Queen Angel or Blue Angel

gatorzone19

gatorzone19

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I caught another angel today and I cannot tell if its a queen or a blue. Above the tailfin it has blue edging but below the tailfin it is yellow. What do you think it is? Pics will come tomorow.
 
crypt keeper

crypt keeper

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I'm pretty sure the queen has blue throughout. See oic below. The blue has more of what you are talking about. Either way they are gorgeous fish
 
juniors04

juniors04

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Originally Posted by Gatorzone19
http:///forum/post/3025379
I caught another angel today and I cannot tell if its a queen or a blue. Above the tailfin it has blue edging but below the tailfin it is yellow. What do you think it is? Pics will come tomorow.
How do you catch them?
 
salami trigger

salami trigger

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Yea..I was at the Esplanade on Marco the other day...could have sworn I saw a HUGE French Angel munching on algae on one of the boat lines.
I almost jumped in for it!
 
juniors04

juniors04

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Thats pretty cool how you guys can do that. I wish I could do that over here in San diego we have ugly fish over here haha.
 
martymcfly

martymcfly

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Looks kinda like my Blue Angel. Most of the time the verticle stripes on the Blue are more curved than on the Queen at least this is what I have read. Here is my Blue so you can compare.
 
pastor b.

pastor b.

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Dear hobbyist,there's no doubt in my mind that the fish you've caught is a juvenile queen angel fish. Mine was the same color as a juvenile, but that was over 3 years ago,its now nearly 10 '' now in my 150 gallon aquarium, and is the most aggressive fish within the tank . Nobody bothers the queen
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fish are good

fish are good

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hello all who catch there own fish i am so jelous of you i am going to the keys in september and am wondering what you have to do to be able to "harvest" something live the only thing i know is that you can not take live rock. also we go every year and my twinand i have cought a puffer, several starfish, anemonies,a file fish,horse shue crab, jellyfish, hermit crabs, time silver fish,eel kinda, sea slugs but nothing like angels or things like that. what should i know and share your stories.
thanks Jake
 
mantisman51

mantisman51

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Only protected species, which queens and blues aren't, are illegal to catch in any state. If you can catch them on a hook legally, and most all angels you can, you can catch them alive legally. Now, if you're going to sell them, that's another story.
 
aquaknight

aquaknight

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Originally Posted by fish are good
http:///forum/post/3027785
hello all who catch there own fish i am so jelous of you i am going to the keys in september and am wondering what you have to do to be able to "harvest" something live the only thing i know is that you can not take live rock. also we go every year and my twinand i have cought a puffer, several starfish, anemonies,a file fish,horse shue crab, jellyfish, hermit crabs, time silver fish,eel kinda, sea slugs but nothing like angels or things like that. what should i know and share your stories.
thanks Jake

Live rocks, but also any hard corals or sea fans are off limits.
http://myfwc.com/RULESANDREGS/Saltwa...harvestmls.htm
As far as the angels posted, I believe gatorzone's to be a Blue, and McFly's to be a Queen. Generally how I tell on Juvis, directly above and below the caudal (tail fin), Queens have two blue patches that form into soild blue edging around the streamers all the way. Blue's have either one or two yellow patches instead.
That said, they are definitely mixed and not pure either way. The only specific areas we know of that has a "pure" species are Queen's off Brazil.
 
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