angelfish ID

[fishguy2501]

Hey everyone! I was offered this angelfish for $120 and they told me it was a dusky angelfish but when googled it pictures of Centropyge multispinis came up. After looking a little bit more it looks like that is the common dusky angelfish. From the picture it looks somewhat like a Centropyge venustus IMO but i just wanted to get your opinions.

 

[Dakbur]

I can't see the picture.

 

[mike61289]

I can't see your picture, but my avatar is a venustus angelfish. Is that your fish? If it is, I would return it. They rarely take food we offer and even when they do, they still die. Their natural diet includes a lot of sponge!

 

[fishguy2501]

 

[fishguy2501]

 

[fishguy2501]

Looks like it is not showing up anymore. It looks just like a venustus but without the blue at the front of the body. It is mostly concentrated towards the tail and dorsal fin area. kind of like a mix between a Centropyge colini and a centropyge venustus

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Could be Colini
On a side note, I've seen some fish stores in LA that have been labeling Fisheri angels as flamebacks lately.

 

[humaguy]

How about C. joculator?

 

[humaguy]

I can't see your picture, but my avatar is a venustus angelfish. Is that your fish? If it is, I would return it. They rarely take food we offer and even when they do, they still die. Their natural diet includes a lot of sponge!

they are not tough fish to keep.

 

[mike61289]

they are not tough fish to keep.

Uh yes they are. Maybe you have more experience with them or had one really healthy one, but the majority of them die very quickly in captivity because of shipping stresses and decompression issues. Getting them to feed becomes a challenge and then ensuring they're getting a proper diet makes them more difficult to keep than other dwarf angels.

I've kept many over the years. I would never say that the venustus is an easy fish to keep.

 

[humaguy]

Uh yes they are. Maybe you have more experience with them or had one really healthy one, but the majority of them die very quickly in captivity because of shipping stresses and decompression issues. Getting them to feed becomes a challenge and then ensuring they're getting a proper diet makes them more difficult to keep than other dwarf angels.

I've kept many over the years. I would never say that the venustus is an easy fish to keep.

Lol, okay, you win.
However, if you are buying from a reputable source and know anything about these fish they are easily managed. With the variety of killer frozen foods avail. today like Larry's, Rod's, or Brent's, and ease of obtaining live worms, and even making your own food, they are easy. My current 5 yr old loves just plain old spir brine. I am not adding sponge esp for this fish. Any fish that is stressed during collection can be tough to keep successfully. The improvements in collecting techniques also has risen dramatically over past several years and that has helped. Venusta like really dark places and are found in deep inside caves, along steep reef slopes, and deep under dark overhangs. So getting one and then immediately placing in a brightly lit tank with mh, t-5s etc, and wide open spaces with no really dark places, will likely result in a tough situation. (I rarely use more than moonlights in the dt.) Warm them up slowly to their new surroundings and they are not tough. They may pick on corals, esp Trachypyhyllia and Cynarina, and that should be watched but to quote a real expert, Kyoshi, says, "It nevertheless easily becomes accustomed to life in reef tanks with metal halides. They may be initially delicate but if you pay attention to your fish, and you will be fine.

 

[fishguy2501]

It looks more like a colini the more I look at it. Any experience with them? Is $120 a good deal on one?

 

[CoralsAddiction]

It looks more like a colini the more I look at it. Any experience with them? Is $120 a good deal on one?

Yes. They sell $230-$400.

 

[fishguy2501]

Ohh wow, then I think I am going to get him. They have 2 if anyone is interested I can get one shipped to you.

 

[suta4242]

Is it eating? Will help if it is, they can take a bit of time to adjust to captivity IME.


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[pfan151]

Ohh wow, then I think I am going to get him. They have 2 if anyone is interested I can get one shipped to you.

I'm near Orlando. Anyway you can get the pic to work? If you download the Tapatalk app it's really easy.

 

[fishguy2501]

I'm near Orlando. Anyway you can get the pic to work? If you download the Tapatalk app it's really easy.

I messaged you.

 

[pfan151]

Here is a pic if any of the experts can chime in. Don't think it's a Colin's. The yellow seems darker than any Colin's I have seen. Tail and pelvic fin color is wrong. Could it be some type of hybrid?

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[tonysi]

I'd go with lemon peel x half black hybrid...

 

[fishguy2501]

I'd go with lemon peel x half black hybrid...

i thought that too, but Half blacks are white and black, this one looks yellow and purple IMO. Also i think if it was a lemon peel it would have some of the blue on it?