Singapore Angel

[dnsfpl]

currently, i have coral beauty, midnight & flame angel in my 3x2x2 feet tank

planning to add a singapore angel in

anyone has experience keeping them?

how reef safe is it?

it might not take prepared food right?

thanks

[Gouldian]

currently, i have coral beauty, midnight & flame angel in my 3x2x2 feet tank

planning to add a singapore angel in

anyone has experience keeping them?

how reef safe is it?

it might not take prepared food right?

thanks

Definitely not reef-safe.

[dnsfpl]

same danger as coral beauty, midnight & flame or worst?

thanks

[Digiman]

same danger as coral beauty, midnight & flame or worst?

thanks

No angels are completely reefsafe, except for genicanthus family.

Vermiculated Angel (also known as Singapore Angel) is considered a moderate to difficult angel to feed. Being a smaller angel (normally will not exceed 4 inches), it's not as destructive as it's other big cousins in the chaetodontoplus family. Though i did not keep this angel before (because it does not appeal to me as an angel and looks more like a butterflyfish), i think it should be about the same as flame angel in terms of reef safe level. However every fish is different, some will nip corals extensively, some will totally not touch any corals while others are safe initally but may one day take a liking to corals. So if your tank is heavily pack with expensive meaty LPS like brains and pratas, do not attempt this angel! Go for fairy wrasses or tangs instead.

[dnsfpl]

i think it is worth a try if the risk level is same as flame angel

but i have no luck with difficult to feed fish

my copperband, cleaner wrasse, purple queen cannot survive more than a month

even though they are taking frozen cyclop eeze & mysis

any tips for newbie like me?

thanks

[Digiman]

i think it is worth a try if the risk level is same as flame angel

but i have no luck with difficult to feed fish

my copperband, cleaner wrasse, purple queen cannot survive more than a month

even though they are taking frozen cyclop eeze & mysis

any tips for newbie like me?

thanks

No tips for u, because the three fishes u mentioned are also difficult for experienced reefers. I've not keep cleaner wrasses (the hawaii rainbow ones) longer than 2 months. Copperband never try before but heard (which i dun is true) that ML Henry's copperband are normally hardier, or if not u've got to try (and good luck trying) to get Australian specimen which are known to fare better than phili and indo ones. Purple Queen i manage to keep for quite long in a 3ft: Started with a big number, almost 20, then let it slowly dwindle to about 12~13 and then they stabilise and thrive at this number. PQ need big number and no boisterous tankmates, so for your heavily stocked tank, can forget about PQ, go for Bartletts or lyretails instead.

Singapore Angel once it feeds should be quite hardy, which is different from the three fishes u mentioned which can be feeding but yet still die for some unknown reasons.

[dnsfpl]

thanks for the info

will try my luck this coming weekend

cheers