Taking the "angel" risk in reef - Need advice

[sunny]

So I am planning to take the risk and add a gold flake and a regal to my 350G SPS dominated reef.

I know that they like zoas and clams. I do not have many zoas and what I have I plan to take out. The issue is I have two clams and I absolutely love them. One is a blue maxima and other is a Derasa.

My question is, how would a deresa (8 - 9 inches) do in 40G breeder fuge? I like the benefits of filter feeding the clam adds to the tank. However my light is only a CFL on the fuge.

What do you people think? Will it do well under CFL? Do I need to upgrade to T5 or LED in my fuge?

Both the angels I have are awesome specimen. They eat everything I give them and have been in QT for 7 weeks now. I really want to add them to the tank. The goldflake is in my frag tank for 4 days and has not touched anything....

Please share your experiences...

Sunny

 

[albano]

had my Regal over a year...has not even looked at clams...

 

[sunny]

had my Regal over a year...has not even looked at clams...

Thanks Albano, I knew you will chime in . I was actually thinking to move the clam to the frag tank and also add the regal in there with the goldflake. However, The regal is bigger than the goldflake and I did not want to take a chance.

This is why I want to move the clam to the fuge if he can survive under CFL ...

Sunny

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Some regals know to nip at sps so that's a big risk beside the clams
If I had clams that I loved I would not put in the dt or get a better light for them for the 40gal

 

[bigyankfan]

I have a regal, majestic, flame, emperor and blue face in a 120 with a maxima clam and they never look at the clam. They do love zoas and acans though.

 

[sunny]

I have a regal, majestic, flame, emperor and blue face in a 120 with a maxima clam and they never look at the clam. They do love zoas and acans though.

That is really encouraging I still want to play it as safe as possible..

I already have the goldflake in the frag tank with only SPS frags and he has not touched anything so far ...

 

[reefman]

those are just the 2 types i had. both were "angels" until well into a year. the red sea regal went for clams, goldflake went for the sps polyps.

 

[budddman]

Only problem i had with an angel in my sps reef was that i lost alot of polyp extension during the day. The coral learns to retract them during the day when the angel is active and nipping during the day. At night i had full extension, it took the removal of my angel in order to get PE back to normal during the day times

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[albano]

it took the removal of my angel in order to get PE back to normal during the day times

normal for your tank?...I believe that in the ocean "normal" PE is at night

 

[budddman]

Agreed...but if you have happy sps you can get great polyp extension during the day as well!

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[sunny]

Agreed...but if you have happy sps you can get great polyp extension during the day as well!

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I know what you mean. My SPS have great PE during the day as well.

 

[tangy84]

I have my emperor in a 180, he hasn't toched my zoos, acans,sps or even my clams. i once bought a "sick" elegance, and it was lunch. as long as they are well fed, and the corals are healthy then you should not have a problem but it still depends on the individual fish... gl

 

[sunny]

So reviving this discussion to get some more input. I have a awesome show size Aussie Elegance Coral. What is your take on the goldflake eating it? I can let zoa and clams go but I just don't want to move the elegance.

Do the Goldflake and Regal pose a threat to Elegance corals? I am looking for "known" threats.

Thanks
Sunny

 

[albano]

Do the Goldflake and Regal pose a threat to Elegance corals? I am looking for "known" threats.

IMO...they 'pose a threat'...there are no guarantees with any fish