coral beauty angel fish

Alright guys i already asked a similar question, but just making sure one last time before I do anything bad.

How many of you out there owns a coral beauty angel fish in a reef tank? And for coral beauty owners, did you ever had problem where your fish eats or nips on the coral? I heard lots of people saying they dont nip at corals long as they are fed often. I got a free kenya tree yesterday from LFS as a gift so far he hasnt been nipping at it, so Im curios to go to Reef tank route once again after my failure during Thanks giving due to heater failure. Thanks

 

any dwarf angel is a 50/50 when coral is concerned..

all of the angels ive had have been good with corals, no nipping or anything. Im gessing you can try adding a bit more coral and see what happens.

 

i have a Flame Angel that will nip at Acans but doesn't seem to be interested in any of my other coral.

 

Here's a poll I did on dwarf angels in general. I would like more people to post to get a larger sample size, but so far, it's looking like it may not be 50/50. I have a coral beauty and so far, he's been great (knock on wood).

http://www.3reef.com/forums/tropical-fish/does-your-dwarf-angel-behave-your-reef-83722.html

 

Mine is behaving well these days with a sps/lps mix.

 

My coral angel beauty is nipping once or twice on green star polyps every 3-5 minute, and so far in 2 hour nipped on the xenia i just got 3 times. If i want a reef tank is this a bad sign of a Coral beauty? Should I get rid of him? Or just let it be and keep observing for a little bit more?

 

Any suggestions?

 

You could try buying some algae sheets, soak some in fresh water then take the soggy algae and distribute to the tank to keep it busy.

 

You can try trading him out. I have had great luck with mine not nipping at any of my LPS but as mentioned above, it's a 50/50 chance. See if your LFS will let you trade, usually they are cool with it if they know you or you buy something while there trading out.