Things You'll Need
- 30-gallon tank or larger
- Filter and heater
- Aquarium lid, net and other basic starter supplies.
- Decorations (fake/live plants, rocks, caves, driftwood, hiding places, etc.)
- Tropical fish flakes and blood worms
- Basic test kits (temperature, ph, etc.)
Instructions
Purchase a 30-gallon tank. Clean the inside and outside of your aquarium with hot water and a dishtowel. Fill the tank with room temperature water and let it sit for 24 hours before you add your albino angelfish to their new home. This allows time for chlorine and heavy water to dissipate.
Set up the tank for your albino angelfish. Attach the aquarium filter and heater. Set it up so that the water temperature is maintained at between 75 and 82 degrees Fahrenheit. They also like low light conditions and soft, slightly acidic water of 5.8 to 7.0 pH and dH 1 to 5.
Add your gravel or other substrate. Clean your gravel beforehand with hot water. Add decorations of your choice. Include driftwood or rocks to serve as a hiding place for your fish and give them a sense of security.
Plant some hardy aquatic plants in the tank along its perimeter, leaving the center open. Albino angelfish favor a well-planted aquarium, but also like a lot of swimming space.
Feed your angelfish with a diet of tropical fish flakes. Albino angelfish are omnivorous, so you should supplement this with frozen or dried bloodworms, as well as vegetable material.
Keep six or more albino angelfish in the same tank if you intend to breed them. Provide a broad-leafed plant or flat rock to lay eggs on. Males and females will pair off, after which the female will lay eggs and the male will fertilize them. These fertilized eggs will hatch after three days. Feed the fry with ground-up brine shrimp and/or bloodworms–only a small number will survive if you feed them commercial fry food.
Give your albino angelfish the company of a few tank mates. They are semi-aggressive but do well with guppies, rainbowfish, mollies, tetras, platies, swordtails and plecos.