THE FUNDAMENTALS: Selecting the best angelfish

Welcome back to the channel, join me as we select the best angelfish to move on forward with breeding for the next generation. WARNING this is a sensitive topic and is not for all valuable viewers.

[@robleichman394]

I have been breeding angelfish for 15 years and came across your channel and your videos. YOU, sir, are on the RIGHT track! Please keep doing what you do. The angelfish community will benefit greatly from your efforts! Thank you.

[@amazonianangelfish]

Thank you! I have learned a lot and I am still learning. It's breeders like you that I look forward to, and if there's anything that you would like to add or have any tips, please let me know, and I'll definitely put them on this series.

[@richiesfishroom5032]

I just stumbled across your channel and this video as I am wanting to learn more about genetics and producing quality fish rather than just “ breeding” this is very cool and inspirational thank you from Sydney Australia 😊

[@cstoddard7903]

Thank you for the awesome video. It is not easy to be a responsible breeder. Nothing outstanding comes easy. Thank you for sharing the reality which may not be "warm and fuzzy" to everyone. Your fish room is AMAZING!!

[@amazonianangelfish]

You're welcome. This video was so hard for me to make, but I had to get the reality out. I'm glad you enjoyed it ☺️

[@lezgoadventure]

This is an awesome video. I watch all your videos and they are all very informational. Keep up the good work. You are one of the very few that has a very strict breeding program to produce top notch quality fish. You da MAN!!!

[@amazonianangelfish]

Thank you for watching all my videos! It really means a lot to me, and it does help out the channel. I'll be bringing you more videos in the future!

[@lezgoadventure]

@@amazonianangelfish keep them coming! I'm just waiting for that notification bell 🔔

[@MrRvSluis]

Thanks for this informative video. Couldn't help but chuckle at the serious tone near/at the end though lol!

[@amazonianangelfish]

That was the only time I've ever scripted for my videos. Many youtubers do it and I wanted to try. Usually I just record myself without thinking and I blabber too much in circles. I'm sorry for the cringe XD

[@Rauwan82]

Like your video lots information I thank you, looking to see more video And also very interested in buying some of your angelfish 👍

[@sparkyjones560]

Short gill plates was never something I have experienced in my fry. However I do get a good number of fish that developed one eye only or no eyes. Always fins issues of some sort, either ventral or dorsal. 100% correct that you have to cull and cull at every interval or you'll have problems going out the door.

[@amazonianangelfish]

I agree, it's just this batch that had the most gill plate deformity I've seen for a while. Some f1 cross don't even have gill plate deformity, so I guess it's just the incompatibility of the two different bloodline coming together.

[@scottcahala7779]

You have some great looking angelfish. You are doing the hard part culling is never fun. I have seen to many breeders that sale every fish that is swimming regardless if it's deformed or not. Keep up the good work. Those fish like awesome.

[@amazonianangelfish]

Thank you. It is hard, and it is also not talked about or showcased. Me putting up this video took a lot of guts and many failed attempts.

[@scottcahala7779]

@@amazonianangelfish It is a great video. You hit all the points of why you need to cull. Some times it's hard but the Fish community is better when there is good quality Fish available. Rather then a lot's of low quality fish available. Thanks for sharing a great video.

[@amazonianangelfish]

@Scott Cahala thank you, I do try my best for the video. There may be some points I missed, but I guess it'll be for the next video.

[@phongyang8453]

What do you do with the bad ones?

[@amazonianangelfish]

They are feeders

[@bobbymalta73]

Why Those Deformaties Occur in Angelfishes I Have The Same Problem, i Get Rid of Many of them Diformations, could be Cause Their Parent Were Brother & Sister? Thanks For Sharing.

[@plantinfo8184]

Hi, I watched your video that had the Bulgarian green angelfish. I would like to buy some. Please send info. I think the greens are spectacular - Existential.

[@amazonianangelfish]

Please private message me over in messenger

[@plantinfo8184]

i don't know how to use messenger.

