Sea Grant Tip Sheet Series
AS-496
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Angelfish
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| Common name: |
Angelfish |
| Scientific name: |
Pterphyllum scalare |
| Production potential: |
Moderate |
| Marketing potential: |
Potential: High
Size: 1/2" - 3" length
Market: Ornamental |
| Temperature requirements: |
Growing: 75-84oF
Spawning: 82oF
Lethal: NA |
| Feed requirements: |
Protein: 40% crude protein, using a
combination of flake, live, or frozen feeds
Fat: 8-12%. |
| Spawning requirements: |
Vertical substrate spawners, eggs
are adhesive, eggs hatch in two days at 82°F, up to 200 eggs per female. Eggs hatch in
two days at 82oF. First feeding using newly hatched brine shrimp can begin five days after
hatching. |
Most common
production systems: |
Recycle systems, ponds |
http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/aquanic/publicat/state/il-in/as-496.htm |
