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June 6th, 2008
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| Angelfish gone Bonkers..
Some one gave my daughter (tennhound) a tank but she had to take the angelfish that were in it too. Since she needed the tank for something else knowing my love for angels she asked if I wanted them. So sight unseen I said yes. When they got here there was one obviously full grown, very fat marble angel. The others appeared to be very young juveniles with huge fins. The two largest bodies isn't aren't bigger than a half dollar.
Well Lo and Behold the (pics 1-3)marble and one of the smaller angels have laid eggs 3 or 4 times (I figures he wasn't old enough, but the lastest batch laid Sunday are officially wigglers. YAY!!! They were being really rough on the other 5 smaller angels so I moved all 5 of the smaller ones to the 75G.
Last edited by Butterfly; June 6th, 2008 at 07:09 PM.
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June 6th, 2008
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| Crazy angelfish...hey at least yours aren't kicking each other butts like mine are lol.
I LOVE the bottom pix that angel is so pretty. | 
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June 6th, 2008
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| (pic s 1-3)After doing a water change today I noticed two of them chasing the other three and guess what I found  ? a leaf full of eggs and two angels laying and covering. Dad is the second pic and mom is the third. Now the three that are left have been moved AGAIN to a thirty gallon long temporarily.
(pics 4,5)The two I want to pair up probably won't LOL
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June 6th, 2008
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| LOL They NEVER do what we want them to do.
Again sooo pretty. | |
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June 6th, 2008
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| WOW im so envious...they are so angelic...how many angels do you have now? | |
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June 6th, 2008
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| Hi butterfly
A black marble crossed with those huge fins would be awesome .
Fingers crossed.
Last edited by seedy; June 10th, 2008 at 02:20 AM.
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June 6th, 2008
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| Thanks allie  I've never seen angels this small/young breed before. The ones I want to pair are the palest blue, probably classed as a smoke 
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June 6th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by seedy  Hi butterfly
A mlack marble crossed with those huge fins would be awesome .
Fingers crossed. | You are exactly right Although I don't think I've ever seen a marble with long fins.
Dads fins are really long, when he gets full grown he will really be something. He is really funny, if you come too close to the tank he snaps those fins out and just quivers like he's just daring me to come closer.
Shawnie I have seven angels now.
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June 6th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly Shawnie I have seven angels now.
Carol | im so jealous...someday...I love the pics... | |
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June 6th, 2008
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Originally Posted by Shawnie im so jealous...someday...I love the pics... | Before we moved last May I had lost or given away all the angels in my profile angel album and these are the first I've let myself have since setting all the tanks back up and they are just so sweet.
Here is a great link for anyone who is interested in angelfish genetics. http://theangelfishsociety.org/genetics.htm
seedy- number 14 has a picture of a long finned marble and you ae right they are gorgeous
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June 6th, 2008
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| Check out the post Sabi made requesting angel pix. I have pix of a male long finned comb tail. He was HUGE 8" tall 5" wide. I have a pix of his pearl scale female somewhere but I need to search. They were very aggressive. Pix of angelfish required for article | |
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June 6th, 2008
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| well I just adore them and would love to take some time soon, (as my life slows down) to have all the knowledge possible...ive saved all the links everyones had with angels, and mine being rescues, I got lucky so you have said before..but id really like just a tank of breeding , healthy , happy angels... | |
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June 6th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Shawnie well I just adore them and would love to take some time soon, (as my life slows down) to have all the knowledge possible...ive saved all the links everyones had with angels, and mine being rescues, I got lucky so you have said before..but id really like just a tank of breeding , healthy , happy angels... | I thought thats what I would have for awhile, In fact the 55G was decorated just for them thinking they could live in it a bit until they grew some LOL Who Knew!!
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June 6th, 2008
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| Thats soooo not fair. I could never get mine to breed when I had them.
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June 6th, 2008
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| Wow, they're beautiful fish. | |
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June 6th, 2008
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| Thanks everyone
Tennhound 
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June 7th, 2008
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| Good luck with the spawn Butterfly!  The Angels are beautiful.. I also love the look of the pale/blue ones...
I have a marble and never realized that a lot of the marbles fins are not long, such as like the striped ones. I was wondering why my marbles fins were short.. sort of stocky and much thicker than the long flow of the striped Angels.
I wish I had a pair.. but guess I should just leave well enough alone. As it is, Ive had to seperate these guys. Imagine if they were in breeding mode!  | |
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June 7th, 2008
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| Congrats!!!Beautiful angels!! | |
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June 7th, 2008
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| Well came home from work today and the babies of the first pair are missing
They were probably lunch. They have spawned four times or so and this is the first time they got to the wiggler stage so we shall see.
