Angelfish and Discus Official Photos

[AngelicGreenTerror]

I decided to start a thread to where people can show off their angelfish and/or discus. Here is my angelfish:

[drdpc]

mine:

[Fry]

my angel

[AngelicGreenTerror]

Wow, I'm surprised this thread is a success so far. Anyways, nice discus and angels. Keep the pics on coming.

[JuanTamad]

Wild Discus and Altum Angels at the Georgia Aquarium.

The Discus are at least 5 inch in Diameter.

[Hakon]

One of my angels

[JuanTamad]

One of my Altums:

[JuanTamad]

Some of my other fish(es):

[DanDanUK]

Please excuse the bad quality of the pic's as they are from my Phone they are juvy white blushing angels.

http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/6204/210320060192gp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[remy]

Ah cool, show off time :)
My Peruvians.


http://www.hetcentrum.nl/forum/uploads/post-130-1142862772.jpg

http://www.hetcentrum.nl/forum/uploads/post-130-1142372717.jpg

[samjh86]

sweet

[loach43]

Yeah, really sweet! The peruvian angels rock :headbang2

Thought I'd show a DIY work in progress of a discus model that I'm making. When I'm done carving all the details, a mold will be made to make multiples and then they will all be painted. After that they will be attached to trophies and awarded to the winners of this years NADA show held at the ACA convention in Chicago. Coolest commission I've ever landed!

[Fry]

ah i just got a crazy idea, the discus discus (a discus for throwing with a discus fish on it)

[loach43]

LOL, A clay pigeon discus maybe?
OK, a pic of my real fish. Freebies from a local breeder in my fish club.
About 3-4 months old now :)

[fuzzy]

very!nice!

[zanemgray]

Nice angel fish.

[AngelicGreenTerror]

Very nice angels. And nice clay discus. This should be sticky'd, you know.

[loach43]

mmmm, nice thread but it's not monster, so making it sticky would be kinda off kilter. I like to come here though as a break from monsters, then BACK TO THE AROS, PBASS & GODZILLA FISH!!!

[RedMar]

Clean Pigeons

[RedMar]

Cobalt Pair

[RedMar]

Red Melon

[RedMar]

Melon Babies

[RedMar]

Cobalt Pair

[drdpc]

i love see discus breeding!!

[Tai95]

here is an older picture of my male.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/tai95/Fish/000_0034.jpg

[zekni]

Wow, great pictures guys. Makes me want to get a better camera!

[Cichlas]

Sold this past weekend

[drdpc]

wow! i love that black angel!!

[edotero]

Real nice.

[FHIman]

cool ;)

[open water]

cool

[Tai95]

I just took this picture of my female. Full of eggs with her breeding tube out.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/tai95/Fish/610f09d3.jpg

And this is her mate. His color is amazing in person, he is so much brighter than the picture shows.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/tai95/Fish/399f0e05.jpg

[remy]

Got another one I really liked :)

[Hakon]

Nice one remy is that a peruvian?

[caps]

Tai95,

How did you determine the male and female? is there a clear distinction or is the breeding tub the only way you new?

I still havent found out how to determine sex with Angels, I have four Angels for about 3+ months now and still dont know. I'm also waiting for signs of pairing up but havent seen anything.

Nice Angels

[remy]

Nice one remy is that a peruvian?

Forgot to mention, yes it is :)

[Tai95]

Tai95,

How did you determine the male and female? is there a clear distinction or is the breeding tub the only way you new?

I still havent found out how to determine sex with Angels, I have four Angels for about 3+ months now and still dont know. I'm also waiting for signs of pairing up but havent seen anything.

Nice Angels

I watched them lay eggs, that's a pretty good way of telling sex. :ROFL:
I have never been able to tell sexes without seeing the breeding tube. Some people say they can, but I can't. I've heard about males having bumps on their heads, longer fins, and a million other things. Once they are ready to breed the female will start plumping up and her tube will start coming out. They will also spend hours cleaning the spawn site. When you see this they will lay eggs in a day or two.

