Tag Archives: angelfish

Angelfish XL

11. June 2021

Fully grown angelfish of the various breeding forms are comparatively rare in the trade. The reasons are obvious: The breeding is time and space consuming, because they are still cichlids, which demand a certain individual space for themselves. That’s why XL angels have to be comparatively expensive. But occasionally such animals are in demand and we then ask our breeders to satisfy this demand. 

Therefore we have just such adult angelfish in color mix in the stock. With them it shows up clearly that probably all breeding strains finally – at least by crossbreeding – are to be assigned to the eimekei form of the angelfish. Pterophyllum eimekei is currently by most scientists not seen as an independent species, but as a variant of P. scalare, which differs among other things by a lower body height from typical P. scalare. However, this only becomes apparent in fully adult animals, the otherwise commercially available angelfish juveniles of 3-6 cm body length of both forms look the same. 

For our customers: the animals have code 688707 on our stocklist. Please note that we supply exclusively to wholesalers.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer

Pterophyllum „Santa Isabel“

14. December 2018

We can offer just wonderful, young adult German bred offspring of the famous Santa-Isabel-Angel, which differs clearly from other wild collected angels by its attractive red coloration at the front-back. The animals are descendants of fish that we were able to import as wild catches some years ago (see: https://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/fish-archives/fantastic_pterophyllum_scalare_santa_isabel_arrived__en/).

Especially worth mentioning is – besides the gorgeous colouring, the size and the beautiful growth – that these Santa Isabel are very peaceful among each other. This is not self-evident with Santa Isabel angels, there are among them also distinctly quarrelsome tribes.

For our customers: the animals have code 699843 on our stocklist. Please note that we only supply wholesalers.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer

Pterophyllum scalare Santa Isabel

20. July 2018

We received wonderful wild collected angelfish from the municipality of the city Santa Isabel at the Rio Negro. Like many other fishes from that area – mainly discus and Apistogramma – the angels show a high degree of red coloration on the body. The reason for that phenomenon is unknown to us. The water in the upper reaches of the Rio Negro is very soft and acidic. Like all larger wild fish, these angels have their experience with fin-eating piranhas. However, the angels are very healthy and stable and regenerate their finneage very fast. So after a few weeks nothing of the hurts of the wild will be visible any more.

For our customers: the fish have code 699835 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer

Pterophyllum scalare „Belem Sky Blue“

30. May 2018

In the year 2015 along with an import of stingrays from Belem, Para, Brazil an angelfish was imported that was unknown to us until then.

Already in 2016, in the F1 generation, a few blue mutants with a red iris could be selected.

These blue angels from wild parents formed the basis of the selective breeding we performed; we called the fish „Belem Sky Blue“.

In the second generation were already several very nice fish in respect of coloration, size and finneage development.

The fish exhibit a very strong brood care, both parents take care for eggs and offspring, as is typical for wild strains of angelfish.

Only now the whole potential of blue colours and black pattern becomes visible.

So far the report of our breeder Kurt Jülich. We can offer now this fish for the very first time in good numbers.

For our customers: the fish have code 699893 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.

Text: Kurt Jülich, photos: Jürgen Glaser and Frank Schäfer

Pterophyllum scalare „Bicolor Blue“

12. March 2018

We can offer this brandnew sport of the Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare „Bicolor Blue“) for the very first time now. The animals still differ individually in respect of pattern, but especially the front back of all specimens is already blue. The breeder guaranteed us that the parents are full blue bicolor with a real intensive colour. 

For our customers: the fish have code 693602 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusivey supply the wholesale trade.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer