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03/24/2025

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02/20/2025

Mated pair of albino veil angels

02/11/2025

High color koi angelfish mother tending to her eggs upon a leaf.

02/09/2025

2 day old angel fish.

08/27/2024

How do we arrive at a higher quality angelfish with fewer defects in the fry?
We tend to only focus on positive traits and put the negative traits out of mind. Each fish is a genetic individual with multitudes of traits and a lot of these traits are not visible. When we match two fish we may inadvertently match a lot of negative or deleterious traits with the end result being a mess. So F1 is reserved for wild fish that we know are cleaner in terms of focused deleterious traits. I use H (hybrid) to mark ornamental angel pairings and follow H1 H2 and so on. Hybrid (H) breeding has many dead ends due to obvious and hidden deleterious genes, which is why out crossing to wild or filial lines (F) is important. I breed filial lines as straight wild or F lines to mix into my hybrid lines as dilution of deleterious traits. Some of the most beautiful set phenotypes have a finite deleterious gene for fecundity, milt motility and membrane of egg defect which basically sterilizes these phenotypes. Those with history in breeding are now more concerned with reconstitution of genetic diversity and preservation of phenotypes than developing new ones. Certain phenotypes of which Bulgarians are one have been produced from few pairings and thin diversity in genetics and have a lot of deleterious genome in them, however outcrossing these phenotypes in labor intensive because refocusing the select genes that constitutes these phenotypes is gallon intensive and profit diminishing for all but the most loyal breeder.

08/14/2024

One of our high coverage Koi angels in the dating tank.

08/14/2024

A group of young Manacapuru angels added to the coolection.

04/25/2024

Swap this weekend Northern Illinois Fish swap Eola Community Center 555 S Eola Road Aurora Illinois April 28 11 to 2 pm.

04/10/2024

Swap this weekend in Cottage Grove Wisconsin @ 4592 Baxter Road, rough list of species I will have. Sorry no preorders.

Angels:
Adult pair blue marble
Adult pair blue marble veil have vids on my phone of both on eggs.
Adult unattached angels, not chosen yet but several.
juvies,
blue marble veil and standards
blue silvers veil and standard
kois, nice qtr to 50 cent sized veil and standards no color enhancers used.

Guppies:
Pairs; Schubel greens, blue grass red grass, albino blue grass, albino red grass.

plecos, albino short and veil longfin (these are grown out to 2" or better and have good color)

rainbows:
m tri malanas one 1 to 1 1/4"
m tri bosemani atinjyo 1 to 1 1/4"
m tri bosemani aves creek, 2 " +-
m tri cato river 2.5 " =-
m tri praecox pagaii 2009 1 to 1 1/4"
adult rhadocenrus ornatus searys creek, nice colorful males only 3" (8)
m tri marasai 1.5 to 2 "
note rainbows are in limited supply so see me early

celestial pearl danios aka galaxy rasboras (see me early)
amandae tetras limited quantity nice group for breeding.

01/26/2024

There is a very difficult situation that we who have many fish have a hard time trying to avoid. Fish do not eat grains. No matter the how we treat the soy, the wheat, the rice or the other binder providing fillers fish simply do not have neither the micro bacteria nor the intestinal tracts to provide environment for the forms of microbes that can properly energize grains or fillers without causing serious issues to them. This causes concerns for most of the easy inexpensive quick to feed type products out there because these feeds were designed to add weight and market size to food product fish primarily and food product fish generally reach market size and then their lives are ended to feed people. In aquarium specimens we seek to offer the best life of longevity and health so these filler feeds show their effects upon our pets. It is the same in relation to dogs, for a long time we were told that these filler feeds were good for our dogs, now after years of issues with their skin, cancers, intestinal issues etc. we are looking with greater care into dog feeds. It is now time to look with greater care into the effects of filler feeds upon our pet fish. Difficult, yes, it is, and it will be difficult to produce or purchase feeds that are natural for fish. A more careful examination of gut content of fish in their natural waters and study of the available insects, algae, crustaceans and other feed forms is required to educate us as to what the optimum nutrition will be for our fish.