Hi Mama
This one looks much better. The fin damage will heal soon. I am not a great fan of the double veil fin, as they tend to look in poor condition, even when they are in top condition, and have problems swimming. I prefer the single veil fined verities. If you have a standard fined fish, and can get them to pair, these would produce 100% single veil fish.
I have been breeding angel fish for 14 years. I started with live bearers. Moved on to neon’s and dwarf gourami’s. I then paid a visit to my LFS (which I still use), where he breed angels in the shop. From then on I was hooked. My 2ft tank turned into a 3ft, and then onto another 9 tanks on a home made rack in my front room. From here on angel production started. I read all I could about the colour genetics of angels, and then set about producing the colours that I wanted. I did not have too much successes at this stage in producing to many colour varieties, nerve mind the fabled purple angel that I wanted.
After 7 years I tried to breed discus, but after 3 years only managed one unsuccessful spawn. I then had to move house, (to a rented house) and this put a stop to all the breeding. 3 years ago I bought my current house, but for 2 years only had a 90l tank.
Last summer me and my wife were visiting a garden center, with an aquatics centre attached, and saw a 88 UK gall tank and cabinet that we fell in love with. This was purchased, cycled with 4 2” angels golden marled which soon paired up (two pairs). I then with the wife’s permission converted the garage (junk storage area) into a 1000 UK gall centralized system. 4 pairs of discus were then purchased, and have been breeding ever since, but I have struggled to raise the fry to a sellable size ( I have now found out what I have been doing wrong and the current batch of fry, now three days old (free-swimming) should be fine, fingers crossed). I have slowly been purchasing different coloured angels, and finally have the breeding pairs I need to produce all of the current colour varieties Norton has identified. I currently breed about 1000 fry a week, after culling this is reduced to about 200 to raise to selling age. Some I keep to try and produce new colours. The main colour I am working on at the moment is a “Blue Koi”. This is a standard koi, with the golden cap removed, and a more blue hue to the white body, but still with the light marbling. I have nearly fixed the colouring, and will release it to the market in about six months to a year.
Enough for now as I have to up at six in the morning for work…..
Dolphin
