Silver Blue Angel Fish 4.5cm

Silver Blue Angel Fish

The Silver Blue Angelfish is a graceful and strikingly beautiful variety of the angelfish family. Its elegant appearance and shimmering silver-blue scales make it a stunning centrepiece for any freshwater aquarium. This variety of angelfish has been selectively bred to enhance the silver and blue tones, creating a metallic, mirror-like sheen that reflects light beautifully.

The Silver Blue Angelfish displays a brilliant silver body with hints of icy blue, especially noticeable under good-quality aquarium lighting. Its fins are long and flowing, adding a touch of elegance to its streamlined, tall body structure. As they mature, their colours become more pronounced, especially when kept in optimal water conditions. Their graceful fins and tall body structure make them an impressive sight, particularly in a planted aquarium where their shimmering scales can contrast beautifully against lush greenery.

Trying to find the males and females in not only the silver blue angel but angelfish in general is somewhat difficult when they are small, however dominant males will develop a small nuchal hump on their head. One can be 100% certain only when a breeding pair is formed. The best way to ensure this happens is to start with a small group of 5-6 fish and let them pair off naturally. Silver blue angelfish are not found in the wild as they are a captive-bred and man-made colour variation; however, the angelfish in general is from South America.

Tank Recommendations for your Silver Blue Angel Fish

As the Silver Blue angel is a colour variation of the common scalare angelfish species, meaning it has the same aquarium needs as any other angelfish variety. At full adult size, they reach around 15 cm long and a decent 20 cm tall; because of this, they would need to be kept in a tank that is at least 100 litres.

Silver Blue angelfish are not exactly a solitary species and should be kept in mated pairs or shoals. However, they will need space as they can be territorial at times, so having a good footprint in the aquarium is always best. A sand or gravel substrate is perfectly fine, but a well-planted aquarium with lots of branching driftwood and rock will be greatly appreciated by these angelfish.

Suitable Tank Buddies

The Silver Blue angelfish is fairly peaceful, with aggression only ever coming out during breeding males; however, they may eat very small fish fry and shrimp. With adequate space, these fish will get along with a wide range of community fish. It has, however, been noted that angelfish can possibly be aggressive against fish species that look similar.

Usually Compatible

Other angelfish, tetras, gouramis, corydoras, angelfish, barbs dwarf cichlids such as rams and large peaceful cichlids such as uaru or Severums.

Sometime Compatible

Semi-aggressive or territorial cichlids like fire mouths, convict cichlids, and similar species.

Rarely Compatible

large aggressive species such as African cichlids, Oscars, and Jaguar cichlids.

Feeding your Silver Blue Angelfish
Angelfish, in general, are a very easy species to feed that will take a wide range of aquarium foods like pellets or flakes. They are naturally omnivores that feed on plant matter like algae, small insects, and crustaceans. This means a well-balanced aquarium food, which has good protein and green content, would be best.