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Flagfin Angelfish, Threespot Angelfish / Apolemichthys Trimaculatus
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Apolemichthys Trimaculatus
COMMON NAME - Flagfin Angelfish (Threespot Angelfish)
SIZE 9.8" (25 cm )
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Sponge containing frozen Angelfish rations, vitamin enriched Brine shrimp and Mysid shrimp, frozen preparations for herbivores and marine algae. Feed minimum of 3 times a day.
REEF COMPATIBILITY - May nip at sessile invertebrates, stony and soft corals, clam mantles.
CAPTIVE CARE - Difficult to feed (sponge eater). Does not adapt to aquarium life well, May fight with close relatives, not overly aggressive, best kept in a reef tank where it can dine on the reef fare, only one per tank, plenty of hiding places will enhance adaptability.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Apolemichthys Trimaculatus
COMMON NAME - Flagfin Angelfish (Threespot Angelfish)
SIZE 9.8" (25 cm )
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Sponge containing frozen Angelfish rations, vitamin enriched Brine shrimp and Mysid shrimp, frozen preparations for herbivores and marine algae. Feed minimum of 3 times a day.
REEF COMPATIBILITY - May nip at sessile invertebrates, stony and soft corals, clam mantles.
CAPTIVE CARE - Difficult to feed (sponge eater). Does not adapt to aquarium life well, May fight with close relatives, not overly aggressive, best kept in a reef tank where it can dine on the reef fare, only one per tank, plenty of hiding places will enhance adaptability.
