Flagfin Angelfish (Apolemichthys trimaculatus)
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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.