Fish for an sps tank

[skey44]

another interesting point made on another post was that apparently there are more than one type of flatworm that eats sps corals.

Hoang taught me this one a while back aefw- acropora eating flatworm (the arch nemesis of smooth skinned acros)

[gasman059]

leopard/yellow coris/radiant/ hawaii 4 line- all great pest hunters.
Besides those the perfect reef sps fish IMHO is a red sea regal. Active-beautiful will nip but if your tank is established the damage should be negligible who knows it may even be beneficial for your critters.

[skey44]

haha. My red sea regal doesn't nip sps. 5-6", but it definitely eyes the sps and then I put some nori in. It demolishes any zoanthid though, but i was willing to give those up, probably worked out better for my sps in the long run anyway removing the zoas.

Majestic Angels are a little "reef safer" and a bit hardier as far as getting them to eat.

The only reason I ended up with a regal angel in a 75 was that a local reefer didn't realize what he was getting himself into and it had eaten most of his zoas, but nothing he had tried to feed it. I took it off his hands for a few nice frags, and it took a month to start eating.

[snappy1]

I agree with wrasses. Here's a pic of my mature yellow coris ( with friends)

[hng]

Great looking fish Greg, I'll have to keep my eye out for one of those.

[Fly Guy]

Snappy........you say "mature" Y coris. Do all yellow coris get that cool striping on the tail and head when they get older??

I have two of them...one in each tank. neither has even a hint of that going on though. I hope they do.....its very striking

[dobejazz]

Originally Posted by Fly Guy

Snappy........you say "mature" Y coris. Do all yellow coris get that cool striping on the tail and head when they get older??

I have two of them...one in each tank. neither has even a hint of that going on though. I hope they do.....its very striking

I think just the males Bill

[grallster]

Personally, I wouldn't try a pygmy angel unless it was known to be reef safe (out of someone else's tank) it's too much of a PITA to get it out--I know, I've been there with an eibli angel.

[Fly Guy]

Originally Posted by dobejazz

I think just the males Bill

I never noticed it before......but do the hints of the stripes on the face here mean this one is a male and it will come out with age??

[chrischris]

ya fly guy you have a male and you should see it start to show up more vibrant soon