What kinds of non reef-safe fish do you have in your reef tank?

ericgreathouse · 02/24/2008, 06:47 PM

Show pictures. Angels, triggers, puffers, wrasses, etc...

jeffhaag · 02/24/2008, 09:04 PM

I've had a banded cat shark in my 210g for over 18 months now. Sadly, he has grown too big for the tank now. The good news is that I just ordered a 500L from Tenecor Thursday so he'll have to plenty of room when I upgrade my tank!!!

AquamanE · 02/24/2008, 09:39 PM

Flame Angel!

Old picture but still, these guys hang out together all day long!

JStorey · 02/25/2008, 08:06 PM

Blue face and a flame angel. No problems with either.

frankrip · 02/25/2008, 08:07 PM

Is this a trick question?

xenon · 02/25/2008, 08:10 PM

Right now I have a flame angel and I am gonna try adding a lemonpeel angel next week.

He is currently in QT.

Packersfan21 · 02/25/2008, 08:17 PM

Don't put two angels in a40.

avp · 02/25/2008, 08:46 PM

How about a baby clown trigger? I got him as one of those quarter size tinies you see once a year. Tossed him in the 105 and he grew like a weed. He didn't eat the coral, zoas, or shrimp, but he did take out and occasional hermit or snail. Never messed with the other fish either (neon gobies, flame hawk, purple tang and watchman goby/ pistol shrimp combo).

Sadly, when I had to relocate for work, I traded him back in to the LFS. I'm going to get another one, when the tinies come back around.

-avp

reefergeorge · 02/25/2008, 08:53 PM

I have a 90 fowlr that I started putting some shrooms, zoes, and gsp in. It houses a porcupine puffer, humma humma trigger, and a coral beauty. It isn't a full reef, but has some corals, and so far (4 months) nothing has been bothered.

Just to let everyone know the corals I add to the fowlr are frags from my nano reef. So don't get upset.

bureau13 · 02/25/2008, 08:59 PM

Also, but not pictured, a Regal Angel, Flame Angel, Coral Beauty and Fiji puffer. The Blue face ate all my zoanthids, and occasionally picks at my carpet anemone, but no one else bothers anything.

Yes, I know that can change, and yes, I know the trigger may eventually go berzerk, but so far so good...

jds

ericgreathouse · 02/26/2008, 09:42 PM

Awesome blue face angel!! No problems with the puffer? I am toying with the idea of getting one. I don't need to worry about him eating all my hermit crabs because my Coris Wrasse pictured below takes care of them.

bureau13 · 02/27/2008, 02:20 PM

The puffer...I guess its really a "sharpnose toby" or something like that, its not one of the big classic puffers...pretty much wiped out my population of nassarius snails. Which was unfortunate, those guys were pretty cool. However the worst I've see him do since is occasionally test the tip of an acro or monti. He never does more damage than disappears in a couple days, and he's only done that two or three times that I have noticed. So far at least he was well worth it, because he's rather unusual and interesting looking.

jds

MrSpiffy · 02/27/2008, 02:36 PM

I'd avoid that lemonpeel angel. They're notorious for picking at corals, it's pretty much guaranteed. And they'll nip at LPS, SPS, sometimes softies, and clam mantles.

Lordhelmet · 02/27/2008, 02:40 PM

long nose butterfly. was great until I noticed my candycanes were starting to go. he hasn't touched anything else.

JustinReef · 02/27/2008, 02:48 PM

My puffers do not touch any corals, macro algae, snails or crabs. The Porcupine used to try to eat the crabs but in the last year or so, he has stopped. The crabs are out in the open all the time and he passes them by. The Narrow line has never looked at them as food I don't think. I work from home and am able to feed them 2-3 times a day, so that helps too.

OranguTang · 02/27/2008, 02:55 PM

I have a lemonpeel, no probs.

xenon · 02/27/2008, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MrSpiffy
I'd avoid that lemonpeel angel. They're notorious for picking at corals, it's pretty much guaranteed. And they'll nip at LPS, SPS, sometimes softies, and clam mantles.

There is always an exception ot every rule.

I added, sps, lps and soft corals to my qt tank with my lemonpeel and its been 2days with no problems.

MrSpiffy · 02/27/2008, 03:05 PM

2 days... That's not a very good gauge of behavior. Everything I've read thus far has made the point that lemonpeels are notorious pickers. Give it a couple months or so and we'll see how it behaves then.

02/24/2008, 06:47 PM	#1
ericgreathouse Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Danville, Ca Posts: 103	What kinds of non reef-safe fish do you have in your reef tank? Show pictures. Angels, triggers, puffers, wrasses, etc...

02/24/2008, 09:39 PM	#3
AquamanE Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 6,544	Flame Angel! Old picture but still, these guys hang out together all day long! __________________ Eddie Soler FMAS BOD Member MACNA 2013 Chairman "I'd rather die living than live to die" Current Tank Info: 200G mixed reef with 60G sump, Radion LED’s , Bubble King skimmer, blah blah blah.

