Wrasse, Anthias, and Other Marine Fish
Bicolor Angelfish
Centropyge bicolor
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size15 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeWith caution
Full profile
- Family
- Pomacanthidae
- Origin
- Western Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 15 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- low – medium
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- Omnivorous (algae and angel fish food)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Yellow on the front half and dark blue on the back half. More delicate than the flame angelfish or the coral beauty during acclimation. Reef Safe: ⚠️ Use caution (may bite soft corals and LPS corals)
