We're working with a few angelfish species right now, and one of our newest pairs just started spawning this week. Last night was the first confirmed spawn, with a good number of eggs released.
The female is a rare aberrant version, lacking most of her stripes. She was purchased from Pacific Island Aquatics two months ago, and is already making babies! We hope that she is concealing some interesting genetics, and potentially raise some "designer" flame angels. Flame angelfish have a very long larval stage, upwards of 100 days or so, with low success rates.
This pair spawns fairly early in the evening, which caught us by surprise. I'll update this post with some egg photos next week.
Here's the female giving us her curious stare
The female is a rare aberrant version, lacking most of her stripes. She was purchased from Pacific Island Aquatics two months ago, and is already making babies! We hope that she is concealing some interesting genetics, and potentially raise some "designer" flame angels. Flame angelfish have a very long larval stage, upwards of 100 days or so, with low success rates.
This pair spawns fairly early in the evening, which caught us by surprise. I'll update this post with some egg photos next week.
Here's the female giving us her curious stare