PTEROPHYLLUM ALTUM ANGELFISH - RIO ICANA X RIO ORINOCO CROSS

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A short video documenting an 11 week old spawn of Pterophyllum Altum Angelfish fry spawned from a pair from 2 different catch locations; the male fish being an extremely rare Brazilian Rio Icana F0, and the female being a domestic Orinoco fish. Thomas Lai-Fook of Shoreline Aquatics LLC discusses some of the previous and persistent challenges in making this all possible. Very few (Icana X) fish have been produced thus far, but, the significance is that perhaps this line can be established in the hobby in the coming years. This can provide hobbyists with yet another beautiful, heathy alternative to purchasing wild Altum Angelfish which are well known for their poor survival rates. Please be on the look out for video updates as these fish grow. Like it? Be sure to subscribe and be notified!
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[@Alex_Correa]

Breath taking!

[@laiadsupradit7801]

Awesome!!!

[@GauravKumar-yi5om]

Does your hide randomly? I have 5 and they started hiding randomly and are very skittish if I go near them. Previously I lost 3 large ones randomly, I saw a boil like something on top of the fin and within a week they died from the exact same way. Please if you can help

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

The first sign of illness is paranoid behavior. If you are losing fish definitely something is wrong. Once these fish get sick it's very difficult to save them. My recommendation to you is to start with tank bred fish, not wild. Even I cannot save them

[@GauravKumar-yi5om]

@@shorelineaquatics5210 they are tank raised F1 but I guess not much can be done.

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

@@GauravKumar-yi5om I'm glad you chose tank bred fish. I really focus on keeping my fish healthy because I know when things go wrong it is fatal. Unfortunately it happens to me too.

[@BadlydrawnBen]

Are hybrids hardier than pure bred . Had some nightmares with wild caught altums back in the day ?

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

Wild-caught altums die because they are not properly handled when exported and/or imported. Fish that are tank bred are undamaged and have fully functioning immune systems that have not been compromised.

[@BadlydrawnBen]

@@shorelineaquatics5210 thank you 👍

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

Correct these are Altum X Altum. Not hybrids. I have tried crossing Altum X Scalare and failed. These fish do not recognize each other enough to spawn together. They have a different spawning dance. These behaviors are a tell tale sign of the species.