Angelfish fin types
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There's also a fourth one. Some consider it a variant of the super veil. A superveil flairs out while this type does not, making it look like a ribbon. It's sometimes referred to as a ribbontail. It's rare but considered by some breeders as ugly.
It was in the front cover of the Aquarium Fish International mag, a few years ago.
Found the magazine
Here's a scan of the front cover....
I've raised a gold fry rescued from one of the local chain LFS to look like this and paired it with one of my standard veil gold angels.
This cover spurred a discussion of how ugly this fish was on one of the other Angelfish boards at the time. Some of the experts considered it ugly and the product of poor water conditions and the magazine showed poor judgment in having it on the cover.
My breeding pair indicates that the trait is more genetic than environmentally influenced. They produced fish that were another variant of the veil tail angels. I've grown gold angels with combtails from their fries which later on produced ribbontails as well. I don't have the numbers to prove that it is genetic conclusively, however.
Here's a scan of the front cover....
I've raised a gold fry rescued from one of the local chain LFS to look like this and paired it with one of my standard veil gold angels.
This cover spurred a discussion of how ugly this fish was on one of the other Angelfish boards at the time. Some of the experts considered it ugly and the product of poor water conditions and the magazine showed poor judgment in having it on the cover.
My breeding pair indicates that the trait is more genetic than environmentally influenced. They produced fish that were another variant of the veil tail angels. I've grown gold angels with combtails from their fries which later on produced ribbontails as well. I don't have the numbers to prove that it is genetic conclusively, however.
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