Coral Beauty - Anyone Kept Them?

[simonas]

I bought one yesterday

Its lovely and looks realy impressive when it comes out. Its still quite skitty but cuts a dash when it patrols the front of the tank

I read a fair bit about the potential to eat corals so if i do see that it will have to be returned but on another forummost people have only positive experiences

what do people on here think of them?

Simon

 

[ben1987]

one of the least likey of the dwarf angels to touch corals ime, they do spend a lot of time bobbing in and out of rock work, not really an open water swimmer

 

[simonas]

cheers Ben

he doesn;t spend that much yet out in the open. looks lovely though when he does

 

[ben1987]

he probably never will, mine spend their time cruising through the rocks, angels on the real reef stay close to the rock

 

[Morri]

Aye should be fine the dwarf angels are generaly safe I was dubios adding a dwarf as you can guarranty it will start munching on my blasto so went for a Genicanthus bellus which are one of the most safest reef angles

 

[sorgan]

My CB spends all it's time swimming in and out of caves and holes, stunning fish

 

[simonas]

they are stunning Sorgan and to be honest looking at him now I;m glad he comes in and out the rock as he adds more mystique to it!!

 

[sorgan]

My one has a serrated dorsal fin at the front and serrated at the back of his lower fin. When I am feeding he extends both fins to really show off, I belive he wants to be a perch when he grows up

 

[shelaghfishface]

i had one in my tank simon, really lovely fish,beautiful too watch in and out of the rock, i was warned that he may nip at the corals, but i didnt ever have the problem

shelagh xxx

 

[simonas]

seems like everyone on here whos had marine gets them!! lol I went to get a royal gramma but ended up being swayed by the looks of this one

 

[ben1987]

makes your tank feel bigger i think, cos they dont always catch your eye straight away, then it wil pop out.

 

[simonas]

it fed aswell last night on mysis so all is good!! touch wood!!!

 

[xxBarneyxx]

We have one as well, stunning fish. Ours has never touched any of our corals (only softies with a few LPS). Our one does HATE our clownfish though (and so did our royal gramma, poor old nemo ).

Ours cruises around the rockwork most of the time. See it a lot more now that we have rearranged the tank and have a more open structure. Ours feeds on everything from flake to frozen but it took a little while to get used to the flake food.

 

[simonas]

cheers Barney

mines just spat out the flake and wasn;t a huge fan of mysis but devoured the brine shrimp with garlic last night. I;m sure as he settles he'll go for everything