Pygmy Angel Id

[Miss Wiggle]

saw a really lovely angel in an lfs, contemplating one for our tank but it was just labelled as pygmy angel and the shop was really hot and busy so i didn't wanna hang around to ask about it!

sorry couldn't get a pic but it was the same body shape as a coral beauty about an inch and a half long, body was white with thin vertical orange stripes then it had a black tail with a white edge to it.

thought as it's pretty distinctive i might be able to get an ID without a pic!

 

[Miss Wiggle]

found it out myself


it's an Eibli Pygmy Angel


soooo..................... if we were to get this instead of a coral beauty is there anything different we need to do/know??

goes it still graze off algae?

info i've found seem to say it'd be alright but i'd like to check with you guys as i can't find much about it

 

[enjoiskater158]

nope they are pretty much the same fish just watch out both of them might nip at corals

 

[SkiFletch]

Agreed, they can be coral nippers (somethin like 10-20% of individuals nip corals). Pygmy Angels are all primarily carnivores. They may nibble on algaes like Nori, but wont bother with common nuisance algaes.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Agreed, they can be coral nippers (somethin like 10-20% of individuals nip corals). Pygmy Angels are all primarily carnivores. They may nibble on algaes like Nori, but wont bother with common nuisance algaes.

aha i did think that might be the case but hadn't researched it much. ian's been dying to get a coral beauty so it would eat all the algae in the tank..... maybe not then.

we knew there's a chance we'd get a coral nipper, we're on v good terms with the lfs so we think we'd ask him to order us one in and if it turns out to be a coral nipper we'd take it back to them and swap it for something else.

 

[maidenfan]

hi miss wiggle, we've just purchased an eibli dwarf ange fish, we've been contemplating a coral beauty for a while but after visiting our lfs today with chrimbo money decided to bring him home with us, at the moment he's settling in nicely, will get a pic up soon if we can he's quite inquisitive at the moment though

 

[Miss Wiggle]

hi miss wiggle, we've just purchased an eibli dwarf ange fish, we've been contemplating a coral beauty for a while but after visiting our lfs today with chrimbo money decided to bring him home with us, at the moment he's settling in nicely, will get a pic up soon if we can he's quite inquisitive at the moment though

cool, good luck with him

yeah our first thought was coral beauty.... but now we've looked into it more and been browsing lots of shops we've seen there's loads of other options for a pygmy angel than just a coral beauty.

and i was being dim not Ian, he didn't think it would eat all our algae, i just thought he thought it would what can i say?!?!