Flagfin Angelfish
The flagfin angelfish is considered extremely timid and can easily be stressed but you can help it to acclimatize by providing sponges until it learns to eat new foods.
Flagfin angelfish. The caudal fin is located on the tail area of fishes. Its brilliant coloring hardiness and low cost makes this species readily available. They are found in the indo west pacific covering from the south eastern coast of africa all the way to samoa then from the southern part of japan all the way south to australia s northern coast and surrounding northern islands.
The flagfin angelfish requires demanding care and needs a vitamin enriched diet to maintain color and health. The flagfin angelfish or three spot angelfish has a bright yellow body and glowing blue lips. The flagfin angelfish apolemichthys trimaculatus was described by cuvier in 1831.
This fish may occasionally nip at clam mantles and large polyped stony corals particularly if kept in small reef systems. The ventral fin is located on the pelvic area of fishes. It can be kept in a community tank and even mixed with other angelfish if the aquarium is large enough.
This a sponge and tunicate eater that often fails to adapt to aquarium fare. The flagfin angelfish also referred to as the threespot angelfish is a brilliant yellow with blue lips a dark blue black dorsal spot where the head joins the body and a light tan spot behind the eye. This angelfish is a member of the pomacanthidae family of the apolemichthys genus which currently has only 9 described species.
This is a difficult angelfish to keep due to its dietary requirement of sponges and its poor ability to adapt to other foods. They have a yellow body with bright blue lips and three spots on their head with the black spot on the forehead being very clear and two more faint spots behind each gill cover. Not a good reef dweller the flagfin angelfish is prone to nip at sessile invertebrates soft and stony corals and clam mantles.
Try feeding it sponge containing frozen angelfish rations vitamin enriched brine shrimp and mysid shrimp as well as plentiful plant material including frozen preparations for herbivores and marine algae. The flagfin angelfish has dorsal fins to lend stability in swimming. It is best to house the flagfin angelfish in a 125 gallon tank or larger with live rock for grazing and many places for hiding.
The flagfin angelfish otherwise known as the threespot angelfish is a blue lipped bright yellow angelfish with a bold black eyebrow marking and a lateral marked anal fin. The flagfin angelfish has caudal fins to propel through the water. Flagfin angelfish are moderately sized at ten inches which makes them larger than most dwarf angelfish but not as large as most full size angelfish.
