Peruvian Altum Angels

[BenefulBrad]

I"ve had these 4 "Peruvian Altum Angelfish" for a couple of months now. I work at a lfs and ordered these directly from our supplier, costing me a little under 20 bucks for all. I browsed the forums and found that these are uncommon, meaning that they would probably be pretty expensive. So I'm wondering if these are really P. Altums...I can't get a hold of a camera right now, but will try tomorrow. Anyone have any pics of their P. Altums so I can compare? It seems like they are doing pretty well...the 3 larger ones have grown about 2 inches vertically. I've been feeding them frozen bloodworms, Krill, flake flood, and mini alga wafers. Thanks in advance for anyone's input.

 

[Riiz]

Thats extremely cheap for Altums, they might just be wild-caught Peruvian P. scalare. Which btw, are still attractive angels.

 

[Star_Rider]

Peruvian Altums in reality are a form of P.Scalare.
but it depends on much
however, there is more research being done. as some resemble Altums and a possible new species or class of Altum may be in the future.

here is an article that may lend more information.

http://finarama.com/tba/chronicles/peruvianscalare.htm

either way they are a very attractive Angel

 

[BenefulBrad]

I remember now that they did say (wild).