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Angelfishes for  Marine Aquariums
Diversity, Selection & Care
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Personifer angelfish Hi, at the marine center they have 6 in. personifers and they say they are eating and are real healthy. My question is that what would be the difficulty of keeping this fish if its in this good condition? <<Most of the 'difficulties' arise from these fish being placed into inappropriate systems - too small.>> The tank is a 240 gallon, half way filled with live rock, and excellent filtration. <<Would be large enough... more live rock with healthy fauna would help.>> What should I feed him, should it be like other angels, angel formula, formula 2, brine shrimp. <<All that except the brine shrimp - use Mysis shrimp instead. Brine shrimp are pretty much less than junk food.>> Are there any tips you can suggest on keeping this fish. <<Well, secure the specimen from a good source, like Marine Center, and replace/renew your live rock often to keep a good round of fauna [sponges, tunicates, etc] growing there so the fish can pick at it.>> I have read your FAQs on personifers, and was looking for additional information. Thank you! <<You are quite welcome. Cheers, J -- >>

Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis Care/Requirements Hello, I have been searching far and wide on care of the Blue line angel. All I have found is that it is rather hardy, and becoming a more frequent import. I am interested in putting one specimen in my 58 gallon (mostly) SPS tank. The dimensions are 36x18x20. My main question would be, can a tank of this size support this angel? <No, it is too small for any of the larger Angelfish.> It has a 25 gallon sump connected to it. Also any specifics on care would be fabulous! Thanks again, John Ragsdale P.S. I will be picking up Scott Michael's "Marine Fishes" book, soon in hopes it contains info on this particular species. <Unfortunately, it is not in there. I just looked. -Steven Pro>

- Conspicillatus angel in a 90?- Someone in my area is selling a healthy 6" Conspic angel. He's had it for a year or more and it eats flake and frozen. The fish is currently in a 180g. I have a 90g w/ live rock a DSB, a harlequin tusk, a coral beauty, an algae blenny, good flow, excellent skimmer and param.s. This is an expensive fish <You're not kidding!> and I really wouldn't want it to be unhappy. I really, really wouldn't want it to perish. <As would I> Is my tank big enough? Live Aquaria says so <Well, IMO the good doctors are wrong this time. Here's Bob's little blurb from a WetWeb angelfish article: Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus (Waite 1900), the Conspicuous Angelfish (1). A beautiful and expensive centerpiece for folks with a large aquarium (hundreds of gallons). To about a foot in length. Australian east coast out to New Caledonia. They get big and need lots of space. Too nice of a fish to cram into a 90.> but I don't necessarily trust what they say. It's my understanding that they grow to a max. 10" but, have found conflicting information about their size and requirements. Thank you so much for your reply. Any info would be greatly appreciated! <If you can afford this fish, you surely can afford to set up a gigantic system for it. It would be well worth the time and money! -Kevin> -Mike

Angelfishes for  Marine Aquariums
Diversity, Selection & Care
New eBook on Amazon: Available here
New Print Book on Create Space: Available here


by Robert (Bob) Fenner
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