Description
General information on Gray Black Angelfish
The adult pomacanthus arcuatus has a gray body with blue polka dots and bright blue dusky highlights that are visible on caudal dorsal, and the anal fins. The face is transparent, light silvery-gray. The juvenile is dark and has yellow stripes. The Gray Black Angelfish is hardy and can attain 20 inches in adulthood. It needs a large tank. The tank should have large amounts of live rock to allow grazing and hiding. Gray Black Angelfish tends to nip at stony and soft corals sessile invertebrates and clams. The Small Juvenile may have the juvenile coloration or could change color to an adult coloring. The medium will be a sub-adult and the large with adult coloration.
Gray Black Angelfish Diet & Nutrition
Grayback angelfishes are Omnivores. They feed mostly on sponges but are also known to consume tunicates algae, zoantharians bryozoans, gorgonians, hydroids and seagrasses.
The juveniles of this species are cleaners for part-time and feed on detritus and algae together with ectoparasites that they remove off other fish.
Gray Black Angelfish Origin
The grey angelfish is abundant throughout the reefs of the western region of the Atlantic Ocean. It spans across New England south to Rio de Janeiro including the West Indies and is ocassionally located within the Gulf of Mexico.