Semicirculatus Angelfish ?
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blueberryboomer
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Pomacanthus semicirculatus-aka-(Koren angel)
Like many angelfish the semicirculatus changes color when it enters adulthood. As a juvenile it is colored dark blue with lighter blue edging and white semicircular markings. As an adult the color turns grey to light yellow with darker spots. It grows to a maximum of 15 inches (380 mm) in the aquarium.
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Maintenance difficulty:
This fish is hard to keep.
Maintenance:
It is important that you feed angelfish all kinds of live, frozen, and prepared formula foods. Best to feed small amounts several times a day. A good formula that can be made at home consists of mussels, shrimp, squid, and spinach.
Habitat: Natural geographic location:
Queensland, Western Australia, New South Wales, and New Guinea. Also common in the Indian Ocean from South Africa, the Red Sea, and Sri Lanka eastward to Indonesia and the Western Pacific from New caledonia, Fiji, and Samoa, northward to Japan. It is found at depths less than 25 meters (82 ft.).
Natural Foods:
Meaty foods and greenstuffs. A grazer.
Social Behaviors:
Adults are generally solitary. In the aquarium they are not aggressive, a good community fish especially when young.
Sexual differences:
Unknown.
Light: Recommended light levels:
No special requirements.
Breeding/Reproduction
Not accomplished in captivity. See Breeding Marine Fish page for a description of how they reproduce in the wild.
Temperature:
No special requirements. Normal temperatures for marine fish lies between 75 and 79 degrees.
Length/Diameter of fish:
Adults can grow to 30 cm (12 inches).
Minimum Tank Length/Size:
A minimum 75 gallon aquarium is recommended.
Water Movement: Weak, Moderate, Strong
No special requirements.
Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom
No special requirements.
Availability:
This fish is readily available and is moderately expensive.
Hope this helps! Lisa
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Like many angelfish the semicirculatus changes color when it enters adulthood. As a juvenile it is colored dark blue with lighter blue edging and white semicircular markings. As an adult the color turns grey to light yellow with darker spots. It grows to a maximum of 15 inches (380 mm) in the aquarium.
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Maintenance difficulty:
This fish is hard to keep.
Maintenance:
It is important that you feed angelfish all kinds of live, frozen, and prepared formula foods. Best to feed small amounts several times a day. A good formula that can be made at home consists of mussels, shrimp, squid, and spinach.
Habitat: Natural geographic location:
Queensland, Western Australia, New South Wales, and New Guinea. Also common in the Indian Ocean from South Africa, the Red Sea, and Sri Lanka eastward to Indonesia and the Western Pacific from New caledonia, Fiji, and Samoa, northward to Japan. It is found at depths less than 25 meters (82 ft.).
Natural Foods:
Meaty foods and greenstuffs. A grazer.
Social Behaviors:
Adults are generally solitary. In the aquarium they are not aggressive, a good community fish especially when young.
Sexual differences:
Unknown.
Light: Recommended light levels:
No special requirements.
Breeding/Reproduction
Not accomplished in captivity. See Breeding Marine Fish page for a description of how they reproduce in the wild.
Temperature:
No special requirements. Normal temperatures for marine fish lies between 75 and 79 degrees.
Length/Diameter of fish:
Adults can grow to 30 cm (12 inches).
Minimum Tank Length/Size:
A minimum 75 gallon aquarium is recommended.
Water Movement: Weak, Moderate, Strong
No special requirements.
Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom
No special requirements.
Availability:
This fish is readily available and is moderately expensive.
Hope this helps! Lisa
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krrector
Member
Thanks Lisa. This tells me it all. I tried to look in my marine book...shows a lot of them but not that exact one. Thank you for your reply. One beautiful fish though all the same. They had at that store two cowfish. Just babies. Cute!! I asked if they were reef safe and they said yes. Never said anything else. Asked what they ate and they said frozen food or flake food. Nothing at all of what my book says about them. They are soo cute though as little as they are. Again thanks for the help.
blueberryboomer
Active Member
KRRector, you are so welcome, glad I could help.
peasly, The Emporator-juv the Koren-juv very simaliar fish, thier coloring and markings are almost identical, and I think the Koren is a little more hardey and a little bit cheaper in price. When they change, they are different looking though. Both very beautiful fish.. Lisa
peasly, The Emporator-juv the Koren-juv very simaliar fish, thier coloring and markings are almost identical, and I think the Koren is a little more hardey and a little bit cheaper in price. When they change, they are different looking though. Both very beautiful fish.. Lisa
bigdawg
Member
I've had a Koran for about a year now. Its a very cool fish. The only thing is its very aggresive to other fish, even different species. Somebody told me angels are aggressive as a whole and the Koran is the most aggressive of them all. Mine eats all kinds of food; flake, frozen, pellet, etc.
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troels
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I agree on the aggression...
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