FAMILY- Pomacanthidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodontoplus Melanosoma
COMMON NAME - Black Velvet Angelfish (Gray Poma)
SIZE - 6.7" (17 cm)
RANGE - Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 55 US Gal (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied diet, spirulina, marine algae, mysid shrimp, variuos high quality marine meaty food.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - May eat soft corals and nip at large polyped stony corals, zoanthids, and clam mantles.
CAPTIVE CARE - Keep with nonaggressive tankmates and plenty of hiding places. Will browse on filamentous algae and diatoms growing on hard surfaces.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodontoplus Melanosoma
COMMON NAME - Black Velvet Angelfish (Gray Poma)
SIZE - 6.7" (17 cm)
RANGE - Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 55 US Gal (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied diet, spirulina, marine algae, mysid shrimp, variuos high quality marine meaty food.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - May eat soft corals and nip at large polyped stony corals, zoanthids, and clam mantles.
CAPTIVE CARE - Keep with nonaggressive tankmates and plenty of hiding places. Will browse on filamentous algae and diatoms growing on hard surfaces.
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