Pterophyllum scalare - Lesser Angelfish

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latin name: Pterophyllum scalare, Pterophyllum dumerilii , Plataxoides dumerilii
common name: Angelfish, Freshwater Angelfish, Lesser Angelfish

Family: Cichlidae
Continent of origin: South America
Origin country: Brazil, Peru,
Size: under 15 cm (5.91 inch)
Minimal tank volume: 150 litre (40 US gal)
Temperature: 24 °C (75.2 °F) - 27 °C (80.6 °F)
pH tolerance: 6 - 8
Water hardness tolerance: 5 - 15 °dKH
Tank type: freshwater tank
Floor water column: center
Life span: 10 years
Behavior: peaceful
Care level: moderately difficult
Feeding: omnivore -

Similar fish in catalogue: Aequidens pulcher, Apistogramma cacatuoides, Uaru amphiacanthoides, Herichthys cyanoguttatus, Hemichromis bimaculatus, Pelvicachromis pulcher, Symphysodon discus, Astronotus ocellatus, Cichlasoma ´Red parrot´, Papiliochromis ramirezi, Melanochromis auratus, Labeotropheus trewavasae var. red chilumba, Cleithracara maronii, Andinoacara rivulatus, Nannacara anomala, Aequidens metae, Aequidens tetramerus, Vieja maculicauda, Archocentrus multispinosus, Hypsophrys nicaraguensis, Cichla ocellaris, Cyprichromis leptosoma, Apistogramma agassizii, Apistogramma steindachneri, Apistogramma pertensis, Anomalochromis thomasi, Mikrogeophagus altispinosus, Amatitlania nigrofasciata , Hyphessobrycon rosaceus, Pterophyllum altum, ...

Pterophyllum scalare is kept in next tanks: Tank No. 71, Tank No. 81, Tank No. 445, Tank No. 133, Tank No. 95, Tank No. 985, Tank No. 125, Tank No. 139, Tank No. 139, Tank No. 145, Tank No. 157, Tank No. 189, Tank No. 199, Tank No. 238, Tank No. 224, Tank No. 228, Tank No. 308, Tank No. 287, Tank No. 293, Hanes's 150 Tank, Tank No. 324, Tank No. 305, Tank No. 369, Tank No. 371, Tank No. 173, Tank No. 355, Tank No. 481, Tank No. 487, Tank No. 492, Tank No. 503, Tank No. 514, Tank No. 525, Tank No. 529, Tank No. 529, Tank No. 548, Tank No. 515, Luna's aquarium, Tank No. 560, Tank No. 560, Tank No. 573, Tank No. 728, Tank No. 979, Tank No. 577, Tank No. 506, Tank No. 700, Tank No. 723, Tank No. 723, Tank No. 769, Tank No. 730, Tank No. 825, Two hundred and eighty-three, Tank No. 833, Tank No. 1142, Tank No. 1554, Cool, Tank No. 934, 120 L Aquarium, Hypnotizer, Tank No. 1018, Tank No. 1073, A bit of everything, Forest horror, Tank No. 1040, Aquael 54l, Tank No. 1218, 836940 cm cubic of joy, Tank No. 1648, Tank No. 1280, Tank No. 778, Tank No. 1735, Tank No. 1704, Tank No. 1394, Petra's 112L, My Fishtank, Tank No. 1021, H&R aqua, Tank No. 1467, Tank No. 1467, Tank No. 2270, Tank No. 1485, Tank No. 1518, Tank No. 1527, Tank No. 1532, Tank No. 1549, Tank No. 1565, Tank No. 2253, Tank No. 1641, Tank No. 2123, My planted tank, Aquarium After Years, Tank No. 1670, Tank No. 1838, Tank No. 1692, My Beauty 1, Tank No. 2084, Tank No. 1706, Tank No. 568, Tank No. 1775, My Aquarium, My Love 75L , Tank No. 1621, Tank No. 1938, Tank No. 1362, Tank No. 2314, Tank No. 1970, Jack´s aquarium - start, Tank No. 1869, Tank No. 2010, Tank No. 2019, No reality, Tank No. 2030, detox, The Biger living room, Tank No. 2082, Tank No. 2092, Tank No. 2100, Tank No. 2163, Tank No. 2104, Glass 750, Tank No. 2190, Large Lagoon, Small Water Kingdom, Puppy, Aquarium, Tank No. 2377, Tank No. 2351, Pancistrus Aquarium, Tank No. 2386, Tank No. 2393, Tank No. 2832, Piego Aquarium 240 L, Hammers aqua, Tank No. 2704, Tank No. 2485, Tank No. 2563, Tank No. 2592, Tank No. 2704, V2B, Three Hundred Liters in the Be, Tank No. 2134, 300 L Tank on the Third Floor, Tank No. 2733, Tank No. 2491, My Giants, Laci, Gift, Little Park, Our, Tank 112, Community Aquarium 450 L, 25 L Antistress Tank, My Aquatic World, 90 L Tank, My First Aquarium, Tank No. 3107, Pancistrus Aquarium,

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