Wild Red Spotted Peru Angelfish Tank

[mattlee]

new pics taken today

 

[mattlee]

sorry some (most) of the pics are blury but they are taken on my phone....

this pic if you can look at it long enough without hurting your eyes shows the blue colours behind the eyes

 

[minnnt]

Great setup.

 

[lloyd]

Very nice leopoldis. i always think they look more cichlid like tan other angels.....if thats possible

 

[mattlee]

well a 100 mile round trip and i came home with 4 x wild peru red spotted 'altum' scalare angelfish, and they are stunning

i wanted all 8 but didnt have the funds im affraid

ive added them in this tank to see how they get on with the 8 x Leopoldi as they are all still small juvi fish. any bother and the naughty fish will share the tank with the stingrays for now

pics later after they have settled and the lights are on

 

[mattlee]

here they are

ill try and get some better pics when i get chance

 

[minnnt]

Wow!!

 

[mattlee]

the new angels have settled in very well. i tested the water from the supplier and it was almost an identical match to mine so that was a bit of a relief as they are wild caught.

they do however have much longer fins and a few have been nipped by the looks of it i guess its just adding new angels to an existing group.

overall very happy with them so far

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Nice tank and fish, but any chance of getting pics of the two Chaetostoma sometime? My C. milesi female (that came from MartinS about 5 weeks ago) is a real fiesty character, she is the only fish in my Rio240 that my boisterous Steatocranus tinanti male is submissive too!

 

[mattlee]

Nice tank and fish, but any chance of getting pics of the two Chaetostoma sometime? My C. milesi female (that came from MartinS about 5 weeks ago) is a real fiesty character, she is the only fish in my Rio240 that my boisterous Steatocranus tinanti male is submissive too!

mine are very small at the minute only a couple of inches max but here they are

 

[minnnt]

 

[mattlee]

the wild angels have started competing for the food now which is a great sign as the leopoldi are a bit fiesty and greedy.

i want more wilds........... and a bigger tank

 

[mattlee]

just got some cracking pics of the L309 stunning fish

and another one of the wild angels

 

[mattlee]

found this site kind of explaining the altum/scalare reference in the peru angels if any one is interested....

http/www.discusnews.com/article/cat-04/peruvian.shtml

 

[mattlee]

just found one of the bulldog plecs dead.....

no idea why as they both were always out and about and fed really well. maybe the higher temp didnt agree with it