The colorful angelfish is a tropical freshwater fish that lives in South America. They belong to the cichlid family of cichlids and have the unique habit of carrying juveniles on the back of the body, so they are also nicknamed "milk fish".
Colorful angelfish prefer to live in a weakly acidic soft water (PH value below 7.0) environment, most of the body length is about 12-20 cm, and a few species will be large. They swim gracefully and elegantly, with rich body color patterns and endless color variations. Adult colorful angelfish are flattened on the side and close to disc-shaped, so they are also nicknamed "discus".
Colorful angelfish are omnivores and eat vegetarian meat, but prefer meat. Colorful favorite food in captivity is the homemade "beef heart burger". However, because the colorful angelfish has a very bad mouth and very complex eating habits, the most suitable feeding method is reasonable and scientific food diversification, and meat and vegetarian are reasonably combined with feeding. It is never recommended to feed the colorful angelfish with only a single food for a long time.
In their natural environment, colorful angelfish inhabit rainforest river basins that flow through Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. The most suitable water temperature for artificially feeding colorful angelfish in aquariums is 26-30 degrees, and 28 degrees is the most common water temperature for rearing. During the treatment period of the disease, it is best to increase the water temperature by 2 degrees more than usual as the treatment water temperature. For the colorful angelfish raised in the aquarium, the most suitable breeding temperature should not be constant, but should have appropriate fluctuations.
The following introduces the more classic colorful angelfish species and the unique habits of each species:
1. Sky Blue Colorful angelfish
Sky Son Blue Angelfish
THE SKY BLUE COLORFUL ANGELFISH BODY LENGTH IS 12-16CM, THE WHOLE BODY SHOWS A JEWEL-LIKE PURE BLUE, THE SCALES ARE SHINY AND DELICATE, THERE IS NO SAND, AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL DIGESTION ABILITY IS STRONG.
2. Blue turquoise Colorful angelfish
Blue turquoise angelfish
THE BLUE-TURQUOISE COLORFUL ANGELFISH IS 15-20CM LONG, AND ITS MAIN BODY COLOR IS DARK BLUE, ACCOMPANIED BY IRREGULAR RED STRIPES. This angelfish has a very strong digestive ability, is healthy and strong, and is easy to feed.
3. Leopard Point Colorful angelfish
Leopard-dotted angelfish
THE LEOPARD-SPOTTED COLORFUL ANGELFISH IS 16-20 CM LONG, HAS 9 TO 14 LEOPARD PRINTS ON ITS BODY, AND IS MOTTLED AND DIVERSE IN COLOR, BUT GENERALLY BIASED TOWARDS GRAY. This kind of angelfish has average gastrointestinal digestion, but it is prone to diseases such as enteritis in the fry stage, and its personality is more timid.
4. God of Wealth Colorful angelfish
God of Wealth angelfish
THE COLORFUL ANGELFISH OF THE GOD OF WEALTH IS 12-15CM LONG, AND ITS WHOLE BODY SHOWS A UNIFORM BLUE COLOR, WITHOUT SAND GRAINS. This angelfish has good gastrointestinal digestion.
5. Pigeons: Colorful angelfish
Pigeon angelfish
THE PIGEON COLORFUL ANGELFISH IS 16-18CM LONG AND MAY PRODUCE A SMALL AMOUNT OF SAND WHEN THE WATER IS ALKALINE, BUT ITS GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION IS VERY STRONG AND VERY HEALTHY. However, this angelfish is naturally prone to problems with its gills and is the first to sound the alarm when there is a lack of oxygen.
6. Alanka Colorful angelfish
Aralenka angelfish
Alenka is a colorful angelfish species with a body length of about 12-16 cm, its skin is durable, gastrointestinal digestion is strong, and the parent-child relationship is also very close. Due to its natural ability to breastfeed, it is particularly suitable for the role of a nanny fish. In addition, the dorsal fin of this species is also very beautiful.
