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chefjamesscott
10-20-2009, 5:32 PM
A while back when I picked up my 300g tank and cut a deal on a fish hatchery, I came back with all of his breeding stock. This comprised of many adult angels.
I decided to put them up for sale but have also kept back the pure black, blue black and dark marble.
My ? is are black angels more expensive or harder to get ahold of?
I will take some pics of the angels for you to see and post them later
gotglock
10-20-2009, 5:34 PM
Almost every LFS i've been in has a lot of black angels. It really depends on what kind of Angel (Fancy or Veil) and coverage of black (Some have a touch of grey and others don't).
chefjamesscott
10-20-2009, 5:53 PM
ok here are a few quick pics of some of them for ya to see
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/making%20babies/IMGP5862.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/making%20babies/IMGP5860.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/making%20babies/IMGP5853.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/making%20babies/IMGP5859.jpg
http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn352/chefjamesscott/making%20babies/IMGP5857.jpg
a few others of the marble type of varying degrees of darkness but the above give the general idea
petluvr
10-20-2009, 6:03 PM
Some say the blacks are more difficult to keep, however this has not been my experience.
jm1212
10-20-2009, 6:52 PM
true black angels are harder to keep because of breeding lines, but black lace angels (which is what you usually see in the LFS) are just as easy to keep and just as valuable as any other pair.
i believe Rich has a fully grown true black veil angel, rather than a black lace.
pinkertd
10-20-2009, 6:58 PM
I can't answer your question but wanted to say you have some gorgeous angels there Chef!!
chefjamesscott
10-20-2009, 7:02 PM
thanks pink
a few of them had very ragged fins when I picked them up he had moved almost all of the fish into the 430g for shut down and it was african, angels and live bearers and the africans were taking fin shots.
I plan to keep at least 10 of them for myself for breeding stock.
true black angels are harder to keep because of breeding lines, but black lace angels (which is what you usually see in the LFS) are just as easy to keep and just as valuable as any other pair.
i believe Rich has a fully grown true black veil angel, rather than a black lace.
:iagree:
theicequeen
10-21-2009, 12:14 PM
I was actually on here looking for the same answer about the black angelfish. I got one from the pet store I work at and have never seen one there before (worked there over 5 years). My angel is completely black with orange eyes. I have had him for 6 months now. But when I search about black angelfish I come up with nothing.
chefjamesscott
10-21-2009, 1:14 PM
nice looking tank
yeh same here when I picked up these breeders, have not seen the like in the pet store. marbles yeh but never pure black
I have never seen this kind of angel it has a gun metal type sheen on it that my camera can't pick up
theicequeen
10-22-2009, 9:21 PM
Just found on google that it might be a Black Lace Angelfish