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Odds of Successfully Keeping Two Large Angels in a 180 gallon FOWLR (1 Viewer)

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pattyj18

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I have a 180 gallon tank that has a Niger Trigger and some damsels in it currently. I was thinking of getting two juvenile angels and letting them grow up together. I was thinking of getting an Emperor Angel and maybe a Blue Face Angel. What are the odds of them doing well together as adults in a tank that size? Thoughts?
 

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With enough hiding spaces you will be fine.
They might go after your trigger.
My Angels chased down my Blue Jaw while I was out of town for four days and took all it fins off, Blue Jaw survived though all fins grew back and is now a happy camper in the frag system.
 

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Not a problem. I had 6-8 angels in a reef tank. My favorites queen, regal, and majestic. You can do few angels but get rid of the trigger.

My tank is 63X32
 

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Depends on your angels and order of introduction as well as size of course. A queen and emperor are much less likely to make it than a regal and majestic (navarchus). Just figure out what you like and research them. Typically you only want one holocanthus/pomacanthus and have them be the last in the tank. For example I would choose either a blue face, emperor or queen but not more than one of those. You can also add a dwarf (centropyge) but multiples can also be tough. I have two potters in with a scribbled and goldflake right now. Added a multicolor with the scribbled and the dominant potters beat the snot out of him-had to pull him and let him recover. Going to take the potters out and leave him in sump for a bit as a time out and then reintroduce so he wont have the set territory of the whole tank. Majestic and baby annularis in qt
 

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I had the scribbled, queen and majestic angel in my old tank with the male crosshatch trigger and the picaso trigger for years. I actually got rid of my niger because it was the more aggressive of the group and kept trying to move my corals and liked to nip on my high fin snappers streamers. My tank was 5 feet. i used to bring all my fish around the 4 inch or so size.
 
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