Scientific Name : Centropyge Eibli

Origin : Indo-pacific

Difficulty : Medium

Minimum Tank Size : 50 gallons

Temperament : Somewhat Passive

Temperature : 72 - 82°F

Reef Safe : With caution

Maximum Size : 6 inches

Diet : Omnivore

Centropyge Eibli (Eibli Angelfish) is a common marine angelfish that is also known as the orange or red stripe angelfish. Its body sports a light gray/pearl color with vertical orange stripes with black coloration towards the back. A thin blue line outlines its tail.

It is not an expensive dwarf angelfish to purchase. With prices ranging anywhere from $25 to $35 USD, it is very affordable to hobbyists looking to add a splash of color to their marine aquariums.

In the wild, centroyge eibli is known to interbreed with two other dwarf angelfish, the lemonpeel angelfish and the half-black angelfish.

Due to scarcity, these hybrids command prices that dwarf what a regular Eibli normally go for.

Young Eibli Mimic Tangs (Acanthurus tristis) mimic the Eibli Angelfish when they are young. In fact they are often found together with them in the wild.

It is thought such mimicry serves as protection when they are young.

As adults they look very different, they have a brown body with a paler face. Frankly, this tang is only beautiful as an Eibli Mimic.

Centropyge Eibli is considered a hardy species that should get along fine with the rest of its tank mates, even with other members of marine angelfish, given there is enough space.

A rather docile fish that is a good candidate for a community marine aquarium.

A marine aquarium no smaller than 50 gallons should be used to house an eibli angelfish. Even then, this angelfish will quickly outgrow it's small confines therefore prepare to move it to A 75 gallon tank or larger tank in the future. Provide plenty of hiding places and liverock for it to graze on.

Centropyge Eibli is considered a fairly reef safe species as it is less likely to nip on corals compared to other members in the genus. This of course, offers no guarantee to the prospective buyer. Purchase with caution

Angelfish from the genus centropyge are all grazers in the wild. Throughout the day they scan the rock for food, much like surgeonfish. They feed on small crustaceans, algae of various types and sometimes even detritus.

A balanced diet should be given in a saltwater aquarium. Foods from many food groups should be given for variety. Feeding them a specific food for too long can be detrimental to their health. Although there are some hobbyists that feed them new life spectrum pellets for prolonged periods of time with no ill effects. It seemed like they were doing great in fact.

A good pellet like those by New ife Spectrum should be offered aong with algae/nori sheets plus a balanced frozen food (Formula One, Formula Two).

The perfect food for dwarf angels is the Pygmy Angel Formula by Ocean Nutrition. Ingredients such as kelp, krill, squid,squid, vitamins and minerals and much more are used in this frozen food. Prior to freezing, the cubes are mixed with these ingredients. Unfortunately Pygmy Angel Formula does not come in flake form.

Brine shrimp shouldn't be offered as they are the nutritional equivalent of garbage. Frozen adult artemia contain mostly roughage, which is nothing more than fibre. Krill and mysis shrimp are two superior foods that also have fibre.

When feeding your dwarf angelfish brine shrimp, always choose a type that has been enriched. Enriched brine shrimp are simply artemia that were stuffed with a nutritious food (like spirulina) and then frozen. So they're more of a vessel that holds something nutritious.

As long as their yolk sacs are still intact, newly hatched brine shrimp are a nutritious food to offer. Once their yolk sacs are used up, they don't offer much apart from roughage.

Cherub Pygmy Angelfish - Centropyge Argi

Coral Beauty Angelfish - Centropyge Bispinosus

Eibli Angelfish - Centropyge Eibli

Fishers Angelfish - Centropyge Fisheri
Flameback Angelfish(African) - Centropyge Acanthops
Flameback Angelfish(Brazilian) - Centropyge Aurantonotus
Golden Angelfish - Centropyge Aurantia
Heralds Angelfish - Centropyge Heraldi
Lemonpeel Angelfish - Centropyge Flavissima
Multibarred Angelfish - Centropyge Multifasciata
Multicolor Angelfish - Centropyge Multicolor
Potters Angelfish - Centropyge Potteri