Care for bicolour angel

[bubble_gum]

has any1 have success keeping a bi-colour angel. thinking of keeping one in my FOWLR. there is a scopas tang(my fav), blue tang, maroon clown and an orchid dottyback in there.

tanksize 3x2x1.5

i have read that bicolours are difficult to feed. just wanted some pointers from those hu have kept them succesfully

[JustinK]

I kept one with me for bout 6 months until it was killed by my Maroon.. accidentally slammed it against the rock when it was bathing in the sand.. anyway, it fed really well in my tank, you jus gotta make sure it has started eating in your QT before letting it into the tank cos the moment it goes in, it will jus start nibbling at your algae and rocks. Its very shy at the beginning, so there's a risk of it starving itself to death. Reef wise, never touched any of my softies of LPS, only pecked at my rocks and algae. But i guess i was pretty lucky with Bicolour... until the accident that is...

[bubble_gum]

woow bro... im very impressed. thought the bicolour will be a great fish for my FOWLR..... maybe have to remove the maroon 1st

[JustinK]

Hmmm...think my accident is one in a million chance that will happen again lah. Anyway, they both co-exist pretty well, bicolour and maroon, no problem. They leave each other alone. Jus make sure you keep only one bicolour, should be fine. But must make sure they eat first.

[RAV-65]

Bro,

make sure your bicolour is not too small compared to the maroon clown, best to have it same size or even bigger than ur maroon clown.... keep the bicolour in a beta box in the main tank 1st to try to start it feeding before you introduce into the tank. Also, your main tank must provide places for it to hide as angels by nature needs lots of hiding place...

Vincent Ho

[JustinK]

Bro,

make sure your bicolour is not too small compared to the maroon clown, best to have it same size or even bigger than ur maroon clown.... keep the bicolour in a beta box in the main tank 1st to try to start it feeding before you introduce into the tank. Also, your main tank must provide places for it to hide as angels by nature needs lots of hiding place...

Vincent Ho

Bro, btw wat kind of beta box you using? me jus using some lousy plastic containers with holes poked in them. Dun like those, you have any suggestions? seen some people using some really nice square plastic boxes. You referring to those?

[bubble_gum]

thanks every1 for your advice. i would rather buy a fish that is alreadi eating like the ones at CF. saw some bicolours there. aniwae the bicolour would be the last fish to add in.... mabe in a weeks time or so if i m confident enough

thanks every1 for ur help

[loonz]

I had a bi-colour angel once which I kept in a 1.5ft tank that had nothing but sand and macroalgae. It did well for about 6mths and then one day i found it dry and stiff on the floor beside the tank. A suicide victim. Maybe it was too lonely being the only fish??

[bicolor]

feeling the most difficult point is to make it start eating.

my past record atleast take 1 week + to make it eating well . and big size 2.5 " is more difficult for eating training .small size 1.5 " r more easy to start eat .

[RAV-65]

Bro, btw wat kind of beta box you using? me jus using some lousy plastic containers with holes poked in them. Dun like those, you have any suggestions? seen some people using some really nice square plastic boxes. You referring to those?

Yeah bro, go get one... it costs only about $10-14....

Vincent Ho

[nim75sg]

Got 1 Bicolor in my main 6ft tank and initially it goes to hiding whenever someone approach the tank. But now, it no longer do that and knows when is feeding time.

Nice fish ... my OC's favorite!

[Asfur]

Bicolor is a 50-50 chance, i have kept one for several years and even my friend can kept pair of them for several of years, but there are also many hobbist that fail to keep this lovely fish, my guide to buy is to attempt the small one about 3-5 cm, healthy, not breath fast, do not have swollen body and the important point is the fish must pay attention to you, like he aware when you see him. Personally i don't care with the feeding fish in the LFS, because once you can get healthy fish he will eat soon in your tank, but if you get cyanide fish eventhough he eat in the LFS, but his lifespan is still short. That just my IMHO.