Potters dwarf angel

greysoul · 07-01-2009, 06:53 PM

So I am picking one up on Thursday from the LFS. He looks very healthy and should be eating by then. I came in right after they got it and it didn't look shocked or stressed, but I put it on hold for a couple days just to make sure.

I've read 3 conflicting assessments of them in various books. One says they're a great hardy angel similar to a CB. One says they're an intermediate dwarf angel and can be prone to stress related illnesses but a clean tank and good food will ensure they do well. Another says they're not a good fish period and will die within a few months in captivity no matter what I do.

The LFS has little hands on experience with them but said they always arrive alive and in good health and should do well in my tank (of course). They've been good to me, and I mostly trust the owners advice, but he addmitted he's not an expert on dwarf angels.

It's about 3.5" and VERY colorful. I have seen a few and this is a great specimen. Wild caught of course from Johnston Atoll. This will be my most exspensive single fish purchase ever so I want to make sure it had a good start and a fighting chance.

Any advice you all can offer would be greatly appreciated. I will search around and do more research as I go, but figureded I'd get my thread started early.

Thanks in advance all!

-Doug

steve wright · 07-02-2009, 07:44 AM

hey greysoul

I know you will do your own googling but I found this site and thought you might like it

Potter's Angelfish

Steve

tmv8888 · 07-02-2009, 04:31 PM

Unfortunately the fish in that photo in the link above is not a potters angel...

greysoul · 07-02-2009, 05:54 PM

it does look like a russet, they're not the same fish tho...

greysoul · 07-02-2009, 06:41 PM

So I got my Potters Angel today, she looks great! They didn't get it eating at the LFS, but as soon as I put her in my tank she started picking at rocks... not much, just a few little pecks here and there, but I took it as a good sign.

*fingers crossed*

click to enlarge...

Centropyge potteri:

fishluver · 07-06-2009, 08:40 PM

Do they eat mysis? If hes a picky eater try mysis. My cleaner wrasse eats mysis and hes very picky!!

Pip Logan · 07-06-2009, 09:32 PM

Awsome fish man!

greysoul · 07-09-2009, 08:16 PM

So she's doing well. Doesn't have any interest in frozen mysis but picks at diatoms and algae all day, and devours snail eggs. I know it's only been a week, but she seems to be adapting so far. The first couple days she hid all day, now she's hardly ever in he cave, I usually see her hanging out with my clowns and nipping at my new macros I got from Reefcleaners.org which doesn't bother me.... I doubt she can eat all the Gracellaria he sent me before it has a chance to start growing (and half is in the fuge anyways)

I think she's eating amphipods as well, she seems to chase them around at least.

-Doug

p.s. if the picture isn't loading my web host is still dead.

07-01-2009, 06:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
greysoul Johnny Hammersticks Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Albuquerque Age: 30 Posts: 630 Skin: Mint Karma: 5447	Potters dwarf angel So I am picking one up on Thursday from the LFS. He looks very healthy and should be eating by then. I came in right after they got it and it didn't look shocked or stressed, but I put it on hold for a couple days just to make sure. I've read 3 conflicting assessments of them in various books. One says they're a great hardy angel similar to a CB. One says they're an intermediate dwarf angel and can be prone to stress related illnesses but a clean tank and good food will ensure they do well. Another says they're not a good fish period and will die within a few months in captivity no matter what I do. The LFS has little hands on experience with them but said they always arrive alive and in good health and should do well in my tank (of course). They've been good to me, and I mostly trust the owners advice, but he addmitted he's not an expert on dwarf angels. It's about 3.5" and VERY colorful. I have seen a few and this is a great specimen. Wild caught of course from Johnston Atoll. This will be my most exspensive single fish purchase ever so I want to make sure it had a good start and a fighting chance. Any advice you all can offer would be greatly appreciated. I will search around and do more research as I go, but figureded I'd get my thread started early. Thanks in advance all! -Doug _________ _{Hardware: 58g DT, 20g fuge/sump Ehiem 1260, 55# live rock, live sand bed, 2x150 15kK HQI, Vortech MP40w, Pinpoint pH monitor. Livestock: 2 A. Ocellaris, 20+ hermits, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 2 Zebra Turbo, 20+ Nassarius, 1 bumblebee snail, 2 Green Chromis, 1 sand sifter star, 1 tiger tail cuke Corals: 6 zoa rocks, Pulsing Xenia, 2x Acropora, GSP, mushroom/button polyps, Frogspawn, leathers, ... Born 4/20/09}