02/25/2008, 08:17 PM	#7
Packersfan21 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wabash, IN Posts: 920	Don't put two angels in a40. __________________ 90 gallon reef: 1 black ocellaris clown, 1 kole tang, 1 hippo tang, 1 mimic tang,1 leopard wrasse, 1 chromis, 75 gallon FOWLR: 1 blue-spotted puffer, 1 flame angel, 1 snowflake eel Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef and 75 gallon FOWLR

02/25/2008, 08:53 PM	#9
reefergeorge Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: St Louis MO Posts: 4,222	I have a 90 fowlr that I started putting some shrooms, zoes, and gsp in. It houses a porcupine puffer, humma humma trigger, and a coral beauty. It isn't a full reef, but has some corals, and so far (4 months) nothing has been bothered. Just to let everyone know the corals I add to the fowlr are frags from my nano reef. So don't get upset. __________________ $35-50 for a <1" frag of some stupid named thing that came from a colony you bought for $40-60 wholesale and chopped into 20-40 pieces? No thanks. "JasonH" Current Tank Info: 125 aggressive reef, DIY led lighting, swc cone skimmer, 33 gallon sump, posiden Ps3 return.

02/27/2008, 02:40 PM	#14
Lordhelmet Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,008	long nose butterfly. was great until I noticed my candycanes were starting to go. he hasn't touched anything else. __________________ I need a new signiture Current Tank Info: 90 gallon, 14 gallon

02/24/2008, 09:04 PM	#2
jeffhaag Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Chickamauga, GA Posts: 442	I've had a banded cat shark in my 210g for over 18 months now. Sadly, he has grown too big for the tank now. The good news is that I just ordered a 500L from Tenecor Thursday so he'll have to plenty of room when I upgrade my tank!!!

02/25/2008, 08:06 PM	#4
JStorey Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 457	Blue face and a flame angel. No problems with either.

02/25/2008, 08:07 PM	#5
frankrip Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SanJoaquin Valley, CA Posts: 29	Is this a trick question?

02/25/2008, 08:10 PM	#6
xenon Owner of Canada Corals Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mississauga, Canada Posts: 3,148	Right now I have a flame angel and I am gonna try adding a lemonpeel angel next week. He is currently in QT.

02/25/2008, 08:46 PM	#8
avp Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mississippi Posts: 452	How about a baby clown trigger? I got him as one of those quarter size tinies you see once a year. Tossed him in the 105 and he grew like a weed. He didn't eat the coral, zoas, or shrimp, but he did take out and occasional hermit or snail. Never messed with the other fish either (neon gobies, flame hawk, purple tang and watchman goby/ pistol shrimp combo). Sadly, when I had to relocate for work, I traded him back in to the LFS. I'm going to get another one, when the tinies come back around. -avp

02/25/2008, 08:59 PM	#10
bureau13 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,936	Also, but not pictured, a Regal Angel, Flame Angel, Coral Beauty and Fiji puffer. The Blue face ate all my zoanthids, and occasionally picks at my carpet anemone, but no one else bothers anything. Yes, I know that can change, and yes, I know the trigger may eventually go berzerk, but so far so good... jds

02/26/2008, 09:42 PM	#11
ericgreathouse Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Danville, Ca Posts: 103	Awesome blue face angel!! No problems with the puffer? I am toying with the idea of getting one. I don't need to worry about him eating all my hermit crabs because my Coris Wrasse pictured below takes care of them.

02/27/2008, 02:20 PM	#12
bureau13 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,936	The puffer...I guess its really a "sharpnose toby" or something like that, its not one of the big classic puffers...pretty much wiped out my population of nassarius snails. Which was unfortunate, those guys were pretty cool. However the worst I've see him do since is occasionally test the tip of an acro or monti. He never does more damage than disappears in a couple days, and he's only done that two or three times that I have noticed. So far at least he was well worth it, because he's rather unusual and interesting looking. jds

02/27/2008, 02:36 PM	#13
MrSpiffy Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Loveland, CO Posts: 1,300	I'd avoid that lemonpeel angel. They're notorious for picking at corals, it's pretty much guaranteed. And they'll nip at LPS, SPS, sometimes softies, and clam mantles.

02/27/2008, 02:48 PM	#15
JustinReef Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,715	My puffers do not touch any corals, macro algae, snails or crabs. The Porcupine used to try to eat the crabs but in the last year or so, he has stopped. The crabs are out in the open all the time and he passes them by. The Narrow line has never looked at them as food I don't think. I work from home and am able to feed them 2-3 times a day, so that helps too.

02/27/2008, 02:55 PM	#16
OranguTang NULL Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 977	I have a lemonpeel, no probs. __________________ -Marc

02/27/2008, 03:05 PM	#18
MrSpiffy Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Loveland, CO Posts: 1,300	2 days... That's not a very good gauge of behavior. Everything I've read thus far has made the point that lemonpeels are notorious pickers. Give it a couple months or so and we'll see how it behaves then.