Gold Angelfish
The scales have a wrinkled wavy look that reflects light to create a sparkling effect.
Gold angelfish. For instance the ph. The french angelfish pomacanthus paru or p. Pearlscale is a scale mutation also called the diamond angelfish in some regions due to the gem like iridescence on its scales.
Yet despite being dubbed as golden in these common names the term aurantia. America typical tank setup. Amazon river basin of s.
Pterophyllum sp average adult fish size. The golden angel also known as the aurinatus angelfish or velvet dwarf angel. The adult has a yellow body speckled with golden spots that give it the appearance of being sprinkled with glitter.
This is another veil angelfish but this time it s gold in coloration. This glitzy look is further dramatized with purple blue lips a black spot on the forehead and black fins edged in blue. Actually means orange in new latin rather than golden.
The goldflake angelfish apolemichthys xanthopunctatus is a sparkling beauty and one of the hardier aquarium angelfish. The better known species are the black and gold angelfish centropyge bicolor of the indo pacific. This hard to find species is cryptic in nature making them both difficult to acquire and a prized fish in the hobby.
Keep with medium sized peaceful fish that do. In the late 1960s an angelfish breeder in milwaukee was surprised to find an oddly colored fry in a single spawning of black lace angels. This dwarf angel is known by several descriptive names including golden pygmy angelfish velvet dwarf angel golden dwarf angelfish and aurinatus angelfish derived from its scientific name.
And the queen angelfish holacanthus ciliaris a blue and yellow fish of the atlantic. Well planted with drift wood bogwood and some rock work. The gold angelfish is a color variation of the more common white or silver marbled angelfish.
Among all the fish in this article the gold angelfish is probably one of the most beautiful. Gold pearlscale angelfish p. 30 gallon 120 litre for an adult pair compatibility.
Gold veil angelfish gold veil angel scientific name. Angelfish in general require fairly constant water parameters and are less forgiving than many other freshwater community species towards fluctuations in ph or temperature. To make sure they thrive in your aquarium you have to keep the water parameters all the time at the recommended levels.
Arcuatus a black and yellow species of the atlantic. Like with most south american cichlid species the gold veil angelfish prefers soft slightly acidic water with temperatures that stay between 79 and 83 degrees. Recommended minimum aquarium capacity.
6 inches 15 2 cm place of origin. The recessive gene in that single fish eventually resulted in the naja gold which became the first gold angelfish in the aquarium trade. This species is identified by its velvet looking burnt orange red coloration with thin broken yellow vertical bars running along each side of the body.
