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01/10/2019, 08:44 AM | #26 | |
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The adult Emperor Angelfish, also called the Imperator Angelfish, has a bold, blue body covered with bright yellow horizontal stripes culminating in a bright yellow to orange caudal fin. A striking blue-black mask covers the eyes and a similarly-colored vertical band extends from the pectoral fin two-thirds of the way up the body. This band is highlighted in a sapphire-blue in front, and bright yellow, caudally. The mouth is white. The juvenile is black with circular white and blue stripes starting at the tail. Although sought after for its colors, in captivity, the adult coloration may not be as striking or brilliant. The changing angelfish will vary in coloration and pattern as it transforms from juvenile to the adult coloration. The Emperor Angelfish requires a 220 gallon or larger tank with live rock for grazing and hiding. They also require extensive rockwork and deep caves to feel secure. It will nip at stony and soft corals (sessile invertebrates) and clam mantles, but may be kept with small-polyped stony corals and somewhat noxious soft corals. It should be fed a diet of Spirulina, marine algae, high-quality angelfish preparations, mysis or frozen shrimp, and other meaty items.
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01/10/2019, 10:58 AM | #27 |
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A emperor may pick every now and then at a SPS but won't do it enough to kill the SPS. LPS and all other meaty corals are a toss up, same for the clam. I find that getting fish as juveniles and keeping the tank well fed usually negates the risk involved with fish eating corals. I will * that with every individual fish is different.
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01/10/2019, 03:47 PM | #28 | |
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"small-polyped stony corals" Thats SPS..... yes they can nip at them but usually they leave them alone
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And how do you get them out if they become a problem? Quote:
It will nip at stony and soft corals (sessile invertebrates) and clam mantles, but may be kept with small-polyped stony corals and somewhat noxious soft corals.
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IME no, the Emperor won't eat cloves unless you starve the fish to force them to eat other sources of food in the tank. If the fish becomes a problem you could either make or buy a fish trap or the other alternative is to try and catch the fish at night with a net or if all else fails you have to tear your tank apart. Obviously tearing the tank apart really sucks and most try to avoid it at all costs
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Stony and SPS are different
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01/11/2019, 08:01 AM | #32 |
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Stony=LPS
Small Polyp stony= SPS
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Ok, that make sense. I've familiar with SPS and LPS. I had just never heard of LPS being referred to as simply "stony" corals before.
Thanks for the clarification.
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Just do the fluke tabs. I did it in my nano to get rid of GSP that was starting to take over the tank (I spent 3 hours with dental picks prying GSP out of the rocks, and it came back within weeks).
Yes, you won't be able to keep xenia for a long time, but I was able to keep Pipe Organ polyps shortly after treating the tank, and the GSP were gone. I got the idea from hearing the side effect of killing GSP when treating the tank with Fluke Tabs for Blue Polyps as had been mentioned earlier. It looks like you have mostly SPS, so I wouldn't sweat it. It did look like you had some cyano as well, and that might be exacerbated from the additional nutrients being added by dying clove polyps. I don't like doing chemical treatments, but if you don't have many (or any) softies to lose, I wouldn't hesitate. I did the treatment, with an SPS, LPS, and clam filled tank (with a shrimp and snails) and didn't have a problem. I documented my experience here. Thank you, past me. |
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It looks like Knopia, not Sympodium.
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