Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosa)

Identification:

The Coral Beauty's color is absolutely stunning under aquarium lighting. Most happy in a tank with live rock, where it can swim through rock formations ,picking and looking for food.

The Coral Beauty's have a deep purple head and fins with a red and orange body.

An excellent addition to the reef or fish-only tank, quite hardy.

Recommended Tank size:

Provide a 30 gallon or larger tank . It should have large amounts of live rock for hiding and grazing.

The Coral Beauty angelfish can be kept successfully in reef type aquaria, but usually do not survive in fish-only aquariums.

This is commonly due to specialized diet requirements that reef aquaria provide, in the way of naturally occurring micro-crustacean populations, but in some cases, may simply be due to the more complete natural ecosystem found in reef tanks.

Food and diet:

In a saltwater aquarium they should be given a balanced diet. Variety is important, feed them foods from a wide range of food groups.

Feeding them a single type of food for too long is generally a bad idea.

They should be fed frozen foods that have both meat and algae (Formula One, Formula Two, Ocean Nutrition Pygmy Angel Formula are all good examples, algae and nori sheets as well as a pellet from a reputable brand like Spectrum.

Level of Care: Easy

Reef Compatibility:

Reef Aquarium Compatibility Generally safe, but may nip at corals, clams, etc.

Approximate Purchase Size:

Small: 1" to 1-3/4"; Medium: 1-3/4" to 2-1/2"; Large: 2-1/2" to 4-1/2"