Description

The Half Black Angelfish or Pearlscale Angelfish (Centropyge Vrolikii) is not as aggressive as other fishes, which makes it a good addition to any reef tank. It is considered reef-safe as juveniles but may develop a taste for some brainy type LPS corals as it grows up. But if the Half Black Angelfish or Pearlscale Angelfish is fed properly, it will not bother or nip over other corals, as well as other non-sessile invertebrates such as shrimp or crabs.

The Half Black Angelfish or Pearlscale Angelfish needs to be kept in a tank not less than 70 gallon. You need to provide lots of rock-work and caves for Half Black Angelfish or Pearlscale Angelfish as hiding spots. The Half Black Angelfish or Pearlscale Angelfish as an adult is not a good reef dweller and may eat soft corals polyps, clam mantles, and zoanthids. It doesn’t have distinguishable characteristics; therefore it is very difficult to breed in an aquarium.

The diet of the Half Black Angelfish or Pearlscale Angelfish should include spirulina, marine algae, mysis shrimp along with other meaty fare, and live rock for grazing. Since the Half Black Angelfish or Pearlscale Angelfish is territorial, we advise you to keep it singly in the aquarium.