What coral has your Flame Angel eatten?

falconut · 02/20/2006, 07:09 PM

My question is simply, what coral has your Flame Angel eatten? Every thread I find, says they ate my coral or they nip at my coral or they are fine. But what type of coral are they eatting? Frogspawn, Hammer, Blasto Merletti, Montipora Digitata, Mushroom, etc. The more specific the better.

If this was already posted with these questions, I'm sorry for repeating, but I couldn't find anything this specific.

Thanks.

xtrstangx · 02/20/2006, 08:05 PM

I have kept a wide variety of corals in my tank (all kinds of softies, LPS, clams, and SPS).. the ONLY thing my Flame Angel nips at is green open brains (completely ignores the red/green one). Weird fish...

falconut · 02/20/2006, 10:12 PM

With all the people that say they're 50/50 reef safe, there must be more people that have had corals eatten than this?

ACBlinky · 02/20/2006, 10:13 PM

Not a flame, but my halfblack dwarf angel nips at my hammer and frogspawn but doesn't actually harm it or eat it - I think there's something on the surface of Euphyllia corals that tastes yummy to these guys.

sjm817 · 02/20/2006, 10:54 PM

None. I'd be very happy if it would eat Zoa's. They are taking over and I need to get rid of them.

chucksta1 · 02/21/2006, 01:15 AM

Coral Beauty went postal, had to empty tank to get him out.

Angel*Fish · 02/24/2006, 03:43 PM

None so far...

My Herald's angel has a taste for brains

RichConley · 02/24/2006, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by falconut
With all the people that say they're 50/50 reef safe, there must be more people that have had corals eatten than this?

Either that, or its a case of WAY too many people repeating what they've heard, and never seen.

Which happens a ton on this site.

donfishy76 · 02/24/2006, 11:10 PM

I have never had one in a reef, but I have seen it before. What I have HEARD is that they may or may not nibble at the mantle of clams, and at LPS corals. No need to worry with softies or sps corals to my knowledge.

old salty · 02/25/2006, 01:19 AM

Mine hasn't eaten any corals. He'll nip at the SPS, but really shows no interest in actually eating them. He mostly pecks at the LR all day.

iaJim · 02/25/2006, 07:39 AM

Mine is a great reef citizen. He's never bothered anything.

The Reefer91 · 02/25/2006, 08:34 AM

i think one of the keys to succes with them(not that i have one) is a)keep them well fed. a hungry angel might just be tmepted to take a bite or nip, but if he has been fed alot, not so much. b)add them after the reef is esablished. if he's in a bare tank and then HWMA! there is coral, might be another temptation. and lastly, c)a big tank, i think the bigger the tank the less likely he is. he'll have more space to explore and will feel more comfertable around everything else. these are just some theories( so don't listend to me

) but they might help.

View Poll Results: My Flame Angel ate my:
Hammer, Frogspawn, Torch, Galaxea, etc.	5	83.33%
Alveopora, Blasto, etc.	0	0%
Monti. Digi., Acro, etc.	1	16.67%
Leather, Kenya Tree, etc.	0	0%
Zoa's	0	0%
Ricordia, Mushroom, etc.	0	0%
Voters: 6. You may not vote on this poll

02/20/2006, 07:09 PM	#1
falconut Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Blackwood, NJ Posts: 3,813	What coral has your Flame Angel eatten? My question is simply, what coral has your Flame Angel eatten? Every thread I find, says they ate my coral or they nip at my coral or they are fine. But what type of coral are they eatting? Frogspawn, Hammer, Blasto Merletti, Montipora Digitata, Mushroom, etc. The more specific the better. If this was already posted with these questions, I'm sorry for repeating, but I couldn't find anything this specific. Thanks.

02/20/2006, 10:12 PM	#3
falconut Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Blackwood, NJ Posts: 3,813	With all the people that say they're 50/50 reef safe, there must be more people that have had corals eatten than this? __________________ 180 Gallon FOWLR, 40 Gallon Sump and 10 Gallon Refuge. (2) OceanRevive S026 LEDs, ASM G2 Skimmer & SCA-302 Skimmer. Setup since July 2017.

02/20/2006, 10:13 PM	#4
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	Not a flame, but my halfblack dwarf angel nips at my hammer and frogspawn but doesn't actually harm it or eat it - I think there's something on the surface of Euphyllia corals that tastes yummy to these guys. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

02/20/2006, 10:54 PM	#5
sjm817 On Yer left! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern VA Posts: 18,777	None. I'd be very happy if it would eat Zoa's. They are taking over and I need to get rid of them. __________________ - Scott

02/20/2006, 08:05 PM	#2
xtrstangx Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shawnee, Kansas Posts: 4,568	I have kept a wide variety of corals in my tank (all kinds of softies, LPS, clams, and SPS).. the ONLY thing my Flame Angel nips at is green open brains (completely ignores the red/green one). Weird fish...

02/21/2006, 01:15 AM	#6
chucksta1 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: mississauga ont. Posts: 490	Coral Beauty went postal, had to empty tank to get him out.

02/24/2006, 03:43 PM	#7
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	None so far... My Herald's angel has a taste for brains __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums

02/24/2006, 11:10 PM	#9
donfishy76 Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 667	I have never had one in a reef, but I have seen it before. What I have HEARD is that they may or may not nibble at the mantle of clams, and at LPS corals. No need to worry with softies or sps corals to my knowledge.

02/25/2006, 01:19 AM	#10
old salty Genius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Island of Misfit Toys Posts: 3,131	Mine hasn't eaten any corals. He'll nip at the SPS, but really shows no interest in actually eating them. He mostly pecks at the LR all day. __________________ "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: Out of the marine aquarium hobby

02/25/2006, 07:39 AM	#11
iaJim Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: south central Iowa Posts: 590	Mine is a great reef citizen. He's never bothered anything.

02/25/2006, 08:34 AM	#12
The Reefer91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,250	i think one of the keys to succes with them(not that i have one) is a)keep them well fed. a hungry angel might just be tmepted to take a bite or nip, but if he has been fed alot, not so much. b)add them after the reef is esablished. if he's in a bare tank and then HWMA! there is coral, might be another temptation. and lastly, c)a big tank, i think the bigger the tank the less likely he is. he'll have more space to explore and will feel more comfertable around everything else. these are just some theories( so don't listend to me ) but they might help. __________________ Dan "Every day we fade little by little, 'till there's nothing left of us but the lies we've sown." Current Tank Info: 20g L display: 2x65watt Coralife light, Octopus 150 needle wheel protein skimmer, 1 Koralia 2 and 2 powersweeps, and a DIY sump/fuge.....120G in the works!!!