Blue line Angels

[pecan2phat]

Heard a lot of great things about Blue Zoo so I wanted to ask what conditions were the Blue Line Angels coming in at?
You guys are one of the few places that get these guys in occassionly. I searched for a small Blue Line for about a month and was contacted by justrarefish that they had one around 4". I was assured that the fish was treated and clean but it came in with both ick and flukes and did not make it through treatment.

Thanks in advance.

 

[BlueZooAquatics]

Well the ones that we have had in the past few months have done really well. We had one that was held for over a month here at our facility that just recently shipped. Unfortunately it is getting to be the end of the Blueline Angel season. There might be some trickling in from time to time between now and next fall but it is hard to count on them. If I were you I would jump on one when I see it.

When you get a chance, put an email alert in for the size you need on our site and we will let you know when one is ready to ship. Take care.

 

[RegalAngel]

"Unfortunately it is getting to be the end of the Blueline Angel season."

Being new to this, is there a "season" when angels in general are more plentiful to buy?

What about other species of SW fishes? I have a new 300g FO tank that will be needing some angels, tangs, butterflies in the next couple of months.

 

[BlueZooAquatics]

Good question. Sounds like fodder for a future article.

What makes a fish "seasonal" is usually do to migratory travel as in the case with many shark species sold on the market and even some tang species, or weather related in the area in which they are collected. Some of the deeper water species of fish or ones most often collected in remote locations cannot be accessed during the "wet" season because of storms and bad ocean conditions. The Indo Pacific rim for instance has two seasons while we have four. They have the dry season and the wet season. The dry season is typically from December to May. This is the optimal time for collecting and luckily, corresponds to this industries busiest period. June through November is considered the wet season where it can rain up to 80% of the time with frequent storms. Every year collectors try to work through these storms and every year there are boats that go down.

Another example is Passer angels. They come from Central America and until recently were impossible to catch because the waters down there were simply too murky due to back to back to back storms five months ago. So, although this species is not thought of as seasonal, freak weather played a huge part in this fish not being available on the market.

I would say that a good 90% or more of animals sold on the market have no seasonality whatsoever. They are available year round. It is really just the odd ball animal like the Blueline angels, or the Passer angels recently, that can be tough to get at certain times of the year.

Hope that helps.

 

[flameangel88]

pecan2phat:

I agree with BZA unless you're willing to wait otherwise grab it when you see it. BZA had some small ones nicely priced earlier unfortunately I already got two in.

I would definitely treat for ich and flukes/parasites without hesitation on BL.

 

[BlueZooAquatics]

Hey guys. Just wanted to give you a heads up. We have a medium Blue Line angel in stock right now. It is about 3" or so and really healthy. It has been in captivity for a while. We bought it from one of our local customers. It is fat and eating anything that goes in the tank.

 

[ariel47]

Hath I miss that one, by the time I got in from work it was gone.

 

[BlueZooAquatics]

Sorry about that. It sold relatively quickly. We actually waited for a little after posting the above message to see if anybody here would be interested. Hopefully we will get another one in soon.