Are Angelfish Reefsafe? Species Spotlight with Hilary 

Beautiful presenter & Beautifully presented !!! Very informative video Thank you

Thank you for a very detailed explaination, much appriciated!!!!

Woot woot! Learned a ton! Thanks HIlary!

Good summary. One thing I would note for dwarf angels is to add them to well established tanks. By this I don't mean established with fish (although this can part of the strategy - depending on the fish) but with some algae growth. It's a bit of a fine line to have minimal algae growth that doesn't get out of control, but if you do this dwarf angels will spend a lot of time searching and grazing on rocks. I have a lemon peel, flame and bicolor in the same system and they get along fine. Lastly, I would never add a fish to a display tank that wasn't put through at least 4 weeks of quarantine. I also quarantine invertebrates (in a separate system). An infectious agent brought in on one fish can (and often does) affect all your fish. While fish can be treated with various medications/products that are available, getting them out of a display system is very difficult as is treating the whole system. Further, I would caution aquarists on relaying on treatments to solve fish health problems, treatment success (even if you can move the fish to a treatment tank) can be very poor even if you know what your doing.

Points to add ... [1] Queen Angels are HUGE as adults. I would NOT keep one in anything LESS than 500 gallons. If you can afford a 1,000 gallon aquarium, so much the better. Otherwise, leave them off the shopping list. [2] Several angelfishes are sponge feeders in the wild. Pygoplites diacanthus, the Royal Empress Angel, is especially noteworthy here. Special sponge based foods for these fish are available. If you keep a diacanthus, these foods should be considered a mandatory part of the diet. It's a good idea to feed sponge based foods to navarchus and xanthometapon also. [3] Dwarf angels vary a LOT in temperament. Coral Beauty and Centropyge argi are relatively docile, and coexist well with numerous other fish. Flame angels are a bit more feisty, and you need to select tankmates with somewhat more care. The one to watch for is Purple Fireball (acanthops) - this one is likely to be bad tempered if you fail to choose tankmates wisely. [4] All angels require not only the usual ammonia/nitrite control, but fairly stringent control of nitrates and phosphates also. Best option is reverse osmosis water for water changes, and a decent algae bed refugium. Keep nitrates and phosphates strictly controlled, and you'll extend the life of your angels considerably. [5] Shopping for dwarf angels? Prices vary ENORMOUSLY. Coral Beauties and Flame Angels will be relatively affordable. Something like aurantius will be a four figure purchase (certainly so here in the UK). Something like Apolemichthys kingi will cost you more than a car, and as for Paracentropyge boylei, that's Mercedes money. No, I am NOT kidding. Here in the UK, that's a £30,000 fish. [6] If you're looking for a large angel with a difference, try Purple Moon or Bluering Angels. They're also among the hardier large angels.

Just got a coral beauty in my 125 and my oh my.what a beauty that fish is..great I came across your video for I did learn a lot and definitely will be taking up some of your advice

I have queen , emperor and majestic angel all In a full reef tank the only coral I can’t add are zoas

Thanks for the info. I learned a lot. I have been keeping a Queen, Goldflake and Regale Angle successfully in my 240g reef so far with the exception of zoantheds. The Queen likes those. They leave the Clams and all other corals alone. I feed heavily to try and keep them from trying the coral.

Good instructive video as always! Keep up the great work!

Hi I Freddie Sumler I am on getting a 50 gallon marine aquarium with live soft corals, Caribbean sea whip, 2 Gersemias and 1 Mushroom Lather. Livestock Bluefin angelfish, Immaculate Damsels 7 of them. Kole yellow eye tang and 4 Peppermint shrimp 🦐.

This is great information as I'm working on starting my first saltwater aquarium which will be a fowlr/macro algae setup instead of a coral reef tank.

Was wondering about Angel fish with snails, crabs, ornamental shrimp, starfish, etc. I am only a year into the hobby and am not ready for coral yet, but I might later on. My main thing though is I love the snails, crabs, and shrimp...would like clams and other mussels too.

I have an African pygmy angelfish, and I have feeding rings for her enrichment. She will eat out of it and will then swim in and out of it.

Love the video. I took the chance and I have a lemon peel, bicolor and a coral beauty in my 125 tank. I did also have a flame in there too but it died some time ago. but they all seem to play well. My one thing is I have a 265 fish only tank and I have been having bad luck with the large angels. Every Emperor, Queen and Rock beauty has died. as of now I have a new Rock beauty for about 2 months.

Great video!

Thanks Hillary's for continue the series. How about gobies or blennies please. Thanks

Really good video. Thanks!

Hilary, this was a very informative presentation. Like you I adore the Coral Beauty, they have such a lovely active personality. In regard to enrichment, my Coral Beauty made a game of using the strongest flow, from a power head as his personal water "slide"! No kidding, he would play that game over & over, for a hour or so a day! Hilarious... I had him seven years, and he was a joy! I wanted to ask you, if you have any special tips or insight into the Bi-Color Angel, and what makes them harder to keep than a Coral Beauty? Many times, I've read of sudden & unexpected death of the Bi-Colors :-( I assume diet is probably a key factor as these guys like sponge? Thanks for your presentations, you are very thorough in your style & as much as I miss Robert, you are definitely one of the best presenters on all of RU-vid!

Your videos are the best. I love watching them. You seem like a very nice person.

Very cool angel fish are awesome fish

I hope to be able to keep a flame angel one day, but for right now I like coral too much.

This is great stuff!

I always wanted a gold flake angel.

Awesome video very informative for sure and cutie too

Do you have any good tips or videos on how to do a freshwater dip/bath?

Awesome video! I have a coral beauty that started off reef safe but recently has developed for some of my large fleshy LPS. You mentioned that dental blocks or vacation feeders could be good for their nipping behavior. Can you provide a brand name? Thanks!

Great video👍👍

3:13 Isn't the Queen Angel a Holocanthus?

I dream on keeping these angels: a Regal, a Bicolor, a Coral Beauty, a Flagfin, a couple of Swallowtails, a Koran, an Emperor, a blue face, a blue girdled and a Half Black.

It will be possible to keep all 3 emperor/annularis/Xantonmetanpon in my 250 gallons tank?

How many angelfish can dance on a coral head?

have emperor angel female would it be good to get a male ?

Hey! I love this series of videos! Could you please do an episode on Moorish Idols someday? I don’t have a tank yet, and they are the number one reason I would want to start one. It will be many years before I’m capable of providing the proper care for Idols. I would need a well established 500+ gallon tank as I would like to have several of them. I hear they have a very low success rate and can be very difficult. Maybe let me know why I should or shouldn’t waste my time with them. There aren’t many RU-vid videos with in depth info out there. I would appreciate all the info you could provide. Thank you.

Can 2 or more big angelfishes (same or different kinds) live happily together? Are they very territorial? Or mixing with tangs n butterfly fishes… thank you all for replying

Emperor is reef safe? Excuse me?

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it's 2021, ppl still use API test kits smh.