The adult Emperor Angelfish is an iconic marine fish! ![]() When you think of a beautiful marine angelfish, this may well be the first fish that comes to mind. It is wrapped in a unique robe, patterned with rings and lines in a broad range of flashy colors ranging from vibrant yellows to pale and deep blues, all while wearing a black mask. The Emperor Angelfish has to be the epicenter of marine fish beauty. Pomacanthus imperator is arguably the most popular angelfish: Su succeeded at creating some hybrids between Emperor Angel and Blue Ring Angel ( Pomacanthus annularis), many years before the pure-bred Emperor. The breeding of the Emperor Angelfish comes with an interestesting footnote. These are “high personality” fish Emperor Angelfish are highly curious and make great additions to fish-only aquariums and soft-coral dominated reef tanks. The fact is that breeding the Emperor Angelfish proved to be significantly more challenging than everyone guessed. You would think that breeding a fish that naturally occurs in the waters right in front of Bali Aquarich’s oceanside aquaculture facility would have been one of the first to be crossed off the list. But surprisingly, this ship has just sailed! ![]() Wen-Ping Su’s Bali Aquarich, we would have thought that breeding the Emperor Angelfish ( Pomacanthus imperator) was already way back in history. Reviewing the exhaustive list of Angelfish and angelfish hybrids bred by Mr. Emperor Angelfish Breeding Finally Unlocked by Bali Aquarichģ cm (3/4 inch) long juvenile captive-bred Emperor Angelfish ( Pomacanthus imperator) from Bali Aquarich
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