07-02-2009, 07:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
steve wright 3reef Moderator Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: shenzhen Guangdong PRC Age: 45 Posts: 5,001 Skin: Mint Karma: 105614	hey greysoul I know you will do your own googling but I found this site and thought you might like it Potter's Angelfish Steve _________ SPS takeover 75, GSP dominated 60. 5 gallon Nano, batteries not included.

07-02-2009, 04:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
tmv8888 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Lambertville MI Age: 19 Posts: 82 Skin: Mint Karma: 80	Unfortunately the fish in that photo in the link above is not a potters angel... _________ 26 gal nano reef, carribian red shrooms, blue spotted shrooms, flower anemone, pink carnation, 4 hermit crabs, coral banded shrimp, 3 turbo snails, lawnmower blenny, royal gramma, midnight/nox angel. 40 gal FOWLR: powder brown tang (really small one), Marine betta, 3 green chromises, brittle star.

07-06-2009, 08:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
fishluver Peppermint Shrimp Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chicago NW suburbs, Illinois Posts: 445 Skin: Mint Karma: 406	Do they eat mysis? If hes a picky eater try mysis. My cleaner wrasse eats mysis and hes very picky!! _________ 72 gal. BF, marineland sump #2, marineland 150 skimmer, hydor #3 powerhead, return pump, T-5 aquatic life 4 210 watt, Stock: 2 "normal" clownfish, cleaner wrasse, orange ricordeas, purple mushrooms 1 sps frag, 2 acan frags, chalice, toadstool, 4 BTA's.

07-06-2009, 09:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
Pip Logan Feather Duster Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Diego Age: 28 Posts: 245 Skin: Mint Karma: 1015	Awsome fish man! _________ 30 Gallon glass tank, Fluvial 405, 30inch Orbit lights, Koralia 2, Maxi Jet power head. 30 pounds of Agronite sand, 20 pounds of live rock, 20 pounds of Base rock. Two crazy clowns, one Flame Hawkfish Two turbo snails, and two little snails, three leopard snails and a hermit crab. DOB 5-25-09

07-02-2009, 05:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
greysoul Johnny Hammersticks Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Albuquerque Age: 30 Posts: 630 Skin: Mint Karma: 5447	it does look like a russet, they're not the same fish tho...

07-02-2009, 06:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
greysoul Johnny Hammersticks Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Albuquerque Age: 30 Posts: 630 Skin: Mint Karma: 5447	So I got my Potters Angel today, she looks great! They didn't get it eating at the LFS, but as soon as I put her in my tank she started picking at rocks... not much, just a few little pecks here and there, but I took it as a good sign. fingers crossed click to enlarge... Centropyge potteri:

07-09-2009, 08:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
greysoul Johnny Hammersticks Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Albuquerque Age: 30 Posts: 630 Skin: Mint Karma: 5447	So she's doing well. Doesn't have any interest in frozen mysis but picks at diatoms and algae all day, and devours snail eggs. I know it's only been a week, but she seems to be adapting so far. The first couple days she hid all day, now she's hardly ever in he cave, I usually see her hanging out with my clowns and nipping at my new macros I got from Reefcleaners.org which doesn't bother me.... I doubt she can eat all the Gracellaria he sent me before it has a chance to start growing (and half is in the fuge anyways) I think she's eating amphipods as well, she seems to chase them around at least. -Doug p.s. if the picture isn't loading my web host is still dead.