Angel Fish

Freshwater angelfish need tropical freshwater with a slow-moving current. The tank temperature should be in the range of 75F to 84F, with a slightly acidic pH of 6.5 – 7.5, and on the softer side, around 5 – 12 dH.

Angelfish are pretty flexible when it comes to how their tank should be ‘decorated’. These lovely fish can be kept in bare tanks, community tanks, or planted tanks, nonetheless, adding a few easy to care for aquatic plants will help consume toxic waste compounds and help to make your aquarium more beautiful and natural looking for both you and your fish. Java ferns are easy to care for and do well in most freshwater aquariums. If you are more skilled at keeping aquatic plants your angelfish will appreciate plants that are native to their natural habitat such as Amazon sword and Anacharis.

Because of their aggressive feeding habits, make sure that your less aggressive fish are getting their share around feeding time.

Angel fish are curious about their environment and can become very territorial, especially around breeding time. They will pair off and if any other fish tries to enter their territory they will go after them. So use caution when stocking.Freshwater Angelfish are not picky eaters. They will go after many types of fish food, including vitamin enriched flakes, frozen, freeze dried and live foods.They prefer tall tanks over short tanks because of their tall body shape.

The tank’s substrate should be a fine to medium grade gravel that is smooth-surfaced to provide your angelfish with a good floor to forage along.

If you choose to have more than one angelfish includecaves, rocks, and other hollow decorations for your angelfish to use as hiding places and territorial spots within the tank.

Standard aquarium lighting is can be used to keep the plants healthy and mimic natural sunlight.

Feeding Freshwater Angelfish

Angelfish are omnivorous andwill feed at the surface or mid-water as well as forage along the bottom in search of worms and small crustaceans. These fish prefer a meat-based diet so choose a good quality food specially formulated cichlids such as flakes or pellets, and supplement the diet with live foods including bloodworms, brine shrimp, white worms, crustaceans and small insects. Be sure to also include some plant matter such as algae wafers or fresh vegetables cut into small pieces.

Feed your angelfish once or twice a day, and feed only as much as they can eat in 2 to 3 minutes.

Maintaining Your Aquarium

Regular weekly water changes and general maintenance are essential, including replacing your filter media and testing your aquarium water to ensure it stays within the appropriate parameter ranges for your angelfish. Test your aquarium water every week using an aquarium water test kit purchased from your local aquarium supply shop.

Health Issues that Can Occur in Freshwater Angelfish

There are a number of conditions that can affect freshwater angelfish.

• Fin Rot is caused by fluctuating water conditions and will attack the edges of your angelfish’s fins then begin to move inward towards the body. This bacterial infection may be treated by changing out 20-50% of the tank’s water at least 2 times a week. If this does not work contact your veterinarian about possible antibiotic treatment.
• White Spot Disease, or Ich, can be caused by stress resulting from poor tank conditions. Caused by the protozoan parasite, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, this condition leads to white, itchy spots on the fishs body, lack of appetite and lethargy. It will be necessary to quarantine the affected fish in a separate tank. Speak to your veterinarian on how to set the conditions of your quarantined fish’s tank, to help accelerate the protozoans lifespan and treat this condition.
• Dropsy can occur as a symptom of a compromised immune system and is characterized by a lack of appetite, bloated appearance with sticking out scales, rapid breathing and protruding eyes. Contact your vet for an antibacterial medication and further instructions on how to adjust your tank’s conditions in order to treat dropsy in your freshwater angelfish.

Best Tank Mates for Freshwater Angelfish

• Mollies (Poecilia sphenops) …
• Dwarf Gourami (Trichogaster Lalius) …
• Zebra Danios (Brachydanio rerio) …
• Bronze Corydoras (Corydoras aeneus) …
• Bristlenose Plecostomus (Ancistrus cirrhosus) …
• Black Skirt Tetras (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi) …
• Rummy Nose Tetras (Hemigrammus bleheri)
• For more information please read this article

• Water Conditions: 26c 28c
• Diet:Carnivore
• PH Range: 6.5 7.5

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