[B]FAMILY[/B] - Pomacanthidae [B]SCIENTIFIC NAME[/B] - Centropyge Acanthops [B]COMMON NAME[/B] - African Flameback Angel fish, African Pygmy Angelfish [B]SIZE[/B] - 3.1" (8 cm) [B]RANGE[/B] - Somalia, Coast of Oman, South to South Africa, east to Maldives and Mauritius, the Seychelles, Mascarene Isolands, chagos archipelago. [B]MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE[/B] - 30 US Gal. (114 L) [B]FOODS AND FEEDING[/B] - Varied diet. Frozen preparations that contain marine algae, spirulina algae, mysid shrimp finely shaved shrimp. Feed at least 3 times a day if not in an established aquarium with healthy microalgae growth. [B]AQUARIUM SUITABILITY[/B] - 8 [B]REEF COMPATIBILITY[/B] - May nip at large polyped stony corals, soft corals and zoanthids, oral disc of anemones, will eat decorative algae. [B]CAPTIVE CARE[/B] - May be aggressive once settled in, does best in a tank with filamentous algae for browsing. Also see the Cherub angel fish having similar needs. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]20255[/ATTACH][/CENTER]
