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Like other species, freshwater angelfish has a lot of varieties with unique pattern. With marbled patterns, striped, spots and even all-white albinos, there are many different types of freshwater angelfish that we can choose.

1) Silver Angelfish
2) Zebra Angelfish
3) Koi Angelfish
4) Black Lace Angelfish
5) Marble Angelfish
6) Gold Angelfish

and many more....

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1) Body
-Should be round and thick when looking head-on with the fish.
-The size should be suitable with age
-Complete parts of body and must be proportionate

2) Fins
-Unpaired fins should be straight without twists or kinks .
-Fish that have no curves in the dorsal, anal or caudal fins are the best for breed.
-Symmetrical of paired fins
-Gentle curvature of ventral fins,no kinks or bends.

3) Colour and pattern
-Well balanced of colour and pattern but depends on the variety

4) Behaviour
-Looks healthy
-Looks alert
-Not fearfully
-Show interests in its surroundings.

Sources:
The Angelfish Society Standard

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Hola! My name is Aisyah. On this blog, I will keep updating my journey on doing Black Angelfish. The reason why I choose this fish is because I haven't found angelfish in black colour and this seems interesting for me. However, I kinda scared because this variety is hard to find and usually rare in Terengganu . So let's just pray that everything went smooth!

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1) Cleaning the aquarium (30th March 2022)

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1) Cleaning the aquarium (30th March 2022)

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The first activity was by doing aquarium cleaning. Old rocks and sand in that aquarium were removed first before proceed to cleaning.

Cleaning of aquarium was done by only rinsed it with water and wiped it with sponge. It is important to remember that we cannot use any soap because it may affect the fish.

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2) Filling the aquarium (3rd April 2022)

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2) Filling the aquarium (3rd April 2022)

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The aquarium was filled with substrate and decoration like sand, driftwood and aquatic plants. All the substrates were rinsed with water before put into the tank.

Since angelfish need driftwood or plants to put their eggs, careful thoughts must be given to set up the aquarium.

After that, the aquarium was filled with unchlorinated water.

Aeration and filter system were also installed. Angelfish cannot handle high concentrations of nitrites and ammonia so a good bio-filter will help to eliminate these toxins.

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The aquarium was allowed to rest for a few days before adding the fish to avoid the cloudy water. Adding more of driftwoods and plants will be done in future since they need it for the breeding process.

The right conditions for angelfish are :
1) Temperature : 25°C-30°C
2) pH : 6-7

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3) Choosing the right fish (5th April 2022)

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3) Choosing the right fish (5th April 2022)

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A pair of Black Angelfish was chosen. The sex of the angelfish can be differentiated by observing its breeding tube, ventral fins, size and the nuchal hump

Male : Pointed and thin breeding tube,have forked ventral fins,the size is bigger than female and tend to have nuchal hump on their forehead.

Female: The breeding tube is wide and blunt, have smooth and rounder ventral fins,slighly smaller than male and lack the nuchal hump.

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After getting the fish, unfortunately there is some leak from the aquarium above. So the water turn into brownish. I decided to fill out the water and redo the steps while fixing the leak issue.

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The leak

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While waiting for the aquarium to be ready again, the fish were added to alternative aquarium for a few days.

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Finally after some circumstances happened, they are home now! Before I release them to the aquarium, I acclimate them for 30 minutes to adjust with the new temperature and environment.

Feed were given 24 hours after introducing to the aquarium.

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For adult angelfish, they are required to be fed for 2 times daily. I feed them once in the morning and once in the evening.

Angelfish diet should consist variety of food since they are omnivores. Other than pellet ,they can be fed with frozen or dried bloodworms, moina and brine shrimp.

It is important to give them a high protein food to grow healthy.

Other than pellet, I will try to feed them with another source such as bloodworm in the future.

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1) When setting up the tank, house the angelfish pair. Avoid the angelfish from stressed out by providing them slow-moving water that has many plants.

2) Angelfish is a egg-depositor species. Make sure to provide any substrate that suitable to lay their eggs.

3) Some angelfish might need dark place to spawn so turning off light or cover the whole aquarium would help.

4) Make them feel secure by place at quiet location

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Hiiii. So today, I want to share about my mistake (please dont be like me oki ? ). Silly me, I put the plant first before provides the light. As you can see, my plant is not in a good condition, I assume this is because there are lack of light.

Let me share with you first about the purpose of light to the plant. As we all know plants need light as one of the component to do photosynthesis so lack of light will result in poor condition. At least ,for optimum condition the aquarium needs 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark. Imbalance of duration could not only harm the plants but also for the fish.

Based on this situation, looks like I will find another plant for the aquarium. But lessons are learned!

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On 21st April, we have learned about a few things of underwater gardening. There are 4 principles which are simplicity, ratio & balance, variety and consistency.

Based on my aquarium, there are lacks of variety. I realized that I need to put more aquatic plants especially for angelfish. They love place that has lot of plants.

Other than that, I need to improve other principles which are ratio & balance and consistency.

After I have learned all of these things, i will improve my aquarium slowly after Hari Raya Holiday!

