keeping a coral beauty with a resident flame angel

[flintcore]

I've had my flame angel in the reef tank for about a year now, and he's still pretty young. I've recently fallen for a coflake beauty, and I'm wondering if it's possible to introduce her to the tank. On a side note, I'm planning to get rid of my yellow tang - he's going to get too big for my tank in the future. I'm also rehoming my 2 captive bred common clowns, they're more of a nuisance than anything, they host my coflakes and end up killing them.

[rileyon]

What's the tank size, btw. You can mix dwarf angelfish, but a large tank's a must, 75G or more. Best if they're introduced together too. Any less space and trouble's bound to happen if one's already settled in.

[flintcore]

My tank's 42 gallons, I've mixed angels before, had a bicolour with my flame angel, but had to get rid of the bicolour, it killed one of my elegance corals. Now I'm thinking of a multibanded angel, in case the coflake beauty and my flame angel don't get along, but is the multibanded angel reef safe?

[rileyon]

Mixing dwarf angels with coflakes and your existing flame angel is a gamble, regardless of which dwarf angel you choose to introduce.

[flintcore]

I'm gonna take a chance with the coflake beauty, see how it goes.

[rusticfox]

Keep a close eye on your tank for a few days after introducing the coflake beauty, I've known a few who've mixed them with success. Flames can be right territorial, so watch your existing angel closely. I left mine till last in my tank so the others would be settled in before he arrived, worked out well. When I added a new fish after him, he tried to assert dominance but met his match, fluxx.

[talonix]

Mate, your tank is maxed out, 42gal is tiny. I'd advise against adding anything else until you upgrade to a bigger tank.

Mixing the flame and multibanded angel is a recipe for disaster, trust me, I've been there. You need a massive tank to even think about it, and even then, it's a gamble. They'll fight to the death, not worth the risk.

Take a look at your current stock, it's already a lot. I've got a 190 gallon tank with a similar mix and it's working out fine. I've got 2 common clowns, 2 tomato clowns, 2 royal grammas, a flame angel, a yellow tang, pyjama cardinals, and a banggai cardinal. I'm thinking of adding a jawfish, but that's about it.

Don't risk it, mate, your tank is full.

[flintcore]

Talonix, I'm actually getting rid of my yellow tang and common clowns, so I'll have some space to work with. I wouldn't even consider adding more fish if I didn't have the room for it.

[talonix]

ah, knew that lol

how much for the y/t, send me a pm

should be alright, dodge, but when you're getting rid of the other fish, take the flame out, rearrange the rocks, and do a small water change - makes it like a new environment, that's how my angels settle down, works a treat.

[flintcore]

Thanks Scott, but I don't think you want my yellow tang, it's not really thriving, doesn't gain weight and doesn't touch the sheet algae - I'm just taking them back to the LFS, to be honest. My elegance coflake didn't make it, sadly.