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About Fisher's Angelfish
Fisher's Angelfish is a small, deep-dwelling pomacanthid with a predominantly yellow body and bright blue facial markings, including a blue-ringed eye and blue gill covers. It has the characteristic oval, laterally compressed body shape typical of pygmy angelfish, with blue bands or stripes on the fins and blue accents along the gill plates and mouth.
Key facts
- Min tank size
- 70 gallons
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Appearance
- Fisher's Angelfish is a small, deep-dwelling pomacanthid with a predominantly yellow body and bright blue facial markings, including a blue-ringed eye and blue gill covers. It has the characteristic oval, laterally compressed body shape typical of pygmy angelfish, with blue bands or stripes on the fins and blue accents along the gill plates and mouth.
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 75-gallon tank; prefers 100+ gallons with multiple hiding spots • Water: pH 8.1–8.3, salinity 1.020–1.025, temp 72–78°F • Strong lighting (LED or T5) and excellent water quality (low nitrates/phosphates) • Provide varied diet: high-quality pellets, frozen mysis shrimp, spirulina • Peaceful dwarf angelfish; may be aggressive toward conspecifics; reef-safe with caution around small polyps
- Difficulty Level
- Fisher's Angelfish is an expert-level species due to its deep-water origin, specialized habitat requirements, tendency to refuse food in captivity, and high sensitivity to tank conditions and stress. It requires excellent water quality, stable parameters, and experience with difficult feeders.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Diet
- omnivore
- Temperament
- Semi Aggressive
- Diet Details
- In captivity, Fisher's Angelfish should be offered a varied diet of high-quality frozen foods including mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, small copepods, and quality flake foods. Feed 2-3 times daily in small amounts; this species often refuses food initially and requires patience and persistence with live or highly palatable foods.
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia to the Philippines and the western Pacific. Found in deep reef environments, typically at depths of 50-200 meters.
- Common Health Issues
- Starvation due to refusal to feed, bacterial infections, parasitic infections, osmotic stress from shallow-water acclimation
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