[@amazonianangelfish]

@plantinfo8184 it is an app that you'll have to download and you can look me up through there.

[@plantinfo8184]

ok i'll try.

[@dirtyoldfarmhand3]

Awesome

[@gohil_yajur]

Thank you for this ! Will definitely follow along the whole series and learn a lot from you !! One follow up question. From top of the 10 that you did select, at what stage do you determine the male-female pair to breed the next generation? And how is that done ? Please provide some information on that.

[@amazonianangelfish]

That information will be for upcoming videos. There is too much information, as you have seen in this video, to simply be put in one single video as seen on most videos here on KZbin. For your answer, I will not truly know the exact male/ female fish until they lay egg. Once I see that they lay egg, it is confirmed that I can 100% find my own pair to put together.

[@gohil_yajur]

@@amazonianangelfish Amazing ! thanks for the detailed explanation, looking forward to your next videos !! Thank you again

[@Angeleanya]

How do you usually handle the culled ones ? Flush them off the drain pipe ?

[@amazonianangelfish]

At this small stage they become feeders

[@oregonsnob31]

18:23 what does a gill plate deformity look like? Are there any sources I can check out for my next cull series? Thank you!!

[@touchthesun2448]

What happens if you leave them with the parents?

[@Legio_XII]

So inbreeding angels is okay? If so it would make my next breeding project slightly easier not having to look for different genetics.

[@amazonianangelfish]

It's definitely okay. In my experience, I get the best-looking fish from inbreeding, especially if the fish you are working with is already good-looking.

[@watchinvideos22]

The name of the black fish at 22/23 minutes. please?

[@christophermarvin85]

Buy them a about quarter size if possible.

[@amazonianangelfish]

For sure, 2-3 weeks from now they should be that size.

[@Clive8230]

What do you do with the fish you cull?

[@amazonianangelfish]

The word "cull" is misunderstood. It doesn't mean death, it means removed from the breeding pool. The bad ones with deformity are feeders. The good ones with all their fins intact and gilll plates intact are sold to the fish stores if I have too much. I never release any that have deformity.

[@lauracirillo9944]

Do you allow people to home your rejected fish?

[@amazonianangelfish]

I do, message me via messenger

[@BruceIrwin-fo4nf]

How old do Anglefish die.

[@amazonianangelfish]

They can live up to 10 years with the best care given.

[@Muhammadayubuddin]

Can you tell me what height aquarium are best for angel fish ???

[@amazonianangelfish]

40 breeders are perfect for them. 16 inches or 40 centimeters is perfect

[@ableaquariums5480]

What do you do with your culls? Do you have a predator thst gets them? Or euthanasia? Or sell to others as feeder? Or pet fish?

[@amazonianangelfish]

I do not sell the culls unless there's nothing wrong with them. The word "cull" usually has a bad connotation. Cull doesn't mean death. It means being removed from the pool of my breeding stock. For the ones that have obvious deformity, I use them as feeders. For the ones that are good and if I have too many, then they go to the fish store and live the rest of their life with other people's fishes. Nothing is wrong with them. They have all the fins intact of how they're supposed to look like without any bends or kinks, just that I have too many to keep.

[@ableaquariums5480]

@@amazonianangelfish Thanks for responding. I was just curious as no local fish shops (7 of them within 2 hours) will take culls at the sizes you were showing. They won't take anything under the body size of a quarter most often minimum a fifty cent piece size. So to cull at the sizes you do I would either have to move them to other thanks and commit water, tanks, time, and food, or euthanize/feeder. I usually only grow one batch at a time and euthanize with salt/cold the ones with bad fins. I can't give a predator it's own tank as that is space I need.

