Potters angel with Flame angel

reppo13 · 01/14/2010, 10:45 AM

Hey guys I got my potters and acclimated him for two hours and introduced him into a home made viewing tank. The flame angel was perfectly fine with him and there has been no fighting at all. I released the potters after two days and both graze happily and feed happily. I've had the flame for one year so I think it's safe to say I beat the odds by adding the potters after the flame. It is possible but should be done cautiosly. They are both pigs and eat anything readily.

sedor · 01/14/2010, 10:46 AM

Congrats on a successful partnership

Let's hope it stays that way!

ShawnKPD · 07/19/2010, 10:43 AM

Interested to know how this relationship is still doing? Are they still a happy couple in the same tank 6 months later? Update please!

HomeSlizzice · 07/19/2010, 11:57 AM

How that's great to hear! When I get a bigger tank, I am probably gonna try mixing Dwarfs.

blasterman789 · 07/19/2010, 12:07 PM

Never had any issues mixing dwarfs either - even in a 55gallon. If there's adequate food and ample rocks they rarely looked at each other.

jaa1456 · 07/19/2010, 01:59 PM

I had several Dearfs in my 265. I had 2 flames in there with a potters, a coral beauty, a pygmy(cherub), and also a rusty angel. Never had a problem they were together for almost 6 years.

2006 · 07/19/2010, 07:38 PM

Had a bicolor and half-black together in 30 long no problem.

revaltion131 · 07/19/2010, 08:48 PM

I will be going with a Nox and Potter's in my 125g. I don't anticipate issues but they'll be added together, just in case.

fender4string · 07/19/2010, 09:22 PM

Any chance of some pics? I love potters and have wanted one for awhile but wouldn't get one due to the fact that I have a flame angel and was worried about fighting. Is is atypical that they get along or is fighting more common?

kilmca · 07/19/2010, 10:25 PM

I had a Potters and Flame in a 400 for over a year, then the Flame got a taste for nipping corals so it had to go. Still have the Potters, great fish!

kinlayan · 07/20/2010, 04:36 AM

yeah i have kept a potter and flame together for over 2 years now but i have large volume

jenreef · 08/14/2010, 11:24 AM

i plan on getting a potters angel and a flame angel and adding them to my system at the same time. hopefuly i will have luck with them getting along. and them not nipping at my corals or clams. at least i hope they don't do enough damage to kill a coral

Gogandantess · 08/15/2010, 12:42 AM

Picking up a Potters pair tomorrow. I have a Venustus in QT right now. Hope to see all 3 get along.

nonimmigrant · 08/15/2010, 01:37 AM

Glad to hear. Just keep an eye on the Flame. We had one that was fine with our other Centropyges for about 2 years and then he rather quickly became very territorial with our Golden Pygmies. I ended up removing the Flame due to his aggressiveness.

hybridazn · 08/15/2010, 02:23 AM

Wow i must have bad luck. I had a flame angel for about a year in a 75 gallon and i tried adding a coral beauty. Let's just say the flame angel didn't like it. It wasn't a pretty picture

nonimmigrant · 08/15/2010, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hybridazn

Wow i must have bad luck. I had a flame angel for about a year in a 75 gallon and i tried adding a coral beauty. Let's just say the flame angel didn't like it. It wasn't a pretty picture

If the Flame is 1st in, then you will definitely run into this. Especially, if your Flame is a male. From what I have seen, they are the most territorial of the Centropyges.

reppo13 · 08/15/2010, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShawnKPD

Interested to know how this relationship is still doing? Are they still a happy couple in the same tank 6 months later? Update please!

Update... Both are still very happy grazing the rocks. They seem to be the dynamic duo and the best friends in the tank. No nipping at any corals. Actually last night I swear I witnessed some spawning activity under the actinics, maybe I'm just seeing things. They both rose together to the top of the water like mandarins but nothing happened.

inthesea · 08/28/2010, 12:27 PM

Picked up a potters today from LFS. The manager gave me the fish cause he was covered in ich. I am treating in cupermine. Going to see if he'll make it.