Meanwhile the other pair are taking great care of their eggs. I really want to leave them with their first batch of babies (this is how they learn to parent) but after the others in the other tank disappearing I don't know. I want angel babies!!!!
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June 7th, 2008
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| I want you to have angel babies!!! such a tough decision..its like you want to leave them to learn how to care for them for future babies, but at the same time you want to save what you have! goodluck! | |
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June 9th, 2008
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| We have 1 little Angel fry from the 3rd spawning of our Angels.. they've spawned 5 times so far. Still haven't quite got it right. Wilma seems to understand now to eat the bad eggs, but Fred guards them from her and the last 2 batches have gone fungusy. We love Fred, but he's slow at catching on, the 3rd batch was the 1st one that he fertilized.  | |
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June 15th, 2008
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| UPDATE:
Well I broke down and pulled half the wigglers from the second pair and now their free swimming. Such cute and tiny babies I tried to take their pics but they are just little dots. They are in a ten gallon so they don't have to hunt so hard for food, along with a 50% + water change each day. When they get bigger they will go into a 30g to grow out. Right now they are getting garlic guard and first bites. As soon as the brine shrimp hatch they will have baby brine shrimp also. At this point the water changes are really important for any ammonia, nitrites or nitrates and they will stunt (nitrates) and their fins be crooked (ammonia, nitrites). Keep your fingers crossed. Oh by the way the half I left in the tank are gone. Could have been any bodys lunch I guess.
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June 15th, 2008
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| awesome!!!! ill keep my fingers crossed and cant wait to see pics!!! I dont think any of mine are going to pair up LOL ...be my luck id have all the same sex im sure  | |
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June 27th, 2008
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| The baby angles are a little over two weeks old and we're down to 10. Haven't lost any in several days so I think we are stablized in numbers. seems like if they take a full four days to go wigglers and a full four days to go free swimming the fry are bigger and we have a higher survival rate. The water in that tank was a little warm (angels like warm ) and they wiggled at three days and free swam in three more days and were really tiny. Still not big enough to get pictures of(not with my camera ).
Part of the reason for this update is to tell about a cool new product(new to me) I found. My brine shrimp didn't want to hatch so when taking plants to trade at the LFS I asked if they had any hatched and he said no but he had a new product. It's called "Instant Baby Brine shrimp" from Ocean Nutrition. there is nothing in the little jar but BBS. Not even preservatives. There is 0.7ounce in the jar but guaranteed to have over 1.5 MILLION BBS in it. The draw back is you have to dispose of whats left seven days after opening. But my babies just devoured it. It's a little pricey ($10) but if you have lots of fry to feed it would be great. My Threadfin Rainbows loved them too. Bet it would be good to condition them for breeding.
Anyway the fella at the LFS traded me the jar of BBS for my plants and said to let him know how they worked out. http://www.corysrus.com/ibbs.htm
This ad says you can use them for several weeks after opening but the box says seven days after opening.
Oh and this pair have a new leaf full of eggs one day old 
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June 27th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly Part of the reason for this update is to tell about a cool new product(new to me) I found. My brine shrimp didn't want to hatch so when taking plants to trade at the LFS I asked if they had any hatched and he said no but he had a new product. It's called "Instant Baby Brine shrimp" from Ocean Nutrition. there is nothing in the little jar but BBS. Not even preservatives. There is 0.7ounce in the jar but guaranteed to have over 1.5 MILLION BBS in it. The draw back is you have to dispose of whats left seven days after opening. But my babies just devoured it. It's a little pricey ($10) but if you have lots of fry to feed it would be great. My Threadfin Rainbows loved them too. Bet it would be good to condition them for breeding.
Anyway the fella at the LFS traded me the jar of BBS for my plants and said to let him know how they worked out. http://www.corysrus.com/ibbs.htm
This ad says you can use them for several weeks after opening but the box says seven days after opening. | DFS has it as well, here. | |
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June 27th, 2008
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| I highly recommend it to anybody with tiny fry
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June 27th, 2008
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| I just happened to notice today when I was buying stuff on the site. Awesome find! | |
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June 27th, 2008
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| It kind of looks like butterscotch pudding in the jar but when you put it in the tank it separates really easily into individual BBS.They also stay suspended in the water column for a bit, gives the babies time to find them before they wind up on the bottom.
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June 27th, 2008
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| I saved that to my favs!! thanks carol!!!
now if I could be lucky enough one day to have a mating pair, ill be forever happy! | |
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June 28th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| I should get a jar of that sometime. Then I wouldn't be running 2 hatcheries for a couple days each week to keep the bbs collecting going when switching hatcheries. | |
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