🐠 Grey Poma Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus melanosoma)
A Black-to-Dark-Brown "Velvet" Body With Yellow Fin Trim • A Striking, Understated Large Angelfish • A Showpiece for an Established Fish-Only Tank
 
📋 The Grey Poma Angelfish, also known as the Black Velvet Angelfish, has an overall black-to-dark-brown "velvet" body with a splash of light grey along the upper body, a yellowish-brown face, and yellow edging along the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. Females can be distinguished by an entirely yellow caudal fin.
It comes from seaward reef faces and slopes across the Indo-Pacific, particularly around New Guinea, found in areas with strong tidal flows, feeding on algae, sponges, tunicates, and crustaceans. Every Grey Poma Angelfish we ship is feeding well, and we feed each new arrival several small meals daily during its settling-in period to keep it confident and eating from day one.
It's not reef safe, and will nip at soft and stony corals, zoanthids, and clam mantles, making it best suited to a spacious, already well-established fish-only or FOWLR aquarium with plenty of live rock and caves. It's non-aggressive toward other species, but is a poor candidate for mixing with other angelfish, particularly similarly coloured species. It reaches up to 17cm, so plan on at least 280L.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Black Velvet Body With Yellow Trim: A striking, understated large angelfish
🍽️ Ships Feeding Well: Fed several times daily from arrival to keep it settled
🌿 Not Reef Safe: Will nip at corals, zoanthids, and clam mantles
♀️ Visible Sexual Dimorphism: Females have an entirely yellow caudal fin
🧠 Advanced Keepers Suited: A rewarding showpiece for an established tank