Wild Angels
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Hey all just picked up some wild caught angels
They were sold as altums but are the peruvian scalare’s (guy in the shop argued otherwise
<br />Anyone have experience with these?<br />Is breeding a possibility?</p>
<p>They are currently being kept with groups of dicrossus maculatus, cory davidsandsi/melini/duplicarous and a big breeding group of emperor tetras</p>
<p>Hoping for baby angels, any tips?</p>
<p>Cheers, Neal <img src=)
/thumbs_up.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:thumbsup:” border=”0″ alt=”thumbs_up.gif” />Mmm nice one Neal, how much did they set you back? Maculatus too? Awesome
” border=”0″ alt=”smile.gif” /> I managed to get fry off my <i>maculatus</i>.. they only lasted about a week before the parents ate them though, then the male battered the female <img src=)
/sad.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:(” border=”0″ alt=”sad.gif” />Sorry, bit off topic
” border=”0″ alt=”smile.gif” /> Get some pics up when you get a chance.</p>
<p>The wild <i>scalare</i> will lay and fertilise fairly easily once you’ve got a pair, but hatching can be problematic. The water needs to be uber soft – though if you’re keeping <i>D. maculatus</i> I’d imagine it’s pretty soft already <img src=)
/smile.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:)” border=”0″ alt=”smile.gif” /> I’ve read pure RO with drips of hydrogen peroxide can be used to artificially hatch the eggs if you find you’re having problems.Very nice fish Neal. We had a group in at Tom’s last year. I’d go for a similar approach to yer wild caught Apistogramma first and then work from there. Very soft water, pH below 6 and maybe some leaf litter or peat fibre for the black water effect. It’s crazy but it might just work.
They´re not so common and invariably in bad condition when they arrive here too, Haji. Most of the ones that come in as altum also seem to be wild scalare like Neal´s fish.
Sound very nice indeed mate
QUOTE (Matt @ Jun 10 2008, 04:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>They´re not so common and invariably in bad condition when they arrive here too, Haji. Most of the ones that come in as altum also seem to be wild scalare like Neal´s fish.Hi Phill, I doubt they even get P. altum here in Spain, the hobby here is weird. I was in England when I posted the message you quoted…
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” border=”0″ alt=”smile.gif” /> So did you decide whether to progress with a breeding project or not?</p>
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 this is after delays in Bogota.<br />Phill</p>
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