This pair is not the best parents though, they seem to love their own fry. I've tried to let nature take it's course, but after the eggs become wigglers they eat them. They have spawned like five times now with the same results every time. They get one more chance and then I'm gonna have to step in.

Your angels are still kinda young to pair off. I've heard of breeding as young as 6 months, but 10+ months is probably the average. If you have four your chances of getting a pair is pretty good. Keep the temp up, don't skimp on water changes, and feed them a good varied diet and you should see them pair up soon.

If you have anymore questions PM me.

[Newt]

Here is my male breeder from last year and one of him with his mate. It looks like he has a funny head, but it's just one of his black spots, came out weird in the pic. Both were sold on Aquabid (why oh why! My buyer got a steal of a deal!)

[rob317]

just got these today

[DrBranDo]

amazing.
thx for sharing guys.

[Nic]

nice pick up rob i gotta get more pics up of mine

[concord]

mmmm, nice thread but it's not monster, so making it sticky would be kinda off kilter. I like to come here though as a break from monsters, then BACK TO THE AROS, PBASS & GODZILLA FISH!!!
nah we're getting bored of the whole moster thing:ROFL: :j/k: .
I'll be getting some angels soon though.

[howyoudoin101]

can anyone tell me how long it takes an angelfish to become mature enough to mate??

[tecmpl]

nice angelfish pic

[drdpc]

can anyone tell me how long it takes an angelfish to become mature enough to mate??

one to two years!

[JuanTamad]

They breed as early as 6 months. Most mature at 8 months.

Wild Altums do it on a different schedule.

[hahnsoloist]

http://aces.tabulas.com/hahnsoloist/Image017.jpg

http://aces.tabulas.com/hahnsoloist/Image016.jpg

here are my angels in a 75gal tank.

[topoftheline77]

That looks like my angels twin. How do you sex them?

[topoftheline77]

That looks like my angels twin. How do you sex them?
oops sorry i meant tai95's looked like mine sorry:screwy:

[loach43]

Great marbled angels Hahnsoloist. :thumbsup:

About a month ago I posted these same gold angels. They have grown quite a bit since then. Normally I wouldn't bother to repeat these within the same thread (yawn), but the other night I got really lucky and took this, perhaps the best fish photo of my life. It's actually kind of in focus for a change.

[AngelicGreenTerror]

Great marbled angels Hahnsoloist. :thumbsup:

About a month ago I posted these same gold angels. They have grown quite a bit since then. Normally I wouldn't bother to repeat these within the same thread (yawn), but the other night I got really lucky and took this, perhaps the best fish photo of my life. It's actually kind of in focus for a change.

Nice angels! It's to bad mine died on the 22nd of this month.

[loach43]

Sorry to hear.

[dodgefreak8]

my 6" scalar
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/dodgefreak8/100_2154.jpg

[loach43]

Great angel. :thumbsup: Tankmates?

[paintboi101]

discus loook much more better.

[koliveira]

Some shots of my Discus!!!:) :) :)

[koliveira]

Who says discus are not Monsters! That wild green one ate all my cardinal tetras!
About 20....WTF!!!

[drdpc]

great discus, they are very beautiful!!

[dodgefreak8]

Great angel. :thumbsup: Tankmates?
he's in my monster tank with
16" royal clown knife
11"black aro
16" fire eel
12" florida gar
2 clown loaches
pictus cat
8" fei feng

[loach43]

he's in my monster tank with
16" royal clown knife
11"black aro
16" fire eel
12" florida gar
2 clown loaches
pictus cat
8" fei feng

Thx! That must be one tough angel. I would think that the gar, royal or even the aro would be looking at him like a future lunch. Great tank lineup btw:drool:

[dodgefreak8]

I don't think he will ever be lunch. he is just to big. I will admit though that these are not normal tankmates for an angel but after my 55 gal sprang a leak it was either the monsters or the pet store. I think I made the right choice

[loach43]

I don't think he will ever be lunch. he is just to big. I will admit though that these are not normal tankmates for an angel but after my 55 gal sprang a leak it was either the monsters or the pet store. I think I made the right choice

I just hope that your preds aren't feining indifference. That's a great looking P. Scalare.

