Flame Angelfish - Colorful Marine Fish

The Flame Angelfish, a medium sized marine aquarium fish, is a vibrant, fiery red-orange coloration that is highly territorial and active.

Flame Angelfish is one of the most popular marine aquarium fish in the aquatic world because of its brilliant appearance, like flames swimming in the water, lively, active, curious and likes to explore everything around, quite easy to raise.

In the article below, let 's nice fish learn about the origin, characteristics, habits and how to take care of Flame Angelfish in great detail!

Information about Flame Angelfish :

Origin of Flame Angelfish

The fire angelfish is found in the Pacific Ocean.

Flame Angelfish has the scientific name Centropyge loricula, English name is Flame Angelfish, a marine ornamental fish originating from tropical waters in the Pacific Ocean, specifically:

• Hawaiian Islands
• Marshall Islands
• Line Islands
• Micronesia
• Cave,
• And some seas of Indonesia, Philippines.

They mainly live at a depth of 6 - 60 meters, in coastal coral reefs, where there are many holes, crevices and seaweed, preferring moderate light and gentle currents.

In the commercial aquarium market, Flame Angelfish are commonly caught in Hawaii, Marshall Islands, and the Philippines, then domesticated on farms and sold on the market.

The name "loricula" in Latin means "small and colorful", which is what this fish looks like.

Physical characteristics of Flame Angelfish

The brilliant appearance of a Flame Angelfish

As the name suggests, the Flame Angelfish has an extremely "Fiery" appearance with a bright red color like a delicious fish swimming in the ocean. Let's learn more about the appearance of this fish.

• Size : 7 - 10 cm, belongs to the dwarf angel group.
• Shape : Oval body, flattened horizontally, small mouth, slightly pointed towards the front.
• Color : The whole body is bright orange-red or fiery red, super prominent under LED lights, on the body there are 4-6 black stripes along both sides, clear and even. Fish in Hawaiian waters are often more brightly colored than other waters.
• Dorsal and anal fins : Dark black border around beak.
• Caudal fin : Bright orange-red.
• Swimming style : Graceful, flexible, likes to glide.

Flame Angelfish Behavior

Fire angelfish love to swim around and explore everything.

Flame Angelfish is not only a colorful and beautiful marine aquarium fish but also has an extremely interesting personality. Let's learn about some of the typical habits of this fish!

Highly territorial

Although Flame Angelfish are small fish, they are very territorial, especially in small tanks. They will be aggressive towards other fish of similar size or similar coloration.

Independent, can live in pairs

In the natural environment, Flame Angelfish always live alone or in pairs of 1 male - 1 female and do not like to gather in schools. So when raising in an aquarium, it is best to only raise 1 Flame Angelfish or at most 1 male and female pair to avoid conflicts.

Active, curious

Flame Angelfish are super active fish that love to swim around and explore every corner of the tank. They also enjoy tanks with lots of live rock, where they can both forage and hide.

Constantly looking for food

In nature, most fire angelfish spend their time foraging, nibbling on moss and plankton on rocks, so when keeping them in an aquarium, you should feed them several meals a day with small amounts of food.

Like to "taste" coral

Flame Angelfish are quite curious fish, so when kept with soft corals they tend to "test" everything.

Flame Angelfish Breeding Guide

A Flame Angelfish swimming among live rocks.

Flame Angelfish is a fairly easy-to-raise marine fish, suitable for both beginners and experienced fish keepers. However, to take good care of this fish, please follow the instructions below.

Preparing the tank for the fire angel fish

If you want Flame Angelfish to thrive, you need to create an environment similar to their natural environment, so when designing a fish tank, you need to keep in mind the following:

• Minimum size : 150 - 200 liters for 1 fish, if raising a pair or raising with many other types of fish, a tank with a volume of over 300 liters is required.
• Water filtration & circulation system : Need to be equipped with overflow filter, protein skimmer filter and microbiological filter to ensure clean water, free of organic impurities.
• LED lighting system : Use blue and white lights to highlight the colors of the fish.
• Decoration : Need to decorate with lots of live rocks and caves for fish to hide.

Ideal Water Parameters for Flame Angelfish

For fire angelfish to grow well, live long without stress or water shock, you need to meet the following ideal water standards:

• Temperature : 24 - 27 degrees Celsius.
• Salinity : SG 1.023 - 1.025
• pH: 8.1 - 8.4
• Amoniac, Nitrite: 0 ppm.
• KH (Alkalinity) : 8 - 12 dKH.
• Water change : Change 10 - 15% of the water in the tank every week.

What do Flame Angelfish eat?

Flame Angelfish are omnivorous aquarium fish, they can eat a variety of foods such as:

• Dried seaweed (nori), Spirulina tablets
• Frozen foods such as Artemia, mysis...
• Synthetic food specifically for angel fish.

Because this fish likes to eat continuously throughout the day, you can divide the amount of food into 3-4 meals a day!

What fish should be kept with Flame Angelfish?

Although highly territorial, you can keep Flame Angelfish with some peaceful marine aquarium fish such as Nemo fish (clownfish), surgeonfish, goby or some coral species.

Flame Angelfish should not be kept with other angel fish unless they are a pre-existing pair, or some aggressive fish such as Lionfish, Triggerfish.

Common diseases in Flame Angelfish

Below are some common diseases in fire angel fish, please refer to them to know how to handle and treat them.

Flame Angelfish Price List

A fire angelfish swimming near the coral reef.

Currently, the price of Flame Angelfish in Vietnam fluctuates a lot depending on origin, size,... Below is the price list of Flame Angelfish that we have compiled, please refer to it now!

Note :

• It is advisable to buy purebred flame angelfish bred in the farm because they are better adapted to captivity, although the price is a bit high.
• Refer to buy fish from reputable aquarium stores to ensure origin and quality.
• You should carefully research information about this fish species before deciding to raise it.

Beautiful Flame Angelfish Pictures

To fully appreciate the brilliant beauty of Flame Angelfish underwater, please admire the beautiful image collection we share below.

Fire angelfish with red-orange color combined with prominent black stripes.

Image of Flame Angelfish swimming among coral reefs.

Image of a pair of fire angelfish swimming side by side.

Flame Angelfish is a colorful marine aquarium fish, which will be a perfect choice for your aquarium. Hopefully, with the information that nicefish.net shares above, you will be more confident in trying this fish.

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