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Last spring I bought nickle sized angelfish from a local lfs hoping to get at least one pair. I bouth six of them, picked them out myself, had the employee fish them out. Put them in my 75g tank and now have beautiful, peaceful angels that I think are all males, or at least the same sex. Now fighting or sparring from the fish, but no eggs either. Now I am attached to them, but really want to try raising angels. What would you do? Trade them in and try with a new batch, or what?

Take all of them to your LFS but before you do findout if they can sex them for you.

Other wise trade them all in and buy a breeding pair.

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i personally hate when people buy fish, and return them.

i understand that you want a pair, but if you really want a pair, go online and buy a 70 + usd proven pair, and a new 55 gallon.

You are really unlucky not to get a pair from 6 Angels.

The ready paired Angels that you find for sale cost alot & sometimes are at the end of their breeding process.

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Bettachris, I said I was really attached to them. Sometimes returning fish to a lfs is the only viable solution. Besides, what is the difference between selling, or taking to a lfs, the young fish from your successful breeding? Most people if they are lucky enough to be successful breeders, have more fry than they can handle when they are mature.

i have never taken a fish back to any store even if they die, as i find that "personally"""""" if you buy it, it is the persons responciblitiy and i "personally"""" find it wrong that a person buys lets say 1-100 fish for one reason, and than return them,

i know if i was a lfs owner, and a person who wants a pair of angels buys 20 of them, to get one pair and returns the rest, when their are proven pairs online, and if they wanted to breed them so badly their are pairs out there.
again not implying that this is you, but these are what i see so often around here.


again if a pair is so desired i tell people to go and buy a proven pair and keep the other angels they bought. b/c if breeding is the desired goal than tanks shouldn't be a problem, as with breeding xtra supplies should be their, so their should be no problem having breeding pairs, grow out tanks, and tanks for the other fish.

Why not add 5 similar size angels from a local breeder or your local fish club? See if you might generate a mated pair or two from that mix?



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Bob, I have thought of that, since I really like the angels that I have. One marble is a particular favorite, but I really like my veil tail goldens also, so I thought I would try to get them sexed, and matched up with compatable mates.

Pug, how large are the fish now? If they were nickel size when you got them about a year ago they may just now be maturing. I've got two pair that didn't pair off until they were about 2" or larger. Maybe a little more patience is all you need.

James

pugperson, I have a great proven pair that I need to get rid of. where are you located? i won't ship them but if you live close maybe we can work something out.

Thanks for your kind offer 1of2. I live south of Houston, TX. However, I just found out that I do have a breeding pair. Just looked into my tank and I have wigglers! My veil tail golden angel paired up with my black marble. This is their first time, and they seem to be taking good care of their fry, except it is in a community tank. Not sure how to handle things except I hope not to loose all the wigglers.

all that hassle for nothing...hahaha...well, i'm glad things worked out for you. There's nothing more rewarding than i fish having babies. I had a feeling that your fish may have just been on the way to sexual maturity, and time will tell about the others. How did the parents treat the others? Congrats on the new arrivals!!

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