🐠 Bicolor Angelfish (Centropyge bicolor)
Marine Reef-Safe-With-Caution Dwarf Angelfish • Split Yellow & Blue Display Fish • Active Grazing Species • Intermediate Marine Fish
 
📋 The Bicolor Angelfish (Centropyge bicolor) is one of the most striking dwarf angelfish in the hobby, with a vivid yellow front half sharply divided from a deep royal-blue rear half, a small blue mark above the eye, and a bright yellow tail.
Native to lagoons, channels, and protected reef slopes across the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to Micronesia and south to New Caledonia, this species is found alone, in pairs, or in small groups, darting quickly between crevices for shelter.
Bicolor Angelfish are generally considered reef safe with caution — many specimens leave corals alone, but individuals can nip at large-polyped stony corals, zoanthids, and clam mantles, particularly if underfed. A well-fed fish in a large, mature tank with plenty of live rock to graze significantly reduces this risk, though it's never fully eliminated. This is also a genuinely territorial species — keep only one per tank unless the aquarium is very large, and never house it with other dwarf angelfish in a smaller system.
With a large, established tank, ample live rock, and a varied diet, it thrives as a Striking Split-Colour Reef Display Fish.
 
💛💙 Highlights
🎨 Bold Split Colouration: Vivid yellow front, deep blue rear, unmistakable pattern
⚠️ Reef Safe With Caution: May nip LPS corals, zoanthids, and clam mantles if underfed
🏠 Needs a Mature, Spacious Tank: Plenty of live rock and hiding spots are essential
🐟 Genuinely Territorial: One per tank; avoid housing with other dwarf angelfish
🧠 Intermediate Care: Best suited to an already well-established reef system