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July 24th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| I got them!
Thanks to the awesome snail eating abilities of yoyo's, my tank was ready for my babies, the entire reason I bought this tank, Angels. I went to the LFS and my wife instantly fell in love with what were labeled as butterfly koi angels (if they arent please tell me so I can correct my thinking). Here are pics of the fish and I'll have new ones of the tank with the new layout and plants in a day or two, batteries went dead in my camera and they have to recharge  I'll also have pics of my new betta boys, i bought them today but the LFS will hold them for me until I pick them up tomorrow, my bookshelf tank is already reading 0ammo .5 nitrite and 8 nitrate with daily ammo drops being added  | 
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July 24th, 2008
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| Those look like gold marbles...koi orange is usually deeper shade of orange.
Very cute. I had some cute females myself. | |
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July 24th, 2008
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| Congrats on the new angels! I love angels, wish i had some!
Gwenz | |
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July 24th, 2008
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| They are sooo pretty! I wish I had a tank big enough to keep angels... butterfly koi is exactly what I would get if I could.
Congrats on them and the betta boys! | |
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July 24th, 2008
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| Yep those are gold Marbles but many stores call them Koi. Beautiful Angels.
carol | |
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July 25th, 2008
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| Thanks for the ID, I dont want to call them the wrong thing... the deserve better than that. I'm really proud of them, I've wanted angels since I first fell in love with the hobby. Really i fell in love with them but wanted to keep easier fish for a year or two for experience before I took them on. Ill post more pics as soon as they get settled in and i recharge those stinking batteries for my camera. | |
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July 25th, 2008
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| Looks like 2 handsome males there! Angels are great fish, you'll love their character. | |
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July 25th, 2008
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| Beautiful angels!  | |
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July 25th, 2008
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| How can you tell they're males? I thought they were almost impossible to sex, but I dont know squat so I'd like to learn
Impart on me your wisdom, plz | |
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July 25th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| Well, I learned from another fish keeper to look at their snouts - the females tend to have smoother lines and the males have a more pronounced 'bump'. Sometimes it's hard to tell for sure, but mostly this seems to work.. and did help us determine our 1st angel was a male and to buy a female for our 2nd angel. | |
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July 25th, 2008
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| breatiful marbles!! I adore their coloring...thats my goal to have an angel tank also  ...if my pair ever learn to lay eggs that is LOL | |
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July 30th, 2008
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| Aww, they are gorgeous! | |
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July 30th, 2008
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| Nice looking marbles! Make sure to take more pics once they are acclimated. | |
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July 30th, 2008
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| They are BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations....I'd love to see photos when they come out of the bag! | |
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August 2nd, 2008
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| Here are some photos after the angels have been in the tank awhile. They're gorgeous IMO | |
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August 2nd, 2008
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| very, Very nice angels! Congrats!
Carol | |
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August 4th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
|  Yea, they're real beauties!  | |
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August 4th, 2008
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| They are soooo pretty! I just love angels | |
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August 4th, 2008
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| wow. you chose some really nice angels! they will be even more pretty when they grow and are so graceful to watch. (i love watching mine, he is so relaxing) enjoy watching them grow and good luck!!! | |
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August 4th, 2008
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| Thanks for the kind words, I really love them. | |
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August 4th, 2008
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| Nice fish.
Although I'd try and do something about your +ive nitrite levels.
I have 3 angels one like yours and one jet black one. My third one is tiny and didn't seem to want to grow like the other two so I have him on his own in a smaller tank.
Nice clean healthy looking tank you have there! | |
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August 4th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve113 
Although I'd try and do something about your +ive nitrite levels.
| Are you talking to me? I have no nitrite at all, and my nitrAte is below 10 in a fully planted tank  | |
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August 4th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by David C Thanks to the awesome snail eating abilities of yoyo's, my tank was ready for my babies, the entire reason I bought this tank, Angels. I went to the LFS and my wife instantly fell in love with what were labeled as butterfly koi angels (if they arent please tell me so I can correct my thinking). Here are pics of the fish and I'll have new ones of the tank with the new layout and plants in a day or two, batteries went dead in my camera and they have to recharge I'll also have pics of my new betta boys, i bought them today but the LFS will hold them for me until I pick them up tomorrow, my bookshelf tank is already reading 0ammo .5 nitrite and 8 nitrate with daily ammo drops being added | Just noticed as I was reading this that it says .5 and not 5.
Was just trying to help.
And no, not the wrong thread
Sorry Dave. | |
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August 5th, 2008
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| lol, thanks for trying to help steve, I would prefer someone to try than let something major slip by. | |
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August 5th, 2008
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| hehe yeah - you can understand my concerns when I saw 5!
I was like: I can't believe no one's picked up on this yet - his new angels don't stand a chance!
:P | |
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August 5th, 2008
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| heh goldfish can survive anything - My childhood has shown me this!  | |
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August 5th, 2008
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| And besides Steve... the nitrite reading was on my bookshelf tank, that was the home for the bettas after the fishless cycle, the 55gal had been cycled for a month or so My MTS got in the way here | |
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August 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Congratulations Dave! Patient pays well. Glad your Betta tank is almost there.
I'll be joining you soon as Angelfish keeper too! I just can't make my mind as far as eitehr getting adult paired or six juveniles to live the process of pairing-off... My Angelfish tank has gone through a lot (temporary home of Oscars, temporary home of Red-Salmon Rainbowfish) now I have 8 Harlequin Rasboras and 6 Panda Corycats (unless I'm mistaken, since they look like yo-yo loaches to me).
Pepe
Santo Domingo | |
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August 5th, 2008
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| cory's and yoyo's, not easy to mix up, lol...
the angelfish are truly my prize fish, i love the little guys already and they're full of personality. they are always at the tank waiting for me at feeding time and they're just friendly as can be. congratz on soon being an angel owner. | |
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August 9th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by pepetj and 6 Panda Corycats (unless I'm mistaken, since they look like yo-yo loaches to me). | This is what in my practice (Clinical Psychology) I call a slip of the tonge... I have no idea why I mixed this info... maybe lack of sleep or unconsciouss desire to actually find yo-yo loaches at a LFS?
Mine are panda corycats, I helped the employee ID them when they arrived. They hide to the point of totally dissapearing from sight, form time to time, at day or night time in so far unpredictable time-patterns, within the dense vegetation. They are incredibly fast swimmers. I took a video of the Harlequin Rasboras displaying the same or quite similar behavior (moving upwards in zig-zag-like in quick and trembling movements).
I was reading about the yo-yo loaches a few days ago, as I was researching for compatible tankmates for Angelfish... and I totally agree with David C... not easy to mix at all... LOL
Pepe
Santo Domingo
PS: Got six juveniles Angelfish in the tank! | |
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