Gold Flake Angel Reef Safe?

SDguy said:
It also seems to be missing its namesake... the gold flakes.
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You bring up a good point. Why is there no distinctive gold flakes in my fish? The fish is in a transformation stage from juvenile to adult coloration. I am hoping to show an updated picture later in 2013 once it has reached full adult coloration.

Quote from Practical Fishkeeping
""œAs juveniles they have a crisp yellow body with gold centres to the scales. As the fish matures, the outer edges of the scales begin to darken and the golden spots become more prominent."
 
That's kind of strange. In the 4years I had my Gold Flake, he always showed the "flakes" as in the picturs. Plus he never changed color. Could it be that yours may be changing sex instead?
 
Not sure how it can be a hybrid. Take another look at the pictures from when it was a juvenile. Does that show any sign of being some type of hybrid? It's going through a color transformation right now into adult coloration.
 
Crusty Old Shellback said:
Not a hybrid.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+18+1424&pcatid=1424

I'm not sure why yours is loosing color. According to the picture on live aquaria and my personal experience with mine, the adult color almost mimics the juvi. SO maybe as I sugested, it's changing sex.
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The juvies look nothing like the adults, except for the yellow. The pic on LA is incorrect. I have a baby in my tank in the video.

Below are pics:

apolemichthys-xanthopunctatus.jpg


juvie-goldflake.jpg


http://glassbox-design.com/2010/juv-goldflake-angel/
 
Your juvenile goldflake is even younger than mine thus looking completely different. In a year time, yours will look like what mine was 2 years ago. I am not sure if people posting on this thread are aware of the color changes that a goldflake goes through from birth to adulthood. You get to see all that since yours is so young. It will take a few years to get to the adult coloration. The picture on liveaquaria is of a full grown adult and a juvenile goldflake that is more than a year old. Which is what mine looked like when I picked it up in 2010.
 
echoreef said:
Your juvenile goldflake is even younger than mine thus looking completely different. In a year time, yours will look like what mine was 2 years ago. I am not sure if people posting on this thread are aware of the color changes that a goldflake goes through from birth to adulthood. You get to see all that since yours is so young. It will take a few years to get to the adult coloration. The picture on liveaquaria is of a full grown adult and a juvenile goldflake that is more than a year old. Which is what mine looked like when I picked it up in 2010.
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I can't wait. The LFS got 4 of them in. Mine was the smallest at 1.5". The others were 5", 6" and 7" and all had adult coloration. The largest was STUNNING. He sold out of them in less then 3 days. The largest would have sold sooner but arrived not eating. The day it started devouring mysyis, it sold right in front of me.
 
I think you guys missed what ech72 is talking about. If you go back to page two and look at his pictures, his adult fish has lost it's black color from 2010 to 2012.

The 2010 and 2011 picturs show a healty colored fish. The 2012 picture shows his has lost the black in it's fins.

Could it be that the fish is changing to the other sex? Do we even know what the coloration of a male/female is? I know that in some deep water angles, there is a major color difference between male/female. I saw my Bellus angle change from female to male in my tank before I could get a male for her. The male has yellish coloring while the female has blue. So could this be a similar occurence?
 
Crusty Old Shellback said:
I think you guys missed what ech72 is talking about. If you go back to page two and look at his pictures, his adult fish has lost it's black color from 2010 to 2012.

The 2010 and 2011 picturs show a healty colored fish. The 2012 picture shows his has lost the black in it's fins.

Could it be that the fish is changing to the other sex? Do we even know what the coloration of a male/female is? I know that in some deep water angles, there is a major color difference between male/female. I saw my Bellus angle change from female to male in my tank before I could get a male for her. The male has yellish coloring while the female has blue. So could this be a similar occurence?
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You're right. It looks as if the fins are losing their black. I totally missed that.
 
I am not sure if my fish even reached adult coloration yet? Definitely, it is changing color. All of the fish in my tank is super healthy so I cannot think of anything that could trigger the change. I am hoping it is just a normal process of changing from one stage to another. It will be interesting to see what the fish looks like a year from now. The reason why I think it has not fully reached the adult stage is that the gold flake on the body is not prominent yet, which is a sign of still stuck in the juvenile stage. Anyone with a gold flake angel that has it from the beginning to reaching full adult that could provide info would be great.
 
Wow, those are some gorgeous fish from Copp's aquarium. His goldflake does show some of the similarities to the one I have such as the tail being mostly yellow instead of black and the gold being not as prominent as seen in adult goldflakes. The reason why I am hesitating to call it a hybrid is because a year or two ago, the fish shows no sign of being a hybrid whatsover. Mouth is completely blue, tail is dark black. Nothing says flagfin/goldflake hybrid at that point.
 
This is what is confusing. Your pictures labled '10 and '11 show an adult goldlake, but the '12 picture shows something different, hence me thinking it may be changing sex.

But you are calling the earlier pictures Juvi and that it is changing into an adult now. My Goldflake was an adult when I got him at about 4". I had him for 3+ years and he never changed his color. He's the one in the pic I posted. Black fins, bright gold flakes on the body and blue lips.
 
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