First ever video of a real live & eating Tiger Angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi

By on Apr 07, 2011

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It’s no secret that we have a healthy obsession with Apolemichthys kingi, the Tiger Angelfish: we love tiger angelfish in ponds, in reef tanks and now in a quarantine tank eating like a pig. Feast your eyes on this magnificent tiger angelfish which is eating pellets, popping rapid-fire bites at some home made pelleted foods.

We are told that the tiger angelfish has been conditioned for quite a while prior to the production of this video, that the quarantine tank is being maintained at 24C/75F and that the specimen is about 8 inches long. Their limited range, difficulty in feeding and need for cool water makes the Tiger Angelfish a poor choice for most aquariums, not to mention that the fish is almost never exported from South Africa.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1387442899 Morgan Mok

    Beautiful.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YZSNG2KISWNNWZUZ4FV7KFGEEI amit

    superb fish..so healthy…i wonder whether it will stay in SA though…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=720080167 Tim Morrissey

    Stunning! A live video really shows why it is the king.

  • Anonymous

    I can’t believe they got an angelfish that large to start eating 0.0

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_USEZ4NI54OD4PW4KNMTHS23FOY labouti

    to my best understanding this fish is in Asia

  • jmaneyapanda

    Yes, where is this? From my understanding, it is illegal to export fish from South Africa. This fish surely ranges outside of SA, but to where in which it would be collected? Rare? Yes. Beautiful? Yes. But, if illegally exported (and imported), nothing worth applauding or promoting.

    I am not accusing this one to be illegal. But, I am just asking how and where it came from and to who.