Anyone keep pairs of Centropyge dwarf angels?
- Thread starter Len
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Why yes, I kept two flame angels for a while, about a year and a half or so, maybe two years? They were delightful friends and had the most entertaining antics. I will never keep a single centropyge again, if you thought one had personality, a pair has double!!
Especially in the evening when the actinics were on, they would flit around together and dance. The larger one (I assume male) would lightly peck the vent area of the smaller one while they did this and then they would swim off into the rockwork. I always hoped they were spawning but I never saw it. FWIW, they were both the same size when I got them but one grew larger and the other stayed rather smallish. They developed very different "personalities." The male one did get kind of a "bad ass" attitude with the other fish. He was much bolder than the female. He would swim his appointed route through the tank, and flash his fins at anyone in his way. Not very aggressive, just sort of rude. The smaller one never had the slightest interest in the social scene in the tank, she just pecked and grazed through out the day until it was dusk and then they went through the evening dancing before bed. They always got along famously and I did not see any aggression or bullying between them except for a moment or two of fin flashing when I introduced them.
One of them jumped out one day while I had them in an uncovered temporary tank in the basement. We were having carpet put in upstairs thus I had taken the tank down and just stuck them in an extra tank. So that was the end of that. :-(
Especially in the evening when the actinics were on, they would flit around together and dance. The larger one (I assume male) would lightly peck the vent area of the smaller one while they did this and then they would swim off into the rockwork. I always hoped they were spawning but I never saw it. FWIW, they were both the same size when I got them but one grew larger and the other stayed rather smallish. They developed very different "personalities." The male one did get kind of a "bad ass" attitude with the other fish. He was much bolder than the female. He would swim his appointed route through the tank, and flash his fins at anyone in his way. Not very aggressive, just sort of rude. The smaller one never had the slightest interest in the social scene in the tank, she just pecked and grazed through out the day until it was dusk and then they went through the evening dancing before bed. They always got along famously and I did not see any aggression or bullying between them except for a moment or two of fin flashing when I introduced them.
One of them jumped out one day while I had them in an uncovered temporary tank in the basement. We were having carpet put in upstairs thus I had taken the tank down and just stuck them in an extra tank. So that was the end of that. :-(
So far so good with my pair. No coral nipping yet, and no real aggression either. The larger speciment will sometimes chase the little one, but only for very short intervals and always without damage. The small guy doesn't seem to even care, ignoring the bigger angel's aggression for the most part 
I hope they pair up as they grow older.
I hope they pair up as they grow older.
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