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bureau13
07/28/2007, 08:40 AM
Hey, I know these tend to be problematic...from what I've gathered, mainly they just don't ship very well. However, an LFS here has several for $39 each, which seemed really cheap to me. And they look really healthy for what that's worth (not much probably).

My question though, is this: I have a 240 gal and already there is a Coral Beauty and Flame Angel in there, as well as other assorted tangs and a couple large angels. None of the other fish pay any attention whatsoever to the two Centropyge angels, and those two have never skirmished at all. However, they did spend their QT time together, and they were introduced to the display together. If I added one of these Potters do you think the existing Centros would gang up on him, or would they most probably ignore him since there's a decent amount of space in there?

jds

NexDog
08/02/2007, 07:13 AM
I have the same two Centropyge angels in my 340g and would like to add a Potters. I don't think it would be a problem - especially in large tanks so I'm just going to go ahead and get one.

LargeAngels
08/02/2007, 11:12 AM
I don't have a coral beauty, but a pair of flame, multicolor and venustus. I added a pair of potters and only the male flame barely paid any attention.

NexDog: Did you ever see that small regal angel again?

Tyrosinase
08/02/2007, 12:39 PM
With a tank that size I don't think you would have any problem adding a Potter's Angel Fish.

bureau13
08/02/2007, 01:15 PM
Excellent news...let's hope the LFS still has them!

jds

NexDog
08/02/2007, 08:17 PM
LargeAngels - unfortunately not but I'm going to try again but maybe a slightly larger one next time. I have let my tank decline lately so I need to fix the water. Nitrate and PO4 are off the chart.

32flavors
08/11/2007, 01:22 AM
A friend of mine has a Potter's in with: Lemon Peel, Flame, Flameback, and Coral Beauty. There are occasional sqirmishes--not bad or often--and hers is only a 120! You should be great!! Enjoy--wish I could have one, but I have a Golden, which is a VERY passive fish and looks similar enough to the Potter's to scare me into NEVER adding one, as they are on the more aggressive end of the Dwarf Angel scale....

sanosuke
08/11/2007, 02:14 AM
My LFS has 3 in the 210 show tank. They all seem to do well , since there's a lot of LR and foraging space.