Lemonpeel Angel ????

[Bifferwine]

The generally won't touch leathers, zoas and mushrooms.

[Doc]

you will take a risk with any LPS coral in your tank with angelfish. You are betting about 65% of the time the fish will be model citizens. the other 35% of the time, they will munch here and there, causing the coral to close up and eventually die if it does not open up enough to get light.

Now then, that being said. I know for a fact the lemonpeel angels eat corals for part of their diet. You will not be successful that that fish. Sorry. I have had four different flame angels, none of which even sneezed at a coral, let alone eaten one. I have had 4 coral beauties as well. half of them ate corals.

They target one coral at a time. Finding their preference for taste of the mucous on the fleshy part of the coral. Angelfish tend to like the meaty corals, such as frogspawn, hammers, torches, open brains, etc. They usually leave all soft corals alone with the exception of xenia and that is just hit and miss. LPS that are less "fleshy" such as moons, lobophillia, micedium, aleviapora, goniapora, etc, tend to be left alone. Button polyps will be hit and miss as well. Mushrooms, ricordias, and all SPS are OK with pygmy angels.

I hope this helped a bit. Each fish is going to be different. You take the risk but the reward is more than worth it. I have a flame in my reef tank at work and he leaves everything alone. Up to you. Good luck

-Doc

[RAYRAY]

thanks Doc !

[Doc]

you are welcome (get a flame angel- subliminal message #1)

-Doc

[Altohombre]

that really does help a lot. How come you had so many of each? Did they die?

[Bifferwine]

Yep, Doc's pretty good at killing fish

[Doc]

Originally Posted by Bifferwine

Yep, Doc's pretty good at killing fish

ouch. Actually, my shark ate two (a flame and a coral beauty), I still have one flame, one coral beauty got massacred by my big angelfish, and some died of Ich. My first year of this hobby, I killed dozens of fish learning things the hard way. Luckily, I have learned my lesson in a lot of ways and have several fish that are going on the two year mark of being alive

-Doc

[Altohombre]

I saw a Lemonpeel at the LFS today. First one I have seen in person. They are like mini yellow tangs. I love them, but will prob never own one because of the coral eating habit.

[RAYRAY]

they are pretty, i like to blue around the eye and at the end of the fins, it really makes the fish "pop"

[ccCapt]

I've had a coral beauty for 5-6 yrs now. I don't have any LPS, so can comment on that, but mine doesn't bother any SPS, clams, mushrooms or zoos.