Centropyge ferrugata

Maintenance :

Easy

Compatibilité aquarium récifal :

Orange

Taille adulte moyenne :

10 / 3.9

Taille minimale de l’aquarium :

100 to 200 liters

Relations intraspécifiques :

Lives on a pair
Lives in a harem

Relations interspécifiques, ne pas maintenir en présence de :

Having difficulty with the other species in his family, except large volume of aquarium. Above all, avoid similar colored patterns.

Dimorphisme sexuel :

Yes

Dimorphisme sexuel du mâle :

Plus grand et de forme allongé, couleurs plus brillantes et vives

Dimorphisme sexuel de la femelle :

Smaller and round, duller, like young individuals (male or female)

Zone de vie dans l’aquarium :

Full water
Rocks

Conseils de nos experts :

Relatively robust and easy to acclimatize, Centropyge Ferrugata can be the first Angel of a beginner aquariophile. Middle size and rather peaceful character, it is compatible with a volume from 150 liters for an individual or 200l for a couple or a trio. We will avoid putting this fish in the company of other species of angels, because a war of territory can then be put in place, especially if the space is restricted, and the dominant will not cease to harass the lowest . In larger volume, several species (to the very distinct coloring pattern) can be collected, preferably by introducing them in a close way into the aquarium, so that all of them choose a personal space without resorting to force. However, the most similar species of Centropyge Ferrugata, Centropyge Potteri, Centropyge Bispinosa and Centropyge Loricula. Well at ease once acclimatized, relatively not very fierce for a centropyge, we can accompany Centropyge Ferrugata of all kinds of medium -sized coral fish and calm temperament.

Centropyge Ferrugata is relatively uncommon in the trade, although it is robust and easy to acclimatize: it will quickly accept the food offered, and is not very looking at what it eats. Of course, to guarantee its longevity, however, we recommend that you ensure to feed it with various and quality foods.
Very active during the diurnal phase, it is a lively fish, which circulates everywhere in the decor, sneaks between the rocks with fast and graceful movements. We will also often see him pecking on stones, looking for food: consumer of micro algae, various sessile organisms and benthic microfauna, he can lack varied nutrients in captivity: that's why we then see Sometimes Centropyge Ferrugata "folds down" towards the fleshy hard corals and the hinge coat. This is particularly the case of females in the reproductive phase, because they need quality nutrients to support the rhythm of the laying.
If we see his fish typing in a coral, it is not inevitable, we must try to calm the hunger of the Ferrugata Centropyge by offering him a maximum of varieties of high -quality thawed meat (mysis, enriched artemia, Krill chopped, lobster eggs ...), the hull or chopped mold, plus a daily vegetable part like tender spirulina pellets, and if you find it, special preparations for angel fish (they are in the form of cubes frozen named "Pygmy Angel Formula", "Angel Formula").
If you have a large volume, hosting herbivorous fish to which you distribute dried nori leaves, you will see your Centropyge Ferrugata coming to eat it. Likewise with the molds or shells given on pliers, dwarf angels also come to take their share on it.
Consumer of detrimental material and filamentous algae, Centropyge Ferrugata is a fish useful for the balance of the aquarium.
In addition, most centropyges easily acclimatize to dry food (glitter and pellets).

His average life expectancy is ten years.

Paramètre physico chimique de l’eau :

Temperature 24-27 ° C, salinity 1.022-1.024, pH 8.0-8.4, KH 6-10, mg 1200-1400, CA 400-480, No3> 10, PO4> 0.05

Régime alimentaire :

Omnivore

Origine géographique :

Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean