{"id":2819,"date":"2022-02-20T15:30:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T13:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fish-square.com\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2022-02-20T15:40:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T13:40:25","slug":"pygoplites-angelfishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-square.com\/ar\/encyclopedia\/pygoplites-angelfishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pygoplites (Angelfishes)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Angelfish (Pomacanthidae) are known as some of the most colourful and impressive fish on the reef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many species are not reef safe, as they especially target the soft corals and LPS. But by choosing your corals carefully, or by getting specific species of Angelfish, they can be kept in coral aquariums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are Angelfish suitable for most aquarium sizes, from Dwarf Angelfish which are well suited to smaller aquaria, to the larger of the species which can be impressively displayed in a larger aquarium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demands of the individual species can vary widely. Some are food specialists and require therefore special food, while for others can be difficult to acclimatize, as they live in deep water in the wild. It is recommended that one has a reasonably good knowledge of the different types of food and of treatments of illnesses, if one wishes to keep the larger species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apolemichthys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Apolemichthys genus contains a series of medium sized Angelfish which all have completely different needs. Some species are very hardy and ideally suited to aquaria, whereas others do not do well in captivity, because they have very specific food needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These fish are not known to be reef safe, so they are not suited to coral aquaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The species in this genus\u00a0are, on the whole less aggressive than Holacanthus\u00a0and some of the Pomacanthus\u00a0species.<\/p>\n\n\n