Scientific Name : Centropyge Heraldi

Origin : Central Pacific Islands

Difficulty : Medium

Minimum Tank Size : 50 gallons

Temperament : Somewhat passive

Temperature : 72 - 82°F

Reef Safe : With caution

Maximum Size : 4 inches

Diet : Omnivore

Centropyge Heraldi is also known as Heralds angelfish, false lemonpeel angelfish and the yellow angelfish. It shares the same coloration as the lemonpeel angel minus the neon blue bits around its eyes, anal and dorsal fins and its gill plates. It's yellow is not as bright as the lemonpeel as well i might add.

There is a variant of the heraldi that was thought at one point to be a seperate species altogether. Centropyge Woodheadi (Woodhead's angelfish). Woodheadi has the same coloration as the heraldi except for a black strip on its dorsal fin as well as some black coloration around its eyes. It has since been recognized simply as a variant and not a new dwarf angelfish species.

Centropyge Heraldi costs a bit more than a lemonpeel but more seem to opt for the lemonpeel as the neon blue coloration adds more to the total package.

By all accounts the heralds angelfish leans slightly towards passivity with regards to marine angelfish. It is a laid back dwarf angelfish that does well with other tank mates in general.

It will however display some hostiliy towards members of the same species..

Topping out at 4 inches it is about the same size as the popular flame angelfish and coral beauty. Housing is similiar to both those fish. At least a 50 gallon should be called home and if a larger tank is available, all the better.

Set up the rock scape to provide plenty of hiding spots and caves for this fish.

Angelfish from the genus centropyge are all grazers in the wild. They scan the rock for food like surgeonfish do throughout the day. They feed on detritus, tiny crustaceans and a wide variety of algae.

A well balanced diet should be given in a saltwater aquarium. Foods from many food groups should be given for variety. They should never be fed a single type of food for too long. Although there have been people that have fed them new life spectrum pellets for months at a time with no ill effects. It seemed like they were doing great in fact.

They should be offered a good pellet brand like New Life Spectrum, a balanced frozen food with both meat and algae (Formula two, Mysis Shrimp, Krill) and algae/nori sheets if possible.

The perfect food for dwarf angels is the Pygmy Angel Formula by Ocean Nutrition. In an effort to provide a balanced and nutritious diet, a wide variety of ingredients are used such as kelp, shrimp, vitamins and trace minerals, krill, squid, algae and many others. The cubes are frozen after these ingredients have been mixed into it. Unfortunately Pygmy Angel Formula is only available in frozen form.

I don't like feeding brine shrimp as they don't offer much nutritionally. Frozen adult artemia contain mostly roughage, which is nothing more than fibre. Krill and mysis shrimp are two superior foods that also have fibre.

If you must feed your dwarf angelfish brine shrimp then go for enriched brine shrimp like "spirulina enriched brine shrimp" by Hikari. Brine shrimp that were feed something nutritious like spirulina prior to freezing are known as enriched brine shrimp. They are used as vessels housing nutrition.

Newly hatched brine shrimp are a good food, as long as their yolk sacs are not too depleted. They turn back into garbage once their yolk sacs have been used up.

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