flame angel addition?

jadeguppy · 12/17/2007, 07:48 PM

I currently have a watchman goby, sailfin tang, rabbit fish, bi-color angel, coral beauty angel, and false percula clownfish. I am wondering if when I upgrade to a 120 or 125g tank if I can add a flame angel. All my current guys get along great. The two angels are buddies. I can't introduce it now since I am maxed out, but I am thinking about putting it in first and then adding my current fish as soon as I get the bigger tank. This is a reef tank, but no one picks on my corals currently. What are your thoughts?

a1amap · 12/17/2007, 07:51 PM

I currently have all the same fish with the exception of the rabbit fish and they get along well. I did move the rock around when I added a new tank mate

harryk · 12/17/2007, 08:00 PM

It depends on the flame angel, some are model citizens and others will pick at coral, not to eat them but just to pick at the detritus that accumulates on them. I think you are way beyond maxed in your current tank which is a 40. I hope you move to that 120-125 soon. That sailfin can grow to over 12+ inches.

Just my two cents
Harry

boggs32 · 12/17/2007, 08:06 PM

yeah I think a 120-125 would be ok. The rabbitfish can also get to be very large. Mine is HUGE compared to the puny 3 inch fish I bought almost a year ago.

snorvich · 12/17/2007, 08:57 PM

Well a sailfin tang can reach 15 inches and requires a fairly long tank, preferably six feet or longer. I am a little nervous about the coral beauty but not seriously so. Flame angels can be reef safe for a while, then go psycho or remain safe forever.

12/17/2007, 07:48 PM	#1
jadeguppy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: nw Florida Posts: 2,611	flame angel addition? I currently have a watchman goby, sailfin tang, rabbit fish, bi-color angel, coral beauty angel, and false percula clownfish. I am wondering if when I upgrade to a 120 or 125g tank if I can add a flame angel. All my current guys get along great. The two angels are buddies. I can't introduce it now since I am maxed out, but I am thinking about putting it in first and then adding my current fish as soon as I get the bigger tank. This is a reef tank, but no one picks on my corals currently. What are your thoughts?

12/17/2007, 07:51 PM	#2
a1amap Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Newark, DE Posts: 1,105	I currently have all the same fish with the exception of the rabbit fish and they get along well. I did move the rock around when I added a new tank mate __________________ Al Current Tank Info: 75 gallon in wall working on a 220 gallon in wall tank

12/17/2007, 08:06 PM	#4
boggs32 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 69	yeah I think a 120-125 would be ok. The rabbitfish can also get to be very large. Mine is HUGE compared to the puny 3 inch fish I bought almost a year ago. __________________ send me an e-mail at: boggs32@marshall.edu Thanks! Ricky Current Tank Info: 75 gallon reef & 24 Nano Predator/Reef

12/17/2007, 08:57 PM	#5
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	Well a sailfin tang can reach 15 inches and requires a fairly long tank, preferably six feet or longer. I am a little nervous about the coral beauty but not seriously so. Flame angels can be reef safe for a while, then go psycho or remain safe forever. __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~

12/17/2007, 08:00 PM	#3
harryk Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 262	It depends on the flame angel, some are model citizens and others will pick at coral, not to eat them but just to pick at the detritus that accumulates on them. I think you are way beyond maxed in your current tank which is a 40. I hope you move to that 120-125 soon. That sailfin can grow to over 12+ inches. Just my two cents Harry