01/14/2010, 10:45 AM	#1
reppo13 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 207	Potters angel with Flame angel Hey guys I got my potters and acclimated him for two hours and introduced him into a home made viewing tank. The flame angel was perfectly fine with him and there has been no fighting at all. I released the potters after two days and both graze happily and feed happily. I've had the flame for one year so I think it's safe to say I beat the odds by adding the potters after the flame. It is possible but should be done cautiosly. They are both pigs and eat anything readily.

01/14/2010, 10:46 AM	#2
sedor Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 4,689	Congrats on a successful partnership Let's hope it stays that way! __________________ Ryan

07/19/2010, 11:57 AM	#4
HomeSlizzice Angelfish/Wrasse Nut! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 921	How that's great to hear! When I get a bigger tank, I am probably gonna try mixing Dwarfs. __________________ Baby, I'm like that item on the top shelf that you just can't reach. Current Tank Info: 24 Gallon Aqaupod, and wanting an upgrade

07/19/2010, 10:43 AM	#3
ShawnKPD Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: TX Posts: 86	Interested to know how this relationship is still doing? Are they still a happy couple in the same tank 6 months later? Update please!

07/19/2010, 12:07 PM	#5
blasterman789 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 365	Never had any issues mixing dwarfs either - even in a 55gallon. If there's adequate food and ample rocks they rarely looked at each other.

07/19/2010, 01:59 PM	#6
jaa1456 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 1,145	I had several Dearfs in my 265. I had 2 flames in there with a potters, a coral beauty, a pygmy(cherub), and also a rusty angel. Never had a problem they were together for almost 6 years.

07/19/2010, 07:38 PM	#7
2006 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 730	Had a bicolor and half-black together in 30 long no problem.

07/19/2010, 08:48 PM	#8
revaltion131 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sparty Land Posts: 621	I will be going with a Nox and Potter's in my 125g. I don't anticipate issues but they'll be added together, just in case.

07/19/2010, 09:22 PM	#9
fender4string Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Novi, MI Posts: 1,550	Any chance of some pics? I love potters and have wanted one for awhile but wouldn't get one due to the fact that I have a flame angel and was worried about fighting. Is is atypical that they get along or is fighting more common?

07/19/2010, 10:25 PM	#10
kilmca Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: OR City, OR Posts: 203	I had a Potters and Flame in a 400 for over a year, then the Flame got a taste for nipping corals so it had to go. Still have the Potters, great fish!

07/20/2010, 04:36 AM	#11
kinlayan Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cape Town , South Africa Posts: 822	yeah i have kept a potter and flame together for over 2 years now but i have large volume

08/14/2010, 11:24 AM	#12
jenreef Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: spencer ma Posts: 211	i plan on getting a potters angel and a flame angel and adding them to my system at the same time. hopefuly i will have luck with them getting along. and them not nipping at my corals or clams. at least i hope they don't do enough damage to kill a coral

08/15/2010, 12:42 AM	#13
Gogandantess Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 296	Picking up a Potters pair tomorrow. I have a Venustus in QT right now. Hope to see all 3 get along.

08/15/2010, 01:37 AM	#14
nonimmigrant Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 453	Glad to hear. Just keep an eye on the Flame. We had one that was fine with our other Centropyges for about 2 years and then he rather quickly became very territorial with our Golden Pygmies. I ended up removing the Flame due to his aggressiveness.

08/15/2010, 02:23 AM	#15
hybridazn Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Grapeville PA Posts: 887	Wow i must have bad luck. I had a flame angel for about a year in a 75 gallon and i tried adding a coral beauty. Let's just say the flame angel didn't like it. It wasn't a pretty picture

08/28/2010, 12:27 PM	#18
inthesea Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 389	Picked up a potters today from LFS. The manager gave me the fish cause he was covered in ich. I am treating in cupermine. Going to see if he'll make it.