big angels and coral

jcfoote · 03/10/2009, 02:47 PM

what kind of coral can you safely keep with big angel fish? I know they nip at some more than others it appears as I've seen photos of big tanks with corals and several big angels swimming around. I don't want make the mistake of buying animals and have them get eaten, since I really hope to achieve a balance between corals and one big angel in my 180. Any thoughts?

DamnPepShrimp · 03/10/2009, 03:30 PM

Depends on the angel, what one are you looking at? It all comes down to each individual fish, some nip, some don't, and some destroy. I have a small queen, french and rock beauty in my 210g. I am slowly adding frags from my reef to see what works and what doesn't. IMO these are the worst angels for a reef though.

jcfoote · 03/10/2009, 05:57 PM

scribbled (if I can afford it), a queen, passer or perhaps an annularis. I have a small adult French that just changed and a small adult coloration emperor in my 210. so I wanted to try something else.

Unfortunately for me my three favorite types of fish are wrasses, big angels and Triggers.....tangs are a given but with my 180 I really wanted to add in corals, inverts and anemones. I know I can't have a big coris or lunare wrasse cruising around eating all the inverts or triggers for that matter. I cool with that but a Nice big statement Angel would be too cool among the corals.

03/10/2009, 02:47 PM	#1
jcfoote Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Idaho Posts: 23	big angels and coral what kind of coral can you safely keep with big angel fish? I know they nip at some more than others it appears as I've seen photos of big tanks with corals and several big angels swimming around. I don't want make the mistake of buying animals and have them get eaten, since I really hope to achieve a balance between corals and one big angel in my 180. Any thoughts?

03/10/2009, 03:30 PM	#2
DamnPepShrimp Moved On Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Delaware Posts: 5,152	Depends on the angel, what one are you looking at? It all comes down to each individual fish, some nip, some don't, and some destroy. I have a small queen, french and rock beauty in my 210g. I am slowly adding frags from my reef to see what works and what doesn't. IMO these are the worst angels for a reef though.

03/10/2009, 05:57 PM	#3
jcfoote Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Idaho Posts: 23	scribbled (if I can afford it), a queen, passer or perhaps an annularis. I have a small adult French that just changed and a small adult coloration emperor in my 210. so I wanted to try something else. Unfortunately for me my three favorite types of fish are wrasses, big angels and Triggers.....tangs are a given but with my 180 I really wanted to add in corals, inverts and anemones. I know I can't have a big coris or lunare wrasse cruising around eating all the inverts or triggers for that matter. I cool with that but a Nice big statement Angel would be too cool among the corals.