[dannyboy]

wow, great pics.
heres some of my angels
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/709/angels0071eg.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=angels0071eg.jpg)

[loach43]

Cool 1/2 blacks:thumbsup:

[dannyboy]

:) cheers

[bunlet]

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h284/bunlet/goldy.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h284/bunlet/biggy.jpg

[loach43]

Nice angels Bunlet, especially like the red eye on the marble although it's kind of somewhere in between marble and stripe. Interesting pattern. btw, welcome to MFK!

[Mr.Geoff]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/GeoffSFAs10/Fish%20Tanks/turqdiscusSML.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/GeoffSFAs10/Fish%20Tanks/newheckel.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/GeoffSFAs10/Fish%20Tanks/discusherd.jpg


couple of my discus. i have pictures i should upload of my old angels.

[loach43]

Nice discus. I especially like the "wild type" one in the center.
Is that a Willischuarttzi, Madeira yellow heckel or something different?

[Mr.Geoff]

there are two wilds in there. both are heckels from mannus. we delt with a direct importer from there so i have a general idea of where they came form. as far as i know they are both just regular heckels.

[loach43]

Thx. I must also mention that your substrate is spectacular. I've been leaning towards using mixed size natural gravel that looks similar to yours. :thumbsup:

[Mr.Geoff]

hey no problem. the substarte is flourite mixed with some pea gravel form home depot. happened mosly on accidnet but i love the way it turned out. here is a while tank shot if you will... kinda shows it off but i can try for a better one if needed..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/GeoffSFAs10/Fish%20Tanks/75Gjune152006.jpg

[dannyboy]

Wow, very inspirational discus' Mr.Geoff

[Mr.Geoff]

thanks again...

old angel fish of mine. gold zebra color..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/GeoffSFAs10/Fish%20Tanks/106_0617.jpg
male in front, female in rear

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/GeoffSFAs10/Fish%20Tanks/oldangel.jpg
big pissy male..he ate too many fish so off to the store the pair went

[dannyboy]

wow, i want an agel like that :)

[loach43]

Hmmmm, what other fish did your angel eat? My pair of golds (6 mo. old) are getting quite large and share a tank with about 20 cardinal tetras.

[rnasralla]

nice pics

[Mr.Geoff]

well in ONE night that darn male ate 18 cardinal tetras. every...last...one. before this stunt he decided to go and kill the discus that where in the tank with it. that was pretty much the end of his life with me. i took him to one of the LFS and said he ate all my cardinals, turn him into cardinals. so i walked away with 14 cardinals out of the deal. haha

i wish the pictures were better and had more sense of scale. the last one is closest, he is against the back wall of the 55..so he was a good 6" long and about 8-9 inches tall or so..

[loach43]

Ouch. Somehow I suspected that your victims were either neons or cardinals. My gold pair are laying eggs now and have become quite hateful of all other tankmates. They haven't topped out in size yet so I still have some time left before moving them.

[dannyboy]

My angels are yet to get a chance to eat any other fish, but they are eyeing off the guppies in the tank next to them

[loach43]

Hey Mr.geoff, is that a self collected piece of wood in your tank? If so, what kind of tree is it from?

[Mr.Geoff]

yes sir it is self collected. i have yet to ever buy a single piece of wood. every piece i have i find. i have no idea what kind it is. i found, liked it, cleaned it and bam..in the tank it went. i just added a new piece to the 75 yesterday and will be adding another piece when i get back from florida, its still soaking.

all i do is find wood thats not green and has been sun baked for a while. then i clean em off ( cold water ) then i soak them in a tank of hot water til they sink. do water changes on it once or twice a week as well

[veurruckte]

Beautiful fish everyone. It's photos like these that remind why I'm addicted to this hobby :grinyes: .

