My New Wild Altum Angelfish

[glendale15]

hi
 
These are my new altum's, hope you like.
 

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thanks for looking











 

 

[TallTree01]

Oh wow, they are amazing!
What is the difference between altums and regular Angels? Is it just where they came from?

 

[DrRob]

They're a slightly different species TT. We're used to seeing P. Scalare, not altum. There are a few subspecies in the group like altums and leopoldi, altums are my favourites, but scalare are the hardiest and most readily available.

Oh, and indeed, those are lovely fish glendale, thanks for sharing.

 

[SamB]

Wow. Those are definitely on my to-keep list.. beautiful.

 

[Zikofski]

wow these all look stunning can i ask how many you got in there and what tanks size is it? love the look of what you done in there congrats

 

[Shelster]

I am warming more to angels as I'm seeing some fabulous pics as of late from members on here - they wouldn't fit with my current stocking though.

Great pics, enjoy

 

[Mamashack]

Not normally a big fan of Angel fish but your pictures are simply stunning, glendale!

 

[glendale15]

hi
 
only have 3 at the moment, got more on order. the tank is 6 x 2 x 2 180 gallon
 
thanks for comments

 

[TallTree01]

It looks like you have 4 in the 3rd pic .
Thanks Dr. Rob for clearing that up .

 

[SamB]

It looks like you have 4 in the 3rd pic

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Thanks Dr. Rob for clearing that up .

TT - I think the front one is a different species

 

[TallTree01]

Oh, it does look a little stouter than the rest my bad!

 

[*pete*]

Very nice, I've not kept Angels for years but have always had a soft spot for them.

 

[Iiriva]

Looks very, very nice!

 

[karlnina]

do they get on with your discus?

 

[TwoTankAmin]

In the wild, angels and discus normally live together. Smaller groups of angels live within much larger discus groups. The one exception to this are Altums. The reason is that where the Altums live, there are no discus. If memory serves me this info came via Heiko Bleher.
 
glendale- there is an excellent wild angel site you might want to join if you have not already done so.They have some world renown experts on wilds there, including folks who actually lived there and collected them. I have learned an amazing amount there. One must join to read the forums or to post, but much of the other information is public.
 
http/www.finarama.com/
 
And enjoy your new fish, once bitten by the Altum bug, its hard to get them out of your system.