AS-496
 Sea Grant Tip Sheet Series |
| Common name: | Angelfish |
| Scientific name: | Pterphyllum scalare |
| Production potential: | Moderate |
| Marketing potential: | Potential: High Size: 1/2" - 3" length Market: Ornamental |
| Temperature requirements: | Growing: 75-84oF Spawning: 82oF Lethal: NA |
| Feed requirements: | Protein: 40% crude protein, using a
combination of flake, live, or frozen feeds Fat: 8-12%. |
| Spawning requirements: | Vertical substrate spawners, eggs are adhesive, eggs hatch in two days at 82°F, up to 200 eggs per female. Eggs hatch in two days at 82oF. First feeding using newly hatched brine shrimp can begin five days after hatching. |
| Most common production systems: |
Recycle systems, ponds |
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