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King AngelfishFamily: Pomacanthidae
The King angelfish is an example of a fish that looks completely different as an adult than it does as a juvenile!An adult King Angelfish is shown above. The juvenile is more colorful with blue-white stripes on a light orange background. For more Information on keeping this fish see:
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| Geographic Distribution Holacanthus passer |
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Maintenance:
This angelfish survives on sponges so make sure you can get
an angel formula with sponge in it. 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:
King Angelfish are found in reef areas of the Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands.
Found at
depths from 4 to 30 meters.
Natural Foods:
Eats sponges, tunicates, and other benthic invertebrates.
These fish act as cleaner fish, eating external parasites, from hammerhead
sharks!.
Social Behaviors:
Found singly in pairs, or groups. In the aquarium they become
aggressive towards their own species so you should keep only one per aquarium.
WMA_Ap15BA_med.jpg) King 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:
King Angelfish adults can grow to 25 cm (10 inches).
Minimum Tank Length/Size:
A minimum 60 gallon aquarium is recommended.
Water Movement: Weak, Moderate, Strong
No special requirements.
Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom
No special requirements.
Availability:
This fish is generally rarely available and is expensive.
Comments from people who have kept this fish:
The King Angelfish is surely a beauty to lay eyes on. I had mine all for a mere week, and within that week it ate and seem to do extremely well, and I awoke one morning to find it dead. It gave no warning that it was even sick or dying. I immediately tested the water to see what could have happened to it, all the testings were fine. All I can say is that maybe this fish is exactly like it says, moderately hardy.
My Passer is a periodic hellion, but like him any way, and he lives with a Queen, an enormous French angel, and a blue-ringed angel as well. He was raised with the blue ringed and queen since they were babies, it worked out, but have tried it the other way and introduced an older one and that was a disaster. The french angel is 12 inches and she/he keeps everyone in check including my queen trigger - they all reside in a 280 gallon tank now, but when the 3 angels I raised together were babies, I brought them up in a 55 gallon for about 2 years. Use a lot of vitamins! Get one! Brian
They are very good pets!
ok i do not personally keep these fish, but i plan to. I have read that the males have yellow pectoral fins, and females have white
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Author: David Brough. CFS.
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