flame angel with corals?

[troy1976]

was reading about these fish and it says use caution with corals, i was wondering has anyone had success with these and corals, i currently have a torch, daisy, and a clam, and am planning on a BTA sometime in the near future. would their be much problems if any?

oh yea its a 29 gal with a bangaii cardinal
1 o. clown (soon to be 2)

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

Well 2 parts to this answer. First of all, it is really an individual specimen thing, but in my experience, I've never seen or had a problem with Flame Angels and corals at all. Second part to the answer, a 29gal is too small for a Flame Angel. If you want a dwarf angel for your tank then look into the African Flameback or a Fisher's Angel.

[troy1976]

that was another ? i had i have looked at 2 different sites one said 30 g min the other said 55 g min, i will look into those other 2 you mentioned, not just a species thing i just really like angels. But a flame is really what i wanted they are beautiful fish. another site i just looked at said a 20 g min for the flame. so what would be a min tank size for a flame?

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

What site said a 30 was fine?

[troy1976]

ummmm..... i think it was saltwaterfish.com
nope that wasnt it i will search and find it

[troy1976]

it was liveaquaria.com

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

I would have put money on that one. Don't pay any attention to live aquaria's minimum tank sizes. They are so far off it is ridiculous.

[troy1976]

i think i may have heard that before do you know of any reliable sites i could check out

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

saltwaterfish.com doesn't seem too bad but there are some errors there as well.

[troy1976]

ok thank you that is where i usually check, not sure why i even went to liveaquaria. just want to let you know i spent about 5 hours on here yesterday reading your posts and sticky's you seem to be very knowledgable, and always have good advice

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

thanks. I try to help where I can. :)

[AABatteries]

I've never heard personally of anybody having that problem, but I've read it in an arcticle somewhere before. IMO, a 40g is the minimum size for a Flam Angel.

Also, ILMGB, is one of the most knowledgeable people on this forum. thumbs2:

[troy1976]

i think i will go with what ILMBG said, a flameback. was in touch with colby at LFS and he had one in stock so i hope it is still there when i get home.

[ccald77]

how about a coral beauty angel? what size tank?

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

ccald, the tank is a 29gal, just a little small for a Coral Beauty.

[cocoa_pleco]

for a coral beauty i would say at least a 40g breeder for the 18" of width

[ccald77]

thanks cocoa