Emperor angelfish with coral

katonge · Dec 29, 2024

wattsg30 said:
That’s awesome! I love all of those angels. I’m glad to hear they haven’t bothered corals and they get along with each other for the most part. I want to try a queen, emperor, blue face and majestic in my 270. Think it’s worth the risk?

I have a full grown Emperor & a full grown Blonde Male Naso in a 220 with a couple of smaller tangs, etc. & I’m already wondering how long they will be ok in there with enough room to swim.
The video is from 18 mos ago & the corals along the top have grown a lot. The only one that has been bothered is the green one on the left & I think it’s because my husband was under-feeding them while I was in the hospital.

katonge · Dec 29, 2024

katonge said:
I have a full grown Emperor & a full grown Blonde Male Naso in a 220 with a couple of smaller tangs, etc. & I’m already wondering how long they will be ok in there with enough room to swim.
The video is from 18 mos ago & the corals along the top have grown a lot. The only one that has been bothered is the green one on the left & I think it’s because my husband was under-feeding them while I was in the hospital.

Ironfish · Dec 29, 2024

wattsg30 said:
I’m surprised the queen doesn’t dominate. I figured it would be a toss up between those two. What size is your tank? I would love to get them all or swap one of them out for an Annualaris.

Thanks for the tip on starting with the smaller ones first. I’ll definitely do that.

Hi,
I would not recommend an Annularis for a Reef Tank.
I do have an Emperor and a Majestic (Biota). I got both as juveniles and they are now adults.
I did have a juvenile Annularis at some point last year but he really went for LPS including Euphillias that the other 2 (in general) leave them alone.

wattsg30 · Dec 29, 2024

Ironfish said:
Hi,
I would not recommend an Annularis for a Reef Tank.
I do have an Emperor and a Majestic (Biota). I got both as juveniles and they are now adults.
I did have a juvenile Annularis at some point last year but he really went for LPS including Euphillias that the other 2 (in general) leave them alone.

Good to know, thanks for sharing. If I can find a blue line I would probably take that over an annularis anyway.

Have you ever tried a blue line or blue face?

dakoop · Dec 29, 2024

Ate every last zoa I had

katonge · Dec 29, 2024

Hmmm video doesn’t seem to want to load.

BryanM · Dec 29, 2024

I am a firm believer that there’s no such thing as reef safe with caution.

katonge · Dec 29, 2024

When we first got the 220 I decided I cared more about having an Emperor than having all kinds of corals. There are enough that he doesn’t touch so my tank doesn’t look bare.

wattsg30 · Dec 29, 2024

That’s a similar mind

katonge said:
When we first got the 220 I decided I cared more about having an Emperor than having all kinds of corals. There are enough that he doesn’t touch so my tank doesn’t look bare

katonge said:
When we first got the 220 I decided I cared more about having an Emperor than having all kinds of corals. There are enough that he doesn’t touch so my tank doesn’t look bare.

I have a similar mindset. What were you able to keep with him?

Maritimer · Dec 29, 2024

I've got five species of angel in my 220; Euphyllia / Fimbriophyllia are okay so far, most other LPS are going to come in for a nip here and there. I've got a big old colony of Palythoa which have so far handled the emperor's (lord of the tank) attentions, but any zoanthids I've ever introduced have lasted less than seconds before becoming snacks. SPS and a green cabbage leather are - so far - nicely colored and growing, though polyp extension is minimal to nonexistent.

~B.

katonge · Dec 29, 2024

wattsg30 said:
That’s a similar mind

I have a similar mindset. What were you able to keep with him?

Leathers like Sinularia & other leathers, palythoas, waving hands Anthelia, mushrooms, anemone, the finger leather shown in the picture could use some trimming

C_AWOL · Dec 29, 2024

wattsg30 said:
I’m surprised the queen doesn’t dominate. I figured it would be a toss up between those two. What size is your tank? I would love to get them all or swap one of them out for an Annualaris.

Thanks for the tip on starting with the smaller ones first. I’ll definitely do that.

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An annularis wouldn't be a bad choice either but they do get fairly beefy.

The emperor is the most dominant in this tank as well despite the annularis being bigger and older.

wattsg30 · Dec 29, 2024

C_AWOL said:
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An annularis wouldn't be a bad choice either but they do get fairly beefy.

The emperor is the most dominant in this tank as well despite the annularis being bigger and older.

Now that’s an incredible tank you have there. Bravo. I did hear Annularis are a higher risk with corals but man does that blue glow on them.

wattsg30 · Tuesday at 6:52 PM

bakbay said:
Torches and hammers, so basically anything that move slightly, look toxic perhaps? I’ve had some before and got hit with velvet. I’ve restocked them with the last 2 months — not touching any corals. See video & my build thread.

Aggression: yes, my Blue is a bully but he settled down after a day/two after introducing new fish.

still all good with the angels with corals?