I got a pair of breeder Angels

Right from a breeders fishroom......I picked them up when I was at
the coast earlier this week. I stopped by a lfs there and I inquired
about angels and he did not have what I wanted, but looked in his
book.......and he gave me the address of a person & phone # that
rasied them. I gavce the fella a call and he said he would part with a
pair or some of his other stock, and since he was not too far out of
the way, I went for a look..........Just typical common silver
angels......

He also had some KOI angels, and I thought long and hard on buying
some of them, but stuck with the regular silver.


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On Mar 8, 9:08�am, Tristin wrote:
Right from a breeders *fishroom......I picked them up when I was at
the coast earlier this week. I stopped by a lfs there and I inquired
about angels and he did not have what I wanted, but looked in his
book.......and he gave me the address of a person & *phone # that
rasied them. I gavce the fella a call and he said he would part with a
pair *or some of his other stock, and since he was not too far out of
the way, I went for a look..........Just typical common silver
angels......

He also had some KOI angels, and I thought long and hard on buying
some of them, but stuck with the regular silver.

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Way to go.
Did the breeder let you know how old they are?
I find many Koi Angels to be aggressive. I don't know what it is about
them, but they seem to have a bad attitude gene.

Tristin wrote:
Right from a breeders fishroom......I picked them up when I was at
the coast earlier this week. I stopped by a lfs there and I inquired
about angels and he did not have what I wanted, but looked in his
book.......and he gave me the address of a person & phone # that
rasied them. I gavce the fella a call and he said he would part with a
pair or some of his other stock, and since he was not too far out of
the way, I went for a look..........

Neat....wish we had some local breeders available - at least you have a
higher chance of them being disease free......


Just typical common silver
angels......

Over here it is the Koi and the black and white stripey ones that are
more common - getting a black or a silver (platinum) is quite a good
find - I have one black veil tailed and one platinum.....of course the
wild Altum angels are even rarer - my LFS has some in - boy are they
expensive but very beautiful....I'm not sure that the staff want to see
them sold as I've overheard them telling people that they are very
difficult to keep - and the guy who looks after the system in question
has already admitted at much to me on a quiet day....


He also had some KOI angels, and I thought long and hard on buying
some of them, but stuck with the regular silver.

I saw that Tynk mentioned that the Koi can be difficult - my SIL had an
experience that tends to back this up - she had two Koi in her 40gall -
they were dinky when she got them but ended up at around 4" very quickly
- they terrorised every other fish in the tank - she returned them to
the LFS - the staff argued amongst themselves then the Manager pulled
rank and is now the proud owner of two great Koi Angel specimens....

Where are you going to keep them? I remember you mentioning having them
out in your preforms for the summer months but am curious as to where
you have them currently....

Gill

Right now until the outside preforms warm up they are in a 40 gal
tank......heavily planted....

I liked the koi angels but have not read up on them much so I
passed....





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Said they were about 2 years of age......IIRC as I looked at qiuite a
few differemnt fish, so I may be wrong on these as to age...OUtside
preforms have about 20 more deg to go up and styay at that temp as a
minimum for a week or two and they will then be placed outside in a
preform. For now thou as I told Gill they are in a 40 gal heavily
planted tank....My pick up a dozen or two neons tomorrow, or so.
Been feeding the angels krill and chopped silversides and they like it
just fine. As well as cichlid pellets. I know th ewilversides is a
salt water fish but they are high in protein and on the label has them
listed for cichlids and other meat eaters of fresh and sal****er
species.....




On 8 Mar 2007 07:20:02 -0800, "Tynk" wrote:

On Mar 8, 9:08?am, Tristin wrote:
Right from a breeders &ishroom......I picked them up when I was at
the coast earlier this week. I stopped by a lfs there and I inquired
about angels and he did not have what I wanted, but looked in his
book.......and he gave me the address of a person & 0hone # that
rasied them. I gavce the fella a call and he said he would part with a
pair /r some of his other stock, and since he was not too far out of
the way, I went for a look..........Just typical common silver
angels......

He also had some KOI angels, and I thought long and hard on buying
some of them, but stuck with the regular silver.

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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Way to go.
Did the breeder let you know how old they are?
I find many Koi Angels to be aggressive. I don't know what it is about
them, but they seem to have a bad attitude gene.




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On Mar 8, 6:17�pm, Tristin wrote:
Said they were about 2 years of age......IIRC as I looked at qiuite a
few differemnt fish, so I *may be wrong on these as to age...OUtside
preforms have about 20 more deg to go up and styay at that temp as a
minimum for a week or two and they will then be *placed outside *in a
preform. For now thou as I told Gill they are in a 40 gal heavily
planted tank....My *pick up a dozen or two neons tomorrow, or so.
Been feeding the angels krill and chopped silversides and they like it
just fine. As well as cichlid pellets. I know th ewilversides is a
salt water fish but they are high in protein and on the label has them
listed for cichlids and other meat eaters of fresh and sal****er
species.....

On 8 Mar 2007 07:20:02 -0800, "Tynk" wrote:

On Mar 8, 9:08?am, Tristin wrote:
Right from a breeders &ishroom......I picked them up when I was at
the coast earlier this week. I stopped by a lfs there and I inquired
about angels and he did not have what I wanted, but looked in his
book.......and he gave me the address of a person & 0hone # that
rasied them. I gavce the fella a call and he said he would part with a
pair /r some of his other stock, and since he was not too far out of
the way, I went for a look..........Just typical common silver
angels......

He also had some KOI angels, and I thought long and hard on buying
some of them, but stuck with the regular silver.

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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Way to go.
Did the breeder let you know how old they are?
I find many Koi Angels to be aggressive. I don't know what it is about
them, but they seem to have a bad attitude gene.


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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Good job, Tristan.
Angels usually live between 8-10 yrs, so you should have them for
several more years.
Do you know if they are a mated pair, or when you said pair did you
just mean 2 of them?

Like we said before, no one gives a rats ass about your ponds or fish
or plants Roy Tristan Hauer..your a moron and dancing puppet.........go get
help you dumb asshole.

Get your head out of your ass dumbass........yet another dancing
puppet .....how cute!

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I forgot more about ponds and morons than I'll ever know!

No one gives a **** Tristan get a clue moron.

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I forgot more about ponds and morons than I'll ever know!

Who gives a rats ass Tristan ................I really don;t think anyone in
these groups gives a flip about your psychosies or fish!

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I forgot more about ponds and idiots than I'll ever know!

Tristin wrote:
My pick up a dozen or two neons tomorrow, or so.

If you are thinking of the neons for live food I wouldn't bother - my
pair of Angels live with around 20 neons and other small fish and don't
touch them - which is a good thing as I love my neons and they are
hubby's favourites - I know that this isn't always the case and that I
have been lucky to date......I know people have different attitudes
about feeding live fish to fish - personally I turn a blind eye and try
not to think about it too much when my angels and other fish eat the
livebearer fry in the main display tanks....Anyway, if you want to
provide live as well as dead food then getting some livebearers would be
better (and cheaper in the long run as you don't need to replace the
adults and they replace the fry themselves).....

Been feeding the angels krill and chopped silversides and they like it
just fine. As well as cichlid pellets. I know th ewilversides is a
salt water fish but they are high in protein and on the label has them
listed for cichlids and other meat eaters of fresh and sal****er
species.....

Mine get frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, flake and will
occassionally nibble on some veggies such as cucumber or courgette if
not beaten to it by the rabble of Clown Loaches......and of course I'm
sure that they chomp on any mollie or platy fry as I've got both in the
tank and have not seen any fry since the angels went in there....

Gill