Success rate with keeping Coral Beauty's in a reef?

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  1. TMartinez

    TMartinez Bristle Worm

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    I added a coral beauty dwarf angel to my tank yesterday. I know these are listed as "with caution" on every site. How many of you have kept a coral beauty with no problem?

    System is a 90g and I do feed seaweed strips
     
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  2. nicodim55

    nicodim55 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I've had mine in a reef set up for almost 2years. No problem
     
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  3. bulldogniner

    bulldogniner Feather Duster

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    I've had mine for a year and he's been great.
     
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  4. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    2 negative experiences for me

    tried Coral Beauty's in 2 reef set ups over the years

    1st one was fine for a period, and then took to browsing on coral polyps - mainly a finger leather , that spent more and more time with polyps retracted due to the routine attention
    2nd one was a pest from day 2 - constantly sampling every coral he came across

    Steve
     
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  5. jkat21

    jkat21 Bangghai Cardinal

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    Had mine for 5 yrs with no real probs..BUT sadly she just passed a few weeks ago..RIP my friend...but I do hear its hit or miss,guess you'll have to try one out to see..good luck
     
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  6. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    These fishes natural diet consists of Live sponge. You will need to use frozen marine angel food with sponge in the ingredients to keep it healthy. I always used to buy a few pieces of live sponge from my local LFS but like Steve I had no luck keeping this fish in a reef tank. I tried three times and 2 were imediately attracted to my leather corals and the third was a perfect citizen for 3 months before going postal on my corals. The biggest problem as I see it is if it does go bad good luck removing this fish without tearing your tank apart.Never again.:cry:
     
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