Rules & Guidelines

• Any TAS member may participate and vote. You can not vote for yourself if you have an entry, But may vote for the other entrants.

• Each person can submit a maximum of 5 pictures per phenotype. Color enhancement photos will be disqualified.

• Only one photo per fish per contest. In other words, You can not submit multiple pics of the same fish for a particular phenotype. 

• The same photo cannot be used in two different photo contests, the same fish may be used in different contests.

• Any picture you post must be owned by you (i.e. taken by you) of a fish from your tank.

• All photos submitted cannot be more than 500 Pixels in dimensions and must be sent as a .JPG or .GIF image.

• All photos submitted are the property of the Entrants and are not to be copied, unless otherwise stated.

• Once you have "Placed Your Vote" you cannot vote again.

• Entering a photo will be done with consent for The Angelfish Society to use the photo on it's website for any non-commercial purpose. In every instance the owner will be given credit for the photo.

• Each phenotype will have a separate contest.

• The picture must be a complete angelfish with all fins showing. All fins, right to the tips should be visible in the photo.

• A photo of any age angelfish is acceptable as long as the photo shows the traits for the current phenotype.

• A completely masked recessive genotype (for example: hidden recessives; heterozygous pearl, heterozygous stripeless, ect...), will be allowed to enter this phenotype.

• In an effort for non-biased votes, Photos submitted should not have names on them. These photos will be placed in the members only section on the TAS page. Once voting is over, copyrights and names will be put the pictures and moved over to the current photos section on the TAS site for all to view for 4 to 6 weeks.
  

Judging Criteria

• Body shape: including head, operculum and body. An operculum is a lid or flap covering the aperture, on the the gill cover. Bodies should be round as possible or slightly higher than long. Head profile should be smooth with no humps, although a predorsal notch is perfectly acceptable. Does the eye look the right size? Are the lips too big?

• Finnage: for example; are they symmetrical , fully formed, not torn. The fins should be straight without kinks or twists. Smooth gradual curves in the ventral (pelvic) fins are fine. A photo of an angelfish without all of its fins showing should be marked down. If it looks like the tiniest portion of the fin tip is hidden, then maybe would be okay, but anything approaching 1/2" or more should be marked down.

• Pigmentation: Are the colors / markings a good representation of the phenotype?  Does the fish express the trait well?

• Deportment: for example; How the fish is displaying? Fins outstretched and the fish appearing alert and active? Clear eyes, no signs of disease.

• Picture quality: for example; crisp focus, clean glass, motion (blur), are the eyes visible (the pupil and iris).

• Picture composition: includes artistic issues such as: aquascape, how much the fish fills the image, the angle the fish is viewed (90 degree side view is best, anything else should be marked down), etc..