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Anyone know which antibiotics are the most effective? And I heard that best this dissolve the powder to make it work better?

One more note about the genicanthus angels- I must caution against saying they are absolutely reef safe. My bellus angel started out being benign, until it discovered it's inner animal instinct (or something visceral) and then took a nip here, and a nip there. So what this does is firstly create a situation of receding coral tissue (especially of my open brain, scoly, etc), exacerbated by reduced chance for the coral to regenerate. What's worse, even if it does, the colour is often not the same as the original

You will be amazed at the sort of burrowing patterns that gobies can make.

Some reefers have also told me that a good way to keep the angels from eating the corals is to keep them well fed and stuffed with a variety of food like seaweed etc. Any experiences to share?

as for the small angles of centropyge, I agree with the main article's description of their reef safe-ness. Generally quite benign unless you happen to buy bad natured specimens. since they like to feed on filamentous surface algae, they can supplement the cleaning crew in most tanks

and then if you have big angels, though the angels are good natured in helping to clean off algae, they will not be very precise and thus nip off some surrounding tissue too. So if you have delicate frags, best to put them in a frag rack, and out of the biting zone of these big guys

from my experience, after a water change is the most vulnerable, and that additional pecking does not help the sps. Would thus recommend keeping the total number of angels small

Beautiful, must make sure you have sand to make the goby sit (or sleep) comfortably. Haha

so which are the circumstances that would make the SPS most vulnerable? I'd say 2 main ones- after a water change (when the SPS have been exposed to air) or after dosing additives

even the SPS safe angels will peck at the mucus secreting tips of SPS when they are feeling peckish

thanks mug888, trying to help create better angel tanks

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big clams= great for absorbing nitrate from the water

led might not be strong enough. but you may compensate by feeding them sufficient phytoplankton

go google herbivorous fish and see what comes out! fox face rabbitfish eats a whole lot of cabbage

uh my green chromis stopped swimming together after they got too comfortable with the tank

and belligerent too!

throw in another clown for them to play! then they will retreat into the anemone because there is competition

oh and for the sand bed, make sure there are no heavy metal traces because this will totally mess upthe galvanic current navigation system the sharks use to regulate their swimming patterns

yeah and also the feeding of the sharks needs to be very precise, even with regular diet plans these guys are temperamental enough to refuse food all of a sudden

wow, maybe we can try to breed them dwarf angels until they gradually get bigger and no longer are dwarf angels! like what queen victoria did with the pomeranians......

maybe it's not so much a hybrid as it is a case of incomplete genetic expression in terms of colour morphology

how do these hybrids compare in terms of hardiness? from what I studied, the more varied the breeding, the weaker they might be towards whitespot and parasites! any experience to share?

haha the bigger the angel, the more belligerent!

well my uncle kept 8 angels in his lps dominated tank and trained them to eat their fill on pellets and flakes. But I don't think it's worth the risk though, especially when your corals are seasoned. It's just a natural reflex for the angels to take a nibble at your corals and sponges, since their diet in the wild consists of sponges, tunicates, sponges etc.