[JuanTamad]

Heckels and Altums in one of my tanks:)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22017&size=1

[RudeLou]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/dvsvolcom55/06-22-06_2115.jpg

[JuanTamad]

Finally obtained the last piece of what I consider the Trifecta for keeping Wild Angels!:D

I previously have Wild Scalares and Wild Altums. Now I have Wild Leopoldis, aka Dumerellis, to boot from Brazil!:headbang2 :headbang2 :headbang2

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22155&size=1

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22154&size=1

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=22156&size=1

[loach43]

Nice! Like the scales.:thumbsup:

[Keeper of the Ropes]

Great pics :)

To those of you who were talking about your angels eating other fish... I have a question. I broke down an old 10g the other day and dumped all its occupants (about 50 three month old guppies destined to be dinner anyway) into an angel tank. I have a blue blusher who chased the two dozen or so that didnt get eaten and attacked them one by one... only biting their heads off, spitting out the head, and continuing on to the next guppy. Whats the deal with that???

[loach43]

Sounds territorial. Angels can actually be quite ruthless if given the opportunity.

[Mr.Geoff]

they are cichilds..most people tend to forget this. they can get nasty especially if they arent used to smaller fish.

[loach43]

Angels are not always angelic in behavior for sure. I've been mad at too many angels to mention for bullying smaller fish.

[chat]

Remy,
your angel 're so nice.

[Kuda]

nice fish

[loach43]

Updated pic of my angels. Note eggs on the plant soon to be catfish food:drool:

[JuanTamad]

New Pics of my Altums and Zebras

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/uploads/5979/FlPB832006.JPG

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/uploads/5979/FlPB842006.JPG

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/uploads/5979/FlPB812006.JPG

[JuanTamad]

New Pics of my Altums and Zebras

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=24690&size=1

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=24691&size=1

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=24693&size=1


Reloaded the pics.

[LoTech]

Kinda burned out from the flash...

[LoTech]

Altums (and one halfbeak):

[LoTech]

Dumarelli or leopoldi or whatever:

[LoTech]

Cool wild angels:

[LoTech]

Bunch of greedy, greedy fish:

[LoTech]

Goofball discus:

[LoTech]

Last one, I promise...

[HoangLan]

That's very nice one!

[jodimartin2003]

My Angel

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i66/jodimartin2003/Jodi_s_Angel_And_Betta_in_55_gal-1.jpg

[JuanTamad]

Restocked one of my Wild Angel and Discus Tanks.

Replaced the two year old Altums with yearlings and added two Brazilian Heckels to the mix:)

[AquataHolic420]

THOSE ALL LOOK AMAZING!

[bstuver]

Great pics guys, I am new to the forum but thought I'd share one of my koi male, his mate is a gold I will post a pic of her soon too.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/bstuver/Fish029_WEB.jpg

Jackie

[CichlidPharmer]

Great pics guys, I am new to the forum but thought I'd share one of my koi male, his mate is a gold I will post a pic of her soon too.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/bstuver/Fish029_WEB.jpg

Jackie

Nice looking Angel. However it's definitely not Koi. It's Gold Marble. A koi angel is a blushing Angel and will not show striations or lines or patterns on the fins.

Here's a Koi Angel as depicted in the FloridaGuppiesPlus website. Look at the fins.

Also when young, Koi Angels will have transparent gill covers making them appear to be blushing. As they age the gill covers gets covered by irridescense making it translucent.

http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/5462/2h/flguppiesplus.safeshopper.com/images/60y3dbm.jpg

[bstuver]

Thanks for the info. It was sold as a koinand I didn't think much about it other than I liked the color and pattern.

Jackie

[cabezon]

here's Bob. he mean and greedy. why they are called angels...
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c376/cabezon2469/1018061400.jpg

[loach43]

Bobs gonna look awsome in another year. Short finned common wild P. scalare are my faves.