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The names Pterophyllum comes from the Greek word "pteron" ,which means fin or sail and "phyllon" , meaning leaf

Source: Facts.net

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Angelfish get their name from the shape of their fins,which resemble an angel's wing.

Source : Facts.net

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How to differentiate the female and male of freshwater angelfish?

One of the tips to know the sex of angelfish is by waiting until they become mature and we will be able to know their characteristics. When I chose my fish, it was hard because they are still not in grown adult.

There are a few characteristic that can be observed for female and male such as :-

1) Breeding tube : For male, they have thin and pointed tube while female have blunt shallow tube
2) Bumped forehead : Male have bumped forehead while female have no bump.
3) Front fin : Male have forked front fin and female have smooth front fin
4) Body : Male have large circular body while female have small angular body

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Angelfish is a family of Cichlidae like tilapia and oscar

Sources : Facts.net

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Fully grown adult angelfish can reach a body length of three or four inches and a height of six inches.

When i first got my fish,I realised that they have not reached the maturity yet. This is because their size are literally smaller than angelfish maturity size.

I have no option since there are not many choices of black angelfish at that shop.

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Hi guys, so we have passed the Hari Raya holiday. It has been a week and a half since I observe them at the hatchery. Thanks to Robin for feeding them when I still at my hometown.

However, the bad news is I have been infected by Covid-19 this week and I’m still at my hometown. There will be less updates from me since my condition is still not okay.

I have asked my friend to feed and observe the fish. Hoping that things will get normal as soon as possible.

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Angelfish can be aggresive and and eat smaller fish

Sources: PetMD

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Angelfish can grow to nearly 10 Inches

Sources: Small-pets.lovetoknow.com

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Angelfish lay eggs

Sources: Small-pets.lovetoknow.com

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There are two types of Angelfish which is Freshwater Angelfish (Pterophyllum)  and Marine Angelfish (Pomacanthidae)

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Poor water quality will affect the angelfish therefore water changes should be made by 25 or 30% of the water every week.

Such changes might be stressful for fish so it is safer to change only 30% of the water

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Hi. I'm back! Alhamdulillah after 2 weeks ,everything went well and the fish are in healthy state. Even though they are still not matured yet, I will try to show you guys how to prepare breeding tank for freshwater angelfish after this.

stay tuned!

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After two months of keeping them, finally i can see the difference size between the male and female (the picture above does not show the accurate size of the fish). The matured male become 2 times bigger than the female.

Actually freshwater angelfish reach between the age of 6 and 12 months to become fully matured and can spawn every 7 to 14 days after the egg are removed

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I'm gonna be a grandmother!! (3rd June 2022)

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I'm gonna be a grandmother!! (3rd June 2022)

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Guys, i'm so suprised when i see her belly. Looks like she's pregnant alhamdulillah *sobbing dramatically. For now, i have to make sure that they are not getting stress because some fish tend to eat their eggs.

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Angelfish is an egg-depositor species. They will attach their eggs to chosen substrate. When setting up the substrate, it is important to place the substrate at 40°-45°. This is because of their breeding tips position.

During this phase, they also require privacy so covering the aquarium with dark cloth would help.

When the fish lay her eggs, she will arrange them and guide the eggs until hatch.

The quality of the broodstock can be seen in how they arrange the eggs.

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Angelfish are very loyal. They only have one partner for life.

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As the picture above, the left one is female and the right one is male. (I know you can't see the differences)

It is hard to observe the sex of the fish on picture but you can see the differences when you observe it at the aquarium. The main difference is by looking at its breeding tips

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Finally,she lays the eggs (10th June 2022)

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Finally,she lays the eggs (10th June 2022)

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Today, on 10th June 2022,the female has lay the eggs on the substrate that has been set up.

From the video above, you can see how the male become overprotective and protect the female. This is the nature behaviour of angelfish's male.

During this phase, breeder should be concerned on the fish's condition. Angelfish tend to eat the eggs if they feel threatened by human. Covering the aquarium would help.

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Cover up the aquarium is a must when the female starts to lay eggs because they might be triggered by human and lead to stress.

The probability for them to eat the eggs is high when they dont feel safe by their environment

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Unfortunately, after 2 days some eggs are eaten and some eggs are dead. But, angelfish can lay eggs for another 7-14 days. En. Raja adviced me to isolate the parents for a couple of days once they lay another new eggs

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After a week, the female are expected to lay eggs again. What can i observe from their behaviour is, they start to eat less than usual. Maybe they are preparing for another spawning process.

For this time, i try to cover the aquarium first and follow En Raja's advice to isolate the parents for a while after the female lay eggs

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Hola guys. Since we are still unable to see the fry of my fish. I will guide you on how it suppose to be taken care once it hatch. So the eggs are usually hatch after 60 hours. Unlike other species ,angelfish fry remains in wiggler stage around 5 days.

During this time, we should refrain from feeding them. It is suitable to start feeding them only after they can swim independently.

Feeding them require special diet such as newly hatched brine shrimp and micro worm. After 3-4 weeks, we can add crushed fish food flake in small amount and gradually increase the amount. At 4-6 weeks, we can switch them to fish pellet.

So that's all from me. I hope the information on this blog can help us in doing angelfish breeding.

Thank you,
Xoxo