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White Angels!

Post by 2tall on Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:00 am

I went to the lfs for IAL tonight and saw a pair of white angel fish. Pure...pure white as a "Blizzard"!(That
was for you Nat!) lol! I can't recall ever seeing them before. I must be on a different planet sometimes! Of course theres lots of fish I haven't seen. Has anyone seen them before and your opinion of them if
you don't mind. At $25(16UK LBS) each I won't be getting any in the near future!

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Re: White Angels!

Post by Time-Out on Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:22 am

They're platinums. Look up the varieties of angelfish, you'll be surprised. I have koi blushing, plats, ghost, zebra, marble, leopard, smokey, gold, double dark, some with pearlscale, veil or double veil.

If your two were adults, then £16 is a very good price. Most lfs around here sell adult pairs at £40.

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Re: White Angels!

Post by silverrabbit on Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:25 am

I've seen lovely white ones before, they are so pretty Smile

Never heard of gold ones - they must be GORGEOUS

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Re: White Angels!

Post by Time-Out on Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:32 am

They're not completely gold, just with an extended gold cap and white rest of them. Another strain of them is 'sunset blushing' which i think is a lovely name, but for pretty much the same thing. The only difference is, when they're young, their gill covers are slightly transparent, giving them pink cheeks.
I can't remember if mine is sunset blushing. I think he's just gold.

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Re: White Angels!

Post by silverrabbit on Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:37 am

Aww sounds pretty Smile I love angels

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Re: White Angels!

Post by kizno1 on Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:47 am

Theres some stunning types of angels out there. My favirote are still the wild types like altums
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Like Time-out said if they are adults then that seems a fair price. My lfs sell them at 1" for £2.99.



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Re: White Angels!

Post by Time-Out on Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:10 am

Altums are a completely different breed of angels, not just a different strain. They're from deeper, darker waters and are more akin to Discus in their demands.

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Re: White Angels!

Post by kizno1 on Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:15 am

Fair enough i never knew that. They look stunning in groups with wild discus.

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Re: White Angels!

Post by Chard56 on Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:22 pm

Time I had no idea you had Angels. I've been wanting to get some Black veils but after seeing the Pinoy Ghosts, the Paraiba Smokeys and some of the new strains I don't think I could decide.

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Re: White Angels!

Post by 2tall on Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:15 am

They are all nice IMO and I really like the Pinoy Ghost.

Thanks everyone for the responses!

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Re: White Angels!

Post by Time-Out on Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:44 am

I fell in love with smokey veils. They look like goths!

I'm going to do a Chard here and say: How about a double dark double veil?

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Or even a zebra pearlscale double veil?

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I've only seen the paraiba on light-skinned angels before and didn't like that at all. They looked like they had a bad case of mange or eczema or something. That effect looks so much better on dark. The fancy ones are hard to get hold of. It's like with bettas, the most beautiful are the most elusive (and expensive)! So you've got to breed them to get there ;-)

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Re: White Angels!

Post by 2tall on Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:26 pm

They all are unique and certainly worthy of consideration. There are so many
varieties you never see at the stores or in my case heard of. I'm just amazed
and bewildered at the same time!

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Re: White Angels!

Post by silverrabbit on Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:00 pm

Time, that one in the first pic is beautiful!

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