[SimmonM]

Some of my tank pics:

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03531.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03532.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03534.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03535.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03554.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03559.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03568.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03569.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03573.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03577.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03580.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03582.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03581.jpg

[KING OZ]

here is my female koi
http://www.fishieforums.co.uk/picupload/453b88f8cc730.jpg

[Bderick67]

85 gallon planted tank

[loach43]

Nice fish SimmonM, King Oz & Bderek67.
I wasn't expecting SimmonM to be from the USA when I looked at the fish. I guess there are some good looking discus outside of Singapore too. LOL

[GooDyboy420]

Red Melon

how big

[Keeper of the Ropes]

VERY nice pictures everyone!

Proud to say my gorgeous big angel turned monster last night - for the first time ever he tore up two feeder fish for his dinner. Bout time! Also proud to say I found my camera... pics to come :)

Keep the shots comin~

[JuanTamad]

Refreshed one of my Wild Angel and Discus tanks. Replaced the Altums with Leopoldis and the Cardinals with a Silver Arowana.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery//watermark.php?file=27066&size=1

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery//watermark.php?file=27068&size=1

[eh1421]

that is awesome juan

[Newt]

Here's a picture of my new discus, just picked it up yesterday afternoon.

[Superlaz]

Here is a quick pic of one of my Alums...
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/Superlaz/00000003-1.jpg

[Superlaz]

Here is a quick pic of one of my Alums...
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/Superlaz/00000003-1.jpg

[JuanTamad]

Here is a quick pic of one of my Alums...
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/Superlaz/00000003-1.jpg

I see 3:)

Awesome, Laz!

[JuanTamad]

Latest shots of one of my Angels and Discus tank

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery//watermark.php?file=27324&size=1

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery//watermark.php?file=27326&size=1

[Tongue33]

Well My wife keeps taking me into new areas for me LOL.. Since the 150 is back up and running and she wouldn't let it go :) We decided it was hers and she would stock it :)

Here are a couple of the inhabitants :) And mind your there are only a couple other different sp. of fish with these :) But Angels are completely new to me !! :) How did she do???

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/Tongue33/Cichlids/aNGEL3.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/Tongue33/Cichlids/aNGELS1.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/Tongue33/Cichlids/aNGELS2.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/Tongue33/Cichlids/ACT.jpg

The other inhabitants are 3 Keyholes 1 Clown Loach 1 Bristle nose 1 Chinese Algae and he is not perminant Oh and 3 guppy fry that appeared after the one guppy we put in there died :)

[boofish2]

My male
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g244/beewax77/male.jpg
My female:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g244/beewax77/femaleangel.jpg

[WeeNe858]

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/WeeNe858/IMG_0315.jpg

My big fat female.. i might sell her

[Soul]

WOW!! beautiful fish everyone :)
can not wait until my babies grow up ;)

[koff]

show offs!!

[WeeNe858]

I unfortunetlly found out that angels are a little bias on looks.. .. my yellow angel became a cast-away and then a runt and then died.. :/ thats why i try to get look alikes

[Soul]

I try to get at least 2 of each type...so far there r no loners, they do choose their own lil' clusters to school with rather than their look-alikes though:)

[Soul]

my newest angel :)

[loach43]

Nice blue blusher ya got there

[Red Devil]

Have about 60 goldfish..love them and use to breed them..will get back into it again soon as i have some free tanks..haha:)

[Razman]

here are two of mine.http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=29314&size=1

[Razman]

sorry, it went twice for some reason.

[dragonfish]

Here are my two.

[Red Devil]

here a few of mine..;)

[JuanTamad]

My other Wilds only Discus and Angel Tank:

[Opiate]

aweosme fish n pics ppl's!!

[kansei]

These Angels were the first pair I had . Now have 3 koi and 1 marble .
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/kansei123/jan07071.jpg

[karpomatic]

Some of my tank pics:

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03531.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03532.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03534.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03535.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03554.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03559.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03568.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03569.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03573.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03577.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03580.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03582.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/SimmonDiscus/DSC03581.jpg

Those are some fantastic photos. I need a few big ones that I can use for my screen wallpaper. The colors are great!

[loach43]

I've posted these on this thread more than once already but 10 months have passed so I figured an update wouldn't be outta line. Largest batch of eggs I've seen from this pair yet.