My Son's Angels

[j_li8]

They look good Al. I had a pair that look very much like your marbles but less orange on the crown. Still have what i assume to be a sibling to the pair. Hoping i can figure out the sex and pair it to another one. Keep them up and going Ethan, its hard to find anyone better to learn from.

[brewmaster15]

Thanks Guys,
The Marbles may be old school, but they still have a place in my heart...maybe because its one of the few fish lines I have ever maintained for so long.... Theres also something "special" about these. Many of the ones I see in LFS or else where are small, and the fins have been shortened..These guys are still stocky and maintain a good genetics for growth.....They also have some pearl scale in them which throws some nice irridescence into the mix.

The new angels lines may be taking the world by storm, but from what I have seen they tend to be smallish? maybe too much inbreeding?Maybe I am missing the boat on that one...but they just don't do anything for me.

The scalare wilds should make some good breeding stock ...I need one other line to work with and cross them to......but thats down the road...

In the meantime...I'm heading up to my friend Dennis's on Wednesday to get one of my old lines back...I'm very stoked!

-al

[wreck]

those angels are awesome, i currently have a bunch of marble babies. marbles are my favs. those wilds are awesome al!!!!. do those wilds need to be kept in super soft water??

chris.

[dbfzurowski]

Very nice, I to have a soft spot for marble angels, both black and gold. I did breed them for a little and sold to LFS, then came discus... anyhow your son is doing a great job, bet you daddys proud

[ifixoldhouses]

I just got my first batch of fry from a female marble, and a jet black male, I wonder what I'll get, some look white, some look black, but they are only a week or so old. I am using them as practice till my discus pair up

[brewmaster15]

Hi Brian,
Congrats on your batch of fry. Breeding Angels is fun....just becareful...they can quickly over populate your tanks!

Some of My angel fish adventures...
http://www.forum.simplydiscus.com/sh...ad.php?t=50460

If you want to try and figure out what your angelfish will look like....Check out this site and link...http://theangelfishsociety.org/standards2.htm

The Angelfish breeders have a very good handle on the genetics of Angelfish... Theres alot less variations in angels than Discus which makes it possible to really get a good idea as to what fry will look like...


hth,
al

[Eddie]

Beautiful Angels Al and Ethan! All the best with the breeding.

Eddie

[ifixoldhouses]

How did you ever get rid of all those angels?

[brewmaster15]

Thanks Eddie!!

How did you ever get rid of all those angels?

Brian,
A bunch went to some area LFS...some to family... but I literally sent them out by the boxful to many of my friends if I knew that they had the slightest interest in them. It was bad...I was using anything that could hold water ...garbage cans etc..to grow out the fry.

I tend to go overboard when I breed something...I ran into the same thing last year with festivums and port cichlids.

-al

[Eddie]

It was bad...I was using anything that could hold water ...garbage cans etc..to grow out the fry.

I tend to go overboard when I breed something...I ran into the same thing last year with festivums and port cichlids.

-al

Sounds like fun though......I'm the same way!

[Discus-n00b]

I want to know how you managed water changes on that tank without sucking any fish up! LOL

[brewmaster15]

I want to know how you managed water changes on that tank without sucking any fish up! LOL

Good question! I doubt I would have noticed them missing if I had sucked a few up! But I do have method for tanks loaded like that with fry. Its highly complicated and technical....not!! I just fit a prefilter sponge ( usually an aquaclear replacement sponge) over my siphon tube.....works fine and you can even use it to simlutaneously wipe down the tanks bottom and siphon for a water change at the same time!


-al

[Alok]

Cool Al. Angels are my wife's favorites and those wilds are awesome. I love them too, but they come second to discus unless you are talking about altum angels, then it becomes really hard to decide...

Did you ever have/try true altum angels?

[brewmaster15]

Hi Alok,

Did you ever have/try true altum angels?

Oh yesss.... I have brought them in and sold them before and kept them...Beautiful creatures to be sure.

take care,
al

[Jayhawk]

I am breeding angels too. coming across good stock means a lot. and those are very nice. Thank you for sharing.