[@sparkyjones560]

​​@@ableaquariums5480 people generally cull for deformities first, and then split the group on grow out to get them to that nickel to quarter range and send them off for sale as soon as they are acceptably close in size to a retailers needs. I think what he keeps is that top 10-1% of each spawn for breeding stock and using the term "cull" to cover any fish he doesn't consider to be breeding stock quality. And this video is about that top 10-1% he considers "breeding stock quality". It's unfortunate your local fish stores want 50 cent size, it puts the fish at too expensive for a lot of buyers, and too expensive to raise for a breeder to then sell at wholesale prices or in the case of a hobby breeder, below wholesale. Dime size is the smallest safe size, but nickel to quarter size body is better and a lot less risky for transport and holding for a LFS. You can verify with them if the 50 cent size is referring to "body size" or "with fins size" people confuse it but there's a difference. Their 50 cent size might be overall but that would be dime to nickel size body.

[@zeb33369]

You're not wrong about the fins.. I'm sitting in front of my 5ft tank watching an angel about to lay eggs.. unfortunately she has a deformed ventril fin which i didn't know when I got somewhat pushed into taking another pair from the guy who was retiring.. I'd seen her in the tank previously and said "awe, no wonder you're still here", now i own her 🙄😆 they'll be caviar for someone..😐really interesting content, thanks 👍

[@somnathroy8142]

May I have a confirm PAIR of the last WHITE COLOUR (not the black one) Angel fish ?? I am a hobist from India and a Angel fish liver. What will be the cost , pl mention.

[@amazonianangelfish]

Unfortunately, I can't ship to India. I live in the United States and can only ship within the country. But thank you for watching my video.

[@plantreviewsuk1204]

You have a great channel and beautiful videos. I have a huge probem at the moment as some of my angelfishes have stopped eating, they either just look at the food, or eat it and immediately spit it out (I tried different foods, some of the angelfish eat every food, and some others don't eat any). Also the faces of the ones not eating are transparent . I thought was Hexamita / Spironucleus so I treated with metronidazole, but no progress after several days. Have you ever had any similar issue? Water quality parametres are fine, so I am very worried

[@amazonianangelfish]

I have that issue myself as well. I've bought some half blacks as seen in the past video, and they are not doing well and doing the same thing as yours. I know that it's an internal parasite, and I've treated it with General Care with no response. Most of the time, the source of the fish is the issue where they contacted the parasite. Sadly, the seller was not responsible enough to at least let me know because business was more important. Unfortunately, at this stage, I believe it is untreatable due to their unresponsiveness to the treatment, and it may be the same for you. Sometimes, we just can't beat it all, and it's the ugly fact of life.

[@plantreviewsuk1204]

@@amazonianangelfish very sorry to hear that you had the same problem and for you also the treatment was unsuccessful... All the best with your fish and your KZbin channel

[@amazonianangelfish]

@@plantreviewsuk1204 thank you!

[@plantreviewsuk1204]

@@amazonianangelfish you are welcome

[@hemantmalvi7889]

As always great video brother .... Was waiting for you to upload and her comes the notification ❤ Bro having fishroom like you is still dream of mine and having this many varieties of Angel fish man oh man .... Bless you brother Keep uploading Stay safe 🤝🏻

[@amazonianangelfish]

Thank you for your kind comment. It is people like you that motivates me to make videos like this. I definitely will keep it coming!

[@hemantmalvi7889]

​@@amazonianangelfish Brother what is your Instagram id?...

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

Hey Kham- Your fan in Chicago saying thank you for the "fintastic" presentation and the mantra at the end!

[@amazonianangelfish]

I'm glad you enjoy it. That part got me too 😆

[@LeeandMira]

I’ve been waiting for your next video, and was not disappointed. Quality over quantity in breeding, and in context. I’m currently building my room, and look forward to buying into your line of Angels.

[@amazonianangelfish]

I'm glad you enjoy my video. I have many lines of fishes that I made myself, and all available at different times because they are all different age, maturing and breeding at different times.

[@yassinmiteya8782]

Very nice. I really need to study on this

[@amazonianangelfish]

It's definitely something that should not be ignored and, most of the time, swept under the rug.

[@jc49fishniner4lif7]

get rid of 🤔🤔🤨🧐

[@dlioncoulthurst778]

Good Stuff Bro....Hoorah☠

[@amazonianangelfish]

Thank you!