Centropyge potteri
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| Species: | C. potteri
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| Centropyge potteri (Jordan & Metz, 1912)
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Centropyge potteri or Potter's Angelfish is a marine angelfish from the "Eastern Central Pacific Ocean," or, more particularly, from the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Atoll (a part of Hawaii, located to its south).
Appearance
It sometimes makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 10cm in length. It is bright orange with irregular, close-set, thin, vertical black stripes on body. The lower part of the body goes in to a blue-black colour. They inhabit rocky ledges and prefer plenty of live rock that it can dart in and out of. The centropyge is essentially hermaphrodite and generally has a dominant male with a harem of females in the wild.
In the aquarium
Reef Compatible?
It is generally reef compatible, however it has been known to nip at stony (sps) corals
Feeding?
Feed a varied diet of live food, frozen foods, meaty items, flake food and plenty of algae. Does best with live rock to graze on.
How many can I keep?
Best kept on its own or in pairs. Will fight with its own kind.
How compatible is it with other fish?
This fish is peaceful and is generally only aggressive to similar species and its own kind. It can be bullied by larger tank mates. It is best to introduce as one of the first fish to the aquarium.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Centropyge potteri". FishBase. December 2008 version.
- Reefkeeping potteri
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