My new angelfish

[Jacky12]

I purchased 5 today from the local shop that specializes in SW, but has a nice FW collection. One is all black like the single fish I have and the others have interesting markings. I bought 3 all black ones at Petsmart less than a month ago and all looked good, but 2 suddenly died. The trio stuck together and it pained me to see her all alone. They are in a healthy tank, all good params, and the rest of the community continues to thrive. I have had much better success with the little SW shop than big stores and will buy what I can from them in the future. Owned by a very nice older couple who have been into fish for decades.

I took some pics & can’t upload any. I failed to upload a pic of a Synodontis petricola for Colin a while ago. I don’t think I’m doing anything different from when I successfully uploaded photos before. I will try later. I had to take many photos with this iPad to get a few decent ones.

 

[Jacky12]

Trying again to upload new anglerfish photos

Failed!

 

[ColdKoi]

I prefer to use offsite hosting like Google pictures or Photobucket, it’s much easier to work with at times!

Sorry to hear you lost 2 of your angels. Sometimes it’s just purely bad genetics or other things out of our control! I wish we had local mom&pop shops, I much rather support them over big box stores and I can’t help but think you get a fish from a much better line of genes as well as just being cared for a lot better.

 

[Jacky12]

I’d have to say the two small local fish shops get better fish, but often the selection is limited.

I am usually able to add photos through my iPad files, will try again. Thanks, I’ll keep your suggestions in mind if I continue to have trouble

 

[Jacky12]

Trying again to show off my new angelfish

Failed again! All appears to go well, but they don’t post.

 

[Jacky12]

Hah! It worked!

 

[Joe_D]

With the selected breeding of fish by some. I'm surprised that no one has ever breed much smaller version of of Angle fish as they are so good looking.
No, it would not really be natural but neither are a lot of fish sold.
Many would love to have a pair of angels but do not have the room for them.

 

[Jacky12]

Awww…that would be adorable, mini angelfish!

 

[ColdKoi]

That’s a pretty good idea really. It really takes a fairly large tank to house a couple full grown angels and not everyone has the room or budget for larger tanks.

 

[Andy Sager]

That’s a pretty good idea really. It really takes a fairly large tank to house a couple full grown angels and not everyone has the room or budget for larger tanks.

To be honest, smaller Angelfish would probably still be aggressive when older so not a good fish for a small tank. If they paired, it would be even worse.
There is a small angelfish specie ( P. leopoldi ) that can take a smaller tank than P.scalare but they still need space to prevent bullying.

 

[Andy Sager]

Trying again to show off my new angelfish

Failed again! All appears to go well, but they don’t post.

Nice fins on those fish.