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Angelfish Production: 

Angelfish Production LaDon Swann Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program Purdue University and the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Services

Topics: 

Topics Background Varieties Water Quality Nutrition Spawning Hatching Juveniles

Angelfish Background: 

Angelfish Background Angelfish Cichlidae family Pterphyllum scalare, P. dumerilii and P. altum Amazon basin and coastal rivers of the Guineas

Varieties: 

Varieties Colors Silver Gold Black Finnage Normal Veil Super veil Scales Normal Pearl scale Operculum Normal Blusher

Silver (wild type): 

Silver (wild type)

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Gold Marble Veil Black and White

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White Blusher Black Super Veil

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Chocolate Super Veil Black Marble

Water Quality: 

Water Quality Temperature 82ºF spawning (27.8ºC) 76-84ºF growout pH 6.8-7.2 Hardness Less than 100 mg/L Daylength 14L – 8D

Nutrition: 

Nutrition Breeders Frozen Brine Shrimp in the morning Flakes in the afternoon Juveniles Newly hatched Artemia salina Flakes Fry Newly hatched Artemia salina

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Flake Feeds

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15 oz Brine Shrimp 1 tsp eggs with 2 tbs salt in 2.8 liter water

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Brine Hatching Station 3 liter soda bottles

Spawning: 

Spawning Broodstock selection Hard to distinguish males from female Natural pairing 6 high quality juveniles in tank Separate when bonding commences

Spawning: 

Spawning Place pair in 10-15 gallon aquarium Water 82oF 14 hrs light Feeding slacked out frozen brine shrimp Flakes Spawning substrate

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Natural Pairing

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Natural Substrate Slate Tile

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Female Male

Hatching: 

Hatching Transfer spawn to 3-5 gallon tanks Add methylene blue Eggs hatch in 2 days Swim up by day 7 Feed newly hatched brine shrimp starting at day 7

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200-400 eggs per spawn Spawn every 7-10 days

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2.5 gallon hatching tanks

Juveniles: 

Juveniles 3 months from hatch to market Sizes Dime $0.50 Quarter $0.75 Half dollar $1.00 to 1.50

Conclusions: 

Conclusions Angelfish offer aquaculture alternatives Variety facilitates marketing Broodstock selection is critical Brine shrimp may be limiting