C. aurantius (Golden Angel) experiences??

[Anonymous]

Just added one to my reef. Anyone want to share??

Glenn

 

[Anonymous]

Tsk tsk.

DId you do that in the wrong order?

Learn first, then add?

:roll:

 

[Anonymous]

It was mis-shipped to me. I've read differing opinions so far and I'm looking for some personal experiences.

 

[fraggintime]

Very timid fish. Rock dweller so you never see him. Once in a great while
I see a flash.. Very expensive fish not to see at all..

FWIW

 

[Anonymous]

Mine has been swimming around a good bit. He always hides when I'm near the tank but after I leave he comes back out. Any problems with him nipping anything??

Glenn

 

[fraggintime]

no real proplems that I have seen..Like I said I bairly see him so I dont see him nipping. I have not notices any corals being picked though.

Good luck with him

 

[Anonymous]

I wondered if that wasn't the case. (mis-shipped)

Hope he does well for you.

 

[Anonymous]

He's doing fine so far. Misordered rather than mis shipped I guess. I picked him up at the wholesaler two weeks ago mistakenly thinking it was a Rusty. Didn't find out until I noticed the hefty price change. He was too timid to keep in a stock tank and at the price I'd have to charge for it it was likely he'd be around a while so I took him home with the expectation that he'd be like the rest of the genus.

Sounds like I was right.

Glenn

 

[Evets]

My experience with this angel suggests that SPS are a likely first target if this angel decides to pick on corals. I never encountered a specimen of this species bothering anything else in a captive reef tank. Also, if the tankmates are peaceful enough this angel isn't always as secretive as its reputation would seem to dictate.
Steve

 

[sedgro]

I had a pair in my 125 gal for about a year. I never saw them eat anything BUT my SPS and Turbinaria. (And I mean NEVER!) When I upgraded recently to a 215 gal I gave them to my LFS to try and sell - he hasn't had any luck because they are never out. I would not call C. aurantia reef safe at all. Although they never picked at any one coral enough to do significant damage, they kept most of my corals from opening during the day. My tank is much happier without them. Akin to keeping a small butterfly in your reef.

John

 

[Louis Z]

How lucky you were sedgro. Did you ever think of mass culturing sps to just feed them? They were probably spawning in your tank. Oh well.

 

[jamesw]

I had the same experience as sedgro. I never saw mine eat anything BUT sps polyps.

HTH
James

 

[sedgro]

Louis-

Yes they did spawn and I thought many times about keeping them (they are still unsold at the LFS if I want them back). In the end though I decided I liked my SPS more than an angel that I almost never saw. They were very easy to pair and were not bought as such. Many Centropyge species live in harems in the ocean and are very tolerant of there own kind. C. aurantia is one such angel. I was able to get a good deal on each of them when I bought them ($69 & $79) - wish I had spent the money on something else now.

John