Could I have a little more info on a Cherub Angelfish PleaseBaby tang you mean?
I suggested cherub/pygmy. They are active but only get to 3 inches in size so I feel it is more appropriate if one must have a laterally compressed fish. It also glows neonand tends to have much more interactive personality then most tangs once settled. They eat algae as well.
Man, I don't mean to sound insensitive by any means but you should be the one cracking open all the books you can find and searching the internet for previous success stories
Of course, but for a much shorter period and into another tank you own. Not a fan of “renting” fish from a LFS as a plan.
I see what you mean
Yep. Trolling the tang police is a classic.
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I gotta admit this was a good read. Tang police are on it. I hope this is just a... trolling post...
If you're serious...?? you are just going to get attached to the fish, and not bring it back, and end up with a 150g tank 6 months from now. It's happened before and it'll happen again
If it hasn’t grown in 6 months, its because its not getting enough exercise, has stopped producing somatostatin (growth hormone) and has stunted growth, fatty liver disease, obesity, a whole host of other health issues, and a drastically shortened life span. It just blows my mind that on a forum that focuses on our love of the livestock we keep, people defend what is essentially animal cruelty. The people who do this or defend this practice always say ‘my fish is fat and happy’, not realizing that that is part of why its unethical, your fish shouldn’t be obese. Again, if your tang hasn’t grown in 6 months, there is something wrong
I don't know why you actually provided him with all that detailed information...it's his responsibility particularly if he's doing something unconventional. Honestly he probably won't read much of it...
Thank you decided I want a cherub instead of trying to manage a tang.The pygmy angelfish, Centropyge argi, also called the cherub fish, is one of the few relatively reef safe angelfish from the Caribbean. Just how reef safe they are might be debated, but because of their small size they don’t pose much of a threat to corals or other non mobile invertebrates. There is a “strain” of these fish that can get up three inches long, but this strain rarely gets 2″ long. These are a beautiful dark purple fish with a splash of yellow or orange around their mouth and operculum. The dorsal and ventral fins are usually lined with a light blue color, but not always.
In an aquarium these fish are very easy to care for and will eat most prepared foods. They will be eating small pellets when they leave our shop, so they should start feeding right away for you.
In the wild they often live in colonies with one dominant male and a bunch of females, but I would not recommend more than one fish per tank . They have been successfully bred in captivity, but only the most sophisticated aquarists have had any luck raising the babies.
Pygmy Angel
The pygmy angelfish, Centropyge argi, also called the cherub fish, is one of the few relatively reef safe angelfish from the Caribbean. Just how reef safe they are might be debated, but because of their small size they don’t pose much of a threat to corals or other non mobile invertebrates...
To add to this, they like caves and swim throughs in the rock work. They pick/eat algae off the rock as well. They are active fish and will almost always be moving throughout the tank. A healthy specimen should be eating at the store. They are a bit more prone to disease much like Tangs/Butterflies, etc then say clowns, blennies, and gobies.
