Bicolor Angelfish (Centropyge Bicolor)

Species Name : Centropyge Bicolor

Care Level : Moderate

Temperament : Semi-aggressive

Color : Blue, Yellow

Diet : Omnivore

Reef Compatible : With Caution

Water Conditions : sg 1.020-1.025, 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4

Max. Size : 6"

Origin : Fiji, Indonesia, Melanesia

Family : Pomacanthidae

Minimum Tank Size : 70 gallons

The Bicolor Angelfish (Centropyge Bicolor), is also known as the Blue and Gold Angel, Pacific Rock Beauty, Oriole Angelfish, Two-Colored Angel, and the Oriole Dwarf Angel.

Males and females have no color distinction. Featuring a split yellow and royal blue body with a yellow tail and a small marking of blue above the eye, it is one of the most common and most popular Angelfish species in the aquarium trade. These fish tend to grow to a maximum of 6 inches in length.

Only add them to well-established tanks, preferably an aquarium that has been setup up for at least 6 months. A minimum of a 70 gallon tank with lots of hiding places and live rock for grazing will offer an environment in which to thrive. Tanks with the most hiding spaces are best, as they like to move from one hiding place to another.

The Bicolor Angelfish are aggressive towards their own species and other dwarf angelfish, so if you want to keep this angelfish, it will be your only angelfish. Angelfish also have a reputation to be a bit aggressive–so if you are adding this fish to your tank, it is probably best to add it as one of the last fish to the tank, so that all the others have a chance to establish a territory prior to its introduction. Not a good reef dweller, the Bicolor Angelfish is prone to nip at stony and soft corals (sessile invertebrates) and clam mantles. 

It is hermaphroditic, very difficult to breed in an aquarium, and has no distinguishable differences in color between male to female.

The Bicolor Angelfish needs a diet balanced with meaty foods (mysid shrimp, brine shrimp, blackworms, etc.) as well as with algae (Spirulina flakes, nori sheets, etc.) Feed your Bicolor Angelfish about 2 to 3 times a day is generally a good practice. Especially if you want to keep the fish from nipping at sessile invertebrates.