Flagfin Angelfish (Apolemichthys trimaculatus)

TANK STATS Minimum Tank Size: 125 gallons Care Level: Difficult Temperament: Semi Aggressive Coral Safe: No Invertebrate Safe: No Water Conditions: 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.020-1.025 Max. Size: 10" Color Form:  Black, Blue, Yellow Diet: Omnivore, Pellet, Brine, Flake Origin: Fiji, Indonesia, Maldives, Vanuatu Family: Pomacentridae

Flagfin Angelfish Description:

The Flagfin Angelfish is bright yellow in color with blue lips and a dark blue or black dorsal spot behind the head and a tan spot above the eye. This fish is also commonly known as the Threespot Angelfish.

Provide plenty of other hiding places in a 125 gallon tank or larger as the Flagfin Angelfish is quite shy early on and should be the only angel in the tank. Not a good reef dweller, the Flagfin Angelfish is prone to nip at sessile invertebrates (soft and stony corals) and clam mantles.

This is a difficult angelfish to keep due to its dietary requirement of sponges and its poor ability to adapt to other foods. Expert aquarists may have success by providing a mixed fare of sponge-containing frozen angelfish rations, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, a plethora of plant material, and live rock for grazing and hiding.