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Blue-faced Angelfish

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Pomacanthus xanthometopon Photo © Animal-World: Courtesy Greg Rothschild

   The Blue-faced Angelfish or Yellow-faced Angelfish is definitely one of the most beautiful of the angelfish.

   This is a rather hard to keep though, so the Blue-faced Angelfish or Yellow-faced Angelfish should be left to the experienced fishkeeper. It grows to a maximum of 15 inches (380 mm) in the aquarium.

For more Information on keeping this fish see:
Guide to a Happy, Healthy Marine Aquarium

Maintenance:
   It is important that you feed angelfish all kinds of live, frozen, and prepared formula foods. Best to feed small amounts several times a day. A good formula that can be made at home consists of mussels, shrimp, squid, and spinach.

Habitat: Natural geographic location:
   Blue-faced Angelfish or Yellow-faced Angelfish are found at depths from 5-20 meters (16-66 ft.)

Natural Foods:
   Not found.

Social Behaviors:
   The Blue-faced Angelfish or Yellow-faced Angelfish is generally a solitary fish.

Blue-faced Angelfish (juvenile) Photo © Animal-World: Courtesy Hiroyuki Tanaka

Sexual differences:
   Unknown.

Light: Recommended light levels:
   No special requirements.

Breeding/Reproduction:
   Not accomplished in captivity. See Breeding Marine Fish page for a description of how they reproduce in the wild.

Temperature:
   No special requirements. Normal temperatures for marine fish lies between 75 and 79 degrees.

Length/Diameter of fish:
   Blue-faced Angelfish or Yellow-faced Angelfish adults can grow to 38 cm (15 inches).

Minimum Tank Length/Size:
   A minimum 100 gallon aquarium is recommended.

Water Movement: Weak, Moderate, Strong
   No special requirements.

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Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom
   No special requirements.

Availability:
This fish is not often available and is expensive.

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Latest Comments
Very hardy marine fish and very easy to keep. It is not reef safe but is ok with soft corals in my tank and spits water out when you open the hood of the tank. Scott 2009-03-22
Great fish and in my opinion it is quite easy to keep. I put mine straight in with a grumpy emperor and a personifer angel and it turned out he can hold his own, even though he's so much smaller! Dave Rich 2007-10-05
One of my favourites! And one property you cant forget about him is he is very very intelligent. He even identifies the owner and will eat out of his hand. Try kissing him through the glass and he will kiss you back! Very good fish to have! Apurva 2005-11-29
I like my blue face very much. They are excellent and their colouration is marvelous. najmiey 2005-01-11
they r pretty. Anonymous 2004-02-24
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This i so awesome, it helped me with my project! briteny17 2008-02-29

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