This is what a 10 year old Flame Angel looks like

[sfoister]

Thought I would share this photo. This guy has been with me for a decade in various tanks and just made the trip over to the new house. We don't plan to move again and so I moved our large-ish reef tank over finally.

My 3 year old daughter has named him... Angel. Super creative I know.

 

[albano]

My 3 year old daughter has named him... Angel.

Not 100%... But ... is Angel a girl's name?

 

[sfoister]

I don't think my 3 yr old cares whether it's a boy or girl. She calls it a him and named it Angel. She's 3... she can't even wipe her own *** yet.

 

[caribfan]

My three year old names our true percula "shorty". Kids are hillarious. Nice pic.

 

[jjk_reef00]

Not 100%... But ... is Angel a girl's name?

Nope, there is a guy on Dexter the TV show named Angel, Angel Cabrera the golfer, Angel Hernandez the umpire etc.

 

[albano]

I don't think my 3 yr old cares whether it's a boy or girl. She calls it a him and named it Angel. She's 3... she can't even wipe her own *** yet.

I wasn't making fun of your daughter...only suggesting that the fish appears to be female...

 

[JoelA7]

10 years. Kudos.

 

[Jasanden]

10 years well done. How big is a it? Lol
I have a 13 year old Occ. Clownfish. Without a doubt she is the most important/ favorite fish I own. Also the cheapest.

 

[sfoister]

I wasn't making fun of your daughter...only suggesting that the fish appears to be female...

I wasn't offended... I've never looked under the skirt and I can't tell male from female. How can you tell?

 

[sfoister]

10 years well done. How big is a it? Lol
I have a 13 year old Occ. Clownfish. Without a doubt she is the most important/ favorite fish I own. Also the cheapest.

Not big, 2-3 inches... Incredibly active, eats anything I feed. Has survived some really bad water quality issues including some shockingly high ammonia levels in the past.

The tank was not always under my direct supervision. I set it up when I lived at my folks house and had to leave it when I moved out and started college. I had a smaller 29 gallon cube for a few years and I always wanted to get back to the bigger reefs. Recently purchased a nice big house for my family and decided it was time to get back to the bigger tank. My father suggested I just move/reclaim my old equipment, so it's been back in my possession for about a month. This Flame Angel was the first fish I put in the tank 10 years ago.

 

[pinnatus]

10 years is awesome!

Here is my 6 yr old Moorish Idol:

 

[sfoister]

10 years is awesome!

Here is my 6 yr old Moorish Idol:

He's so angry

 

[SDguy]

Here's a 9 year old Powder blue

 

[sfoister]

It's great to see so many fish living so long. People that care keep their fish alive.

Also, that powder is beautiful. Eventually I'll move to a 6 foot tank.

 

[ca1ore]

Indeed, healthy and happy power blue is a stunning fish. Every clown fish I've ever had my kids have named ..... aw, heck, I don't even have to say it :lol:

 

[AdamNC]

Not 100%... But ... is Angel a girl's name?

No, I went to middle school with a Puerto Rican guy who was named Angel.

 

[sarens]

very cool to see long time tank fish congrads

 

[OrionN]

I wasn't offended... I've never looked under the skirt and I can't tell male from female. How can you tell?

I disagree. That angel seem to be a male to me. Here is a quote on one of the post a few months ago that I point out the different between male and female Flame angels

These pictures are pictures I found on the Internet of Flame Angel. Not my fish. I think the color have been enhanced a little but will serve to point out the different between male and female Flame angels. The key is the end of the dorsal and anal fins. They are pointed in sand wound in females. Males also are larger have more blue black bars, and more blue at the end of the fins. Obviously coloration change with where the fish come from and thus not useful, size also not useful because obviously males in right situation can be smaller than female elsewhere.

Female

Male

My angels

 

[collegemermaid]

Nope, there is a guy on Dexter the TV show named Angel, Angel Cabrera the golfer, Angel Hernandez the umpire etc.

Dexter fan haha good mention.

 

[albano]

I disagree. That angel seem to be a male to me. Here is a quote on one of the post a few months ago that I point out the different between male and female Flame angels

As I mentioned, I could not be 100% sure ... but IMO/E, in many larger/older (?) male Flame angels, the anal fin is even more pointed, and often the top edge is shaped 'parallel' to the bottom of the tail fin