that got too big so he was rehomed. Kept the aiptasia and GHA at bay.
Haven't noticed any problems. Had them from when they were tiny. They could help out by trimming some SPS but no luck.
Nice Fish and tank, Look at that sps growth amazing
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Where Do I begin ? since we have a long red sea shore many thinks that we can get fish easily , first of all it is illegal to collect anything from the sea. another thing is that i live in Riyadh and red sea is about 1000 Km far from my home.
The reefing community is too small here, Another thing, there are few small LFS in Riyadh and they are almost empty all the time except one shop that exports regularly Sri Lankan fish.
so from where I got all my fish and corals? I Have a good friend who owns a small LFS, and I help him with some tasks in the shop, and for the last year I was handling fish and corals orders from Indonesia and Sri Lanka. and that how I got all my life stock
Some other fishes bought from Bahrain a neighboring country 500 km away that they have some descent fish stores that imports from USA, Australia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka
Ironically the 2 red sea fish I have Golden Butterfly and Purple Tangs are Imported from Sri Lankan Exporter/Importer who got them from Red Sea
And sorry for the long Post
And finally Some Photos, and you can find my complete build thread here with too many photos
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fadis-reef-180-gallons-sps-dominated-tank.268341/
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dr.fish
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I have an emperor and a regal angel in a 400G. Mostly SPS but have also hammer, torch , acan, zoa, 4 clams, lobo.
The regal: nip at everything but no damage. Eat Zoa but leave some alone.
The emperor: also a niper but likes fleshy corals. If one coral is harm i have to remove it because it is gonna be killed.
One thing i find with angels is that they will taste any new coral introduce in the tank. So now when i introduce a coral a chase them around the tank when they approach it. It works for a couple of new additions. I have a acan colony in the tank that was there before the introduction of the angels so i tried to put another frag in and they kept picking at it. I had to removed it.
An other trick is to introduce corals at night. in my opinion they are curious so they are gonna taste it and if they love it they will come back.
The regal: nip at everything but no damage. Eat Zoa but leave some alone.
The emperor: also a niper but likes fleshy corals. If one coral is harm i have to remove it because it is gonna be killed.
One thing i find with angels is that they will taste any new coral introduce in the tank. So now when i introduce a coral a chase them around the tank when they approach it. It works for a couple of new additions. I have a acan colony in the tank that was there before the introduction of the angels so i tried to put another frag in and they kept picking at it. I had to removed it.
An other trick is to introduce corals at night. in my opinion they are curious so they are gonna taste it and if they love it they will come back.
Reef Ryder
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My flame angel in my 75 gal loves picking at my acans, I lost one, losing another and my favorite biggest one is shriveled and stressed. Gonna give them to the LFS for a better life. My favia gets nipped at, not too bad. I started feeding a lot more frequently plus trying to always have a veggie clip in. Although it doesn't completely stop señor flame angel, it does help. I have a fox face that loves to attack the veggie clips so that's why señor flame angel gets nippy.
Reef Ryder
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My flame angel in my 75 gal loves picking at my acans, I lost one, losing another and my favorite biggest one is shriveled and stressed. Gonna give them to the LFS for a better life. My favia gets nipped at, not too bad. I started feeding a lot more frequently plus trying to always have a veggie clip in. Although it doesn't completely stop señor flame angel, it does help. I have a fox face that loves to attack the veggie clips so that's why señor flame angel gets nippy.
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lol, not familiar with terrestrial i think we don't have them in middle east.
Man, Beautiful Reef !!! wow those corals are huge how old is the tank ? and For how long did you kept the angel before it overgrowed the tank
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Thanks Dr. Fish For sharing these info, I think Adding the corals at night is a good idea when the fish are not active
Great thread! After digesting all this great info I can't help but wonder if introducing either would be best after corals get a little established. Some of stated that they would be good to keep zoas and spa trimmed back. I would love to have one of these beautiful fish but if there's a risk they would kill a frag I just payed a couple hundred dollars for, it wouldn't be worth the risk. Only I am allowed to kill my expensive frags.
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