Captive bred flames

[jay0705]

As the title states, captive bred flame angels!!! When did this happen?

 

[2quills]

Apparently many years ago a couple of guys in Hawaii were breeding and selling them commercially. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/7/media

But this is the first I've heard of them.

 

[lmforbis]

I saw one on divers den yesterday. It was kind of ugly. Red but not as vibrant as mine. The stripes were pale and no blue on the edges of the fins.

 

[lmforbis]

And $199. Kind of spendy.

 

[jay0705]

Imforbis- that is where i saw it. I agree on the colors. It did sell tho. I just couldn't believe seeing a captive bred one. Its no secret captive fish have a better survival rate, i prefer to buy them myself.

 

[lmforbis]

I do too. Every captive bred that is sold if one less wild fish sold.

 

[jay0705]

Yup

 

[Jesterrace]

IMHO the only captive bred angel that is an improvement is the Biota Captive Bred Coral Beauty. Colors are amazing on those and although spendy at $70, is not the rip off $200 for the captive bred flame that doesn't look anywhere near as attractive as it's wild caught counterpart.

 

[jay0705]

The captive flames do color up from what i have read. A vast majority of wild fish get there colors from their food

 

[lmforbis]

It would be interesting to see a series of pics over time as that happened.

 

[jay0705]

Agreed, i think there so new there isn't much out there on them. They do seem to sell when avb tho