Angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare
Also called angel, angels, scalare.
Tall, so it needs height as well as length. Eats very small fish.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 15 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 200 L, at least 90 cm long
- Temperature
- 24 to 29 °C
- pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Hardness
- 3 to 15 dGH
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- semi-aggressive
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- at every level
- How hard
- easy
- Lives
- about 10 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether angelfish fit the tank you have.