7. Tiger Dog Colorful angelfish
Tiger dog angelfish
The tigerdog is a tall, split-headed, pout-billed colorful angelfish breed that can reach a length of 25 cm. They are durable and indigestible, but aggressive. However, once a partner is chosen, he will always remain loyal.
8. Red pupil gold
Red-eyed golden angelfish
Red pupil gold is a yellow colorful angelfish species with a body length of about 12-15 cm, and its red eyes are very unique. They have good gastrointestinal digestion, but have the defects of poor food grabbing ability and aggressiveness between similar species.
9. Desong Colorful angelfish
Desong angelfish
Desong is a colorful angelfish species with a body length of about 16-20 cm, they are physically strong and have excellent gastrointestinal digestion. One of the most representative is the German glassier Desson.
10. Snow jade Colorful angelfish
Snow jade angelfish
Snow jade is a colorful angelfish species with a body length of about 12-16 cm, and is the only white colorful angelfish. They do not require a sandy bottom and have better gastrointestinal digestion.
11. Red Fuji Colorful angelfish
Red Fuji angelfish
Red Fuji is a colorful angelfish species with a body length of about 12-16 cm, its body is red, its head is yellow, and its eyes are red. They have better gastrointestinal digestion.
12. Blue Snake Colorful angelfish
Blue snake angelfish
The blue snake is a colorful angelfish species introduced from Malaysia, with three different varieties: 9, 14 and 16. They have excellent digestion and a psychedelic metallic blue sheen in body color.
13, Hegel Wild colorful angelfish
Hegelian angelfish
Hegel is a wild variety of colorful angelfish with a body length between 15-20 cm. It is characterized by a black coarse building in the middle, and has strict requirements for PH value, and is most suitable for breeding in the range of 4.8-6.3. The variety is named after the discoverer, the Viennese scientist Johann Hegel.
14. Royal Green Colorful angelfish
Royal Green is a wild variety of colorful angelfish with a body length between 15-20 cm. Although it is extremely ornamental, it is difficult to raise because of the abundance of parasites in and out of the body, and the appetite is unstable.
15. Red card Colorful angelfish
Red card angelfish
Hongka is one of the most popular varieties of colorful angelfish in China and is loved by the Chinese people for its red body color. They are between 12-16 cm long, have excellent gastrointestinal digestion, and are resistant to nourishment.
I spent a lot of time collecting and sorting out seven species that are particularly representative of the colorful angelfish. If any farmer can recognize and successfully breed these species, then they are definitely masters in the field of colorful angelfish. Artificially breeding colorful angelfish requires years of hybridization, purification and screening, so the variety is becoming more and more abundant, and the body color and pattern of each species are also endless. Many breeds bred by individual enthusiasts are even given unique names.
The colorful angelfish is a very attractive tropical fish, and its ever-changing body color, elegant swimming posture and docile and well-behaved personality will make fish farming enthusiasts unforgettable. It is the king of tropical fish, and no other species can match it.
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Wild colorful angelfish is not a single species, there are many other aquarium species.
1. Wild Hegelian colorful angelfish mainly live in the Negro River, they have many slender horizontal stripes on the side of their bodies, and the color varies from gray-blue, silver-blue and green-blue to different origins.
2. Wild blue colorful angelfish are mainly distributed between Santarém and Reticia in the Amazon Basin. They have a red hue and brown undertone, with beautiful blue stripes from the head to a certain part of the dorsal fin and around the fin. Among them, the complete display of stripes is called royal blue color, which is a very rare individual, usually a whole group of blue leader fish.
3. Wild green colorful angelfish are distributed from the Putumayo River in Peru to the Taifei River in the Amazon River. The green angelfish is characterized by eyes with a strong red hue, a feature often inherited from its improved species. Another characteristic is the slender water ripples with a yellowish brown or brown body color and green tones.
4. Wild brown colorful angelfish is the most common wild color in the early days, wild brown colorful angelfish is characterized by particularly few stripes on the body, mainly scattered on the head and neck and fins will have different base colors depending on the place of origin, including light yellow, earth brown, reddish brown, red and so on.
The following small editor summarizes the habits into a table to facilitate everyone to save and collect.