The problem with all of these Angelfish is that we would like to put them into color groups but standards for many of what is available now just confuse issues as much as they answer them. As I said previously, there are now 7 recognized "marble" Angels by The Angelfish Society. That's amazing if you think about it. What then constitutes a "Marble" and why do we now have 7 types and not only 1 type a.k.a. Marble?
What kind of color/name would you call this fish? It is the freebie baby that came in my plants in the spring and it is probably half grown now. But was wondering if anyone might think it is a certain color. As for the pic being crooked I loaded and reloaded it and it is normal in my pics and turns sideways when I load to the album, even tried to make it off in my computer pics so it, might load right here but no!
I also got 4 double black babies from someone last week, very pretty too.
There is no such thing as a "Black" Silver. The original Silvers that started showing some Black were the original Black Angels. These showed the stripes under the right conditions. Since then, the color has been modified to not show the stripes.
No big deal with the clustering or the dyed slate but you may want to eventually try bleed out the M Blue once it gets too saturated so you don't get too heavy a dose on your eggs in the future. You have time for this.
There is no such thing as a "Black" Silver. The original Silvers that started showing some Black were the original Black Angels. These showed the stripes under the right conditions. Since then, the color has been modified to not show the stripes.
Truthfully, I find it more a pain in the butt to get the dead eggs out before the fry are free swimming that I stopped doing it un less they already fell off the slate. I've had so many fry not have any issues being in a tank with fungused eggs that I don't think twice about it. As long as the fry water is clean, you should be okay.
No problem.
I did lose a couple of auctions because I just wouldn't let myself overspend and I'm sure, in the long run, it will all work out for the best. So the hatchery has grown to now include Black Phantom Tetras and Penguin Tetras ( actually false Penguins Thayeria boehlkei) which are 2 of my fave fish besides Angels 
. I've bred both of these fish before but it was a long, long time ago so these are now for me to have some fun. 
They do need to have a bit of time growing but they all look great so far. We'll see in the a.m. if that still holds true. 
Sure glad I cleaned a couple of tanks yesterday even tho I was anticipating only buying some Bettas if they were available. ( They weren't, at least not what I was looking for. )
Today was the fish auction from the Tampa Bay Aquarium Society and I have to say, I was good and stayed within budget.
A little Angel update: It appears that both sets of fry that were free swimming have died. I'm okay with that because they became free swimming which is more than I can say for the others. The thing is that these were 2 pairs ( 1 pair and 1 trio actually) with unproven fish in the mix and the fry looked to be small and unable to eat the newly hatched brine shrimp which may have been the reason for their demise. The timing is right for that. I think the real test is going to be the 1/2 black spawn and the Zebra Lace spawn. These are both proven fish with proven offspring. The wigglers even look larger than the fry I just had so I have more hope for them. Plus, with the addition of the Tetras, I would need to start some infusoria cultures for their fry so I would have it available for the smaller Angel fry. But that shows how much the Angelfish has shrunk with time. In the old days, the brine shrimp didn't even have to be " newly" hatched and newly swimming fry could eat day old or 2 day old brine shrimp with no issues. Not any more it seems.
Lastly, it was nice to meet fellow AA member UnstopaBULLfish at the auction. He got some nice Guppies so hopefully, he will do well with them.
Looks like I got 6 male and 6 female Black Phantoms and 12 Penguins in total at a price better than the Box Store's $.99 sales. Also put the plants out in some trays to see what they looked like and to do a snail check. Good thing too because I found 11 of the buggers in one of the trays already. I don't want snails in my tanks!!!! Too great a chance of them carrying diseases. 
Too bad they discontinued selling "snail rid" in FL. After the QT period with these new fish, I will separate the sexes ( as best as possible with the penguins) so that they spend their energy on growing and priming for spawning. Looks like I will need to set up a little rack near a window for spawning them. I like using the natural ambient lighting for Tetras. 
It will be back up to the high 70s - low 80s in 2 days. THAT'S beach weather for us.
Talk to me when it's hotter than the surface of the sun in April
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I've been in Maine in June and July when it was warmer there than here. It only gets really hot here in Aug, Sept ( the peak of the hurricane season btw ) Most other "non-winter" months it's just humid. The fish may not care about that but I sure do. So you come down in the summers to work my hatchery and I'll go fishing up there in Maine.
Man that sounds good!!![emoji106]And THAT is why I still live in FLORIDA!!!!!
