2. Body Sturcture
Fresh water angel fish are triangular in
shape. Normally they grow few inches in
length. They have a great body structure.
The adult fishes are most triangular in
shape than the normal fish. Their fins are
sharp and help to move inside the water.
They have a small mouth, round and small
eyes. Their small tail helps them to swim
rapidly in the water. They are 8 inches in
size. Fresh water Angel fish comes in
different colour like gold, silver, chocolate,
zebra, black and smokey. Wild Fresh water
angel fish have dark strips on their body
vertically downed. Their triangular shape
helps them to hide among the aquatic plats.
3. Types of Angel Fish
-Gold fish are quite shade of yellow and dark golden
color.
-The black body with narrowed white strips called
the zebra angel fish.
-One of the most common angel fish is silver angel
fish. It has black vertical markings with tawny
heads.
-White and black marked angelfish are called Kole
angelfish.
-The angelfish named Smoky are silver on the front
half and black on the back half.
-The completely black colored body fish are called
black angelfish.
-Pearly gold angelfish are shimmering gold
coloured.
-White and gold marked at the top of the body
angelfish is called Blushing angelfish.
4. • Sexing your angelfish is quite difficult. But don’t worry.
In matured angelfish, the sex can be distinguish by
looking at their tubes in vent. In case of male angel,
the tube is smaller and pointy. But in case of female
angel, it is larger and squared.
• Know some common characteristics to find out the
male or female angel fish. The female angel fish
tends to be more round but the male fishes are
triangular. The dorsals of the female fish are held
backward and upright in case of male fish. The ventral
of female fish is closer to the body and the male has
erect ventral.
• If you are still confused to figure out a male and
female fish, it is better to bring a breeding pair from
the shop. It is quite expensive, but the breeding can
be done efficiently.
• The breeding may take 6 to 7 months. If you want to
keep more than two angel fish, then wait for some
time. Wait one or two days to conform that the
previous male and female fishes are paired off.
• -The aquarium for the angelfish should big in size. It
must contain the freshwater instead of salt waters.
The size of the tank is around 20 to 29 gallons large.
The angelfish want free space for breeding. The price
of the tank ranges from Rs. 20,000/- to Rs. 35,000/-
• -The pH value of the fresh water should between 4.7
to 8.7, and the ideal range is 6.5 to 6.9 . Do not use
chemicals to alter the pH value of the water. The
temperature of the water should be in between 220C
to 270C.
• -Warm water is better for angel fish. Cold water
increases the life span of the angelfish. Fit a good
filter in your aquarium for filtering the water. The
aquarium needs at least 20% water change in a week.
You can regularly clean the aquarium.
• -Feed your angelfish two or three times a day. Be
careful. Do not overfeed them. Give 3 to 5 minutes
them to eat the food which you have given. After 10
minutes, clean the aquarium by remove the non-eaten
foods form the water.
BREEDING
Condition For Breeding Motion Breeeding
5. Food
Feeding an angelfish is quite important
task. They are very fond of food. Flake
fish food and cichlid foods are sufficient
for the fish. You can feed them some
live foods like black worms, blood
worms, chopped earthworms, and guppy
fry. These are the favourite foods of
angelfish. It is better to avoid the live
foods, because it carries parasites which
may cause disease.
6. PRICE
• Angel fish are beautiful in structure. They are normally triangular in shape. The price for
an angelfish ranges from Rs. 800/- to Rs. 6,000/- in case of single fish. If you want to
purchase a paired angelfish, then it will cost Rs. 1000/- to Rs. 8,000/- . It is quite better to
bring paired fish for your aquarium.
