My little captive bred flame angel! England.

[najer]

Thought I would post this as it is such a rare fish!?
I "think" this is the first captive bred Flame Angel to go in to a private tank in the United Kingdom.
The heritage so far is the Hawaiian program but I am having this checked, very few were released to Europe!
Feisty little thing so I am struggling to get a decent pic, only had it 4 days, I feed RS mysis flake it dives in with everyone else!
... She can swim through normal sized egg crate for some idea of her size

DSC07956 by sshipuk, on Flickr

DSC07961 by sshipuk, on Flickr

 

[Oliver d]

lucky you

 

[atoll]

A TMC import? TMC had a real time facebook video today showing the tank bred flames along with lots of fish and corals they import. Will be interesting to see how it develops. Only downside it seems is the cost at around £125 when larger wild caught are retailing for around £75 each.

 

[najer]

A TMC import? TMC had a real time facebook video today showing the tank bred flames along with lots of fish and corals they import. Will be interesting to see how it develops. Only downside it seems is the cost at around £125 when larger wild caught are retailing for around £75 each.

I agree that it is expensive but I love the fact that it is 1 less fish caught from a reef somewhere.
It is doing great and is like a little red bee buzzing around the tank from 1 spot to the next hunting and grazing.

 

[mort]

Lovely fish bud. I saw a recent discussion elsewhere with people arguing the worth of these but if I was in the market for a flame I would jump at the chance. Please keep us updated as she grows.

 

[najer]

Lovely fish bud. I saw a recent discussion elsewhere with people arguing the worth of these but if I was in the market for a flame I would jump at the chance. Please keep us updated as she grows.

Thanks, when I got home from work and fed the tanks she was in the cube end for the first time that I have seen.
A lot of the bigger fish live in there, she dived right in amongst them for food!

 

[najer]

I was taking a pic of the cats to explain size, she zipped past!

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[Webslinger]

Wow tiny

 

[ca1ore]

Nice. Curious, captive bred or captive raised?

 

[wowkingjames]

Nice!

 

[94Roarge]

I love it! My opinion on the captive bred things is the more we/you buy the cheaper they will get over time and then the vairiety of fish will keep getting more diverse! (I just wish we had more than just captive bred clowns over here [emoji17])

 

[najer]

Nice. Curious, captive bred or captive raised?

Captive bred.

 

[GHsaltie]

Oh my goodness so tiny and cute! I think the extra cost is worth it to promote and encourage captive breeding projects. It seems like this hobby has made some huge leaps in progress just in the past year, I can't wait to see what 2018 and 19 have in store for us.

 

[najer]

... oh and she has learned how to photobomb!

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[Flippers4pups]

Very cool! Happy little fish you have there!

I agree that we all should buy captive bred fish when we can. Much rather buy them than wild.

Doesn't look like any issues acclimating to tank mates. Good to see.

See you have a chalk bass, love those under rated little guys!

 

[najer]

Very cool! Happy little fish you have there!

I agree that we all should buy captive bred fish when we can. Much rather buy them than wild.

Doesn't look like any issues acclimating to tank mates. Good to see.

See you have a chalk bass, love those under rated little guys!

Thanks, loving her.
Chalk bass is a little cracker, I have a very chilled tank, it has done "handbags" a couple of times!

 

[najer]

Couple of little tank bred friends in today, so far they are loving the cat!

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[najer]

How to explain her?
She goes about her own business, hunting and grazing.
She interacts with all the fish, physical contact, the only fish she is a touch submissive too is the jewel blenny (it is her tank) and the chalk bass (they sleep in the same cave as far as I am aware).
Loving watching her interact and settle!

 

[najer]

I was taking a pic of the monti frag, loving this photobomb, she has coloured up great!

DSC08403 by sshipuk, on Flickr

 

[najer]

Update, still a little so and so to try and get a pic of, gorgeous colours now!

DSC08732 by sshipuk, on Flickr