Solar Flare Angel

[Chad Vossen]

What don't you get?

It is an extremely rare color variant of C. loriculus, missing almost all of the black pigmentation. Many people will like regular flame angels more, but for someone who is looking for a truly one of a kind specimen with a very neat story behind it, this is a perfect fish.

~Michael

Lets make a deal. You share the story behind this angel, and I'll post some video and lots of pictures for everyone.

 

[rorroreef]

I sure hope Michaelcb agrees to that deal. I want to know as well as many others I'm sure.

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

Thanks for sharing dwanner, cant wait to see it in your tank!

 

[jschultzbass]

dwanner - beautiful fish! You are one lucky guy!

BTW - what's your favorite Saltwater store in the cities?

 

[dvmsn]

How can you be certain it is genetic melanism? It was my understanding that many melanistic fish revert to their regular colors in captivity. Beautiful fish btw.

 

[dwanner]

Nothing is 100% certain in life, but I trust Live Aquaria and their staff's assessment of the fish and have no reason to doubt them. Jschultz my favorite store in the Twin Cities is Saltwater Empire.

 

[nysbadmk8]

Nothing is 100% certain in life, but I trust Live Aquaria and their staff's assessment of the fish and have no reason to doubt them. Jschultz my favorite store in the Twin Cities is Saltwater Empire.

I too thought about buying that fish, But my current state of having a few too many angels that peacefully exist as of right now, and my 60 hour a week job made me think twice. Congrats on the pick up, I too see beauty in the rarity of a fish.. not the flashiness of it.

 

[Chad Vossen]

http://youtu.be/-yw9YDVFhCQ

 

[SDguy]

Neat! But I'm confused.... who's thread/fish is who's?

 

[dwanner]

It's my fish but Chad offered to take videos and pictures since neither are my strong suit. Only one of the 2 juvenile flames that are in the QT along with the Solar flare appeared in the video, but all 3 fish are doing extremely well.

 

[Chad Vossen]

typo in the other post. now the video should work properly.

 

[bullitr]

Very nice
It seems that you can see some black stripe silhouette in some angle

 

[auem]

the fish is looking really great...and the silhouette of stripes is making it more beautiful..:beer:

 

[euod]

any update?

 

[Chad Vossen]

I sent the pair to Todd Gardner, so expect to see something in the coming years

 

[euod]

How's the color holding up?

 

[Chad Vossen]

Color has remained the same