What rare angel is the least owned?

What rare angel is the least owned?

  • Bandit Angel

    Votes: 3 2.5%
  • Golden Pygmy Angel

    Votes: 3 2.5%
  • Colins Angel

    Votes: 6 5.1%
  • Hotumatuas Angel

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Interuptus Angel

    Votes: 9 7.6%
  • Joculator Angel

    Votes: 2 1.7%
  • Resplendent Angel

    Votes: 8 6.8%
  • Venustus Angel

    Votes: 3 2.5%
  • Blueline Angel

    Votes: 3 2.5%
  • Chrysurus Angel

    Votes: 5 4.2%
  • Conspicillatus Angel

    Votes: 9 7.6%
  • Multicolor Angel

    Votes: 7 5.9%
  • Peppermint Angel

    Votes: 49 41.5%
  • Kingi Angel

    Votes: 11 9.3%

  • Total voters
    118
  • Poll closed .
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7238679#post7238679 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by triggerfish1976

There is a place up in Chicago called Old Town Aquarium that has one and are willing to ship but I was unable to find any reference to them on this website. They also use DHL for shipping which worried me.

Did you see that they were referenced earlier in this thread? Do they guarentee live arrival? If it's that 3" one that is shaaaweet!:)
 
I hadn't read the entire thread so do I feel dumb. I ran a search on them and no one has had any experience mail ordering from them.
They no longer have the 3" but they do have a 5" I am thinking about buying.
They stated they have a 7 day health guarantee but who knows if they really stick by it given the price of the fish and it being mail order.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7237216#post7237216 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by triggerfish1976
I would say Peppermints are the rarest. The last time I checked there were only a handful in captivity and they were mainly in Japanese aquariums.
They are rarely collected and are very difficult to maintain as they tend to not eat prepared foods very well.
I have pretty much seen every angel on the list in a LFS at one point or another but the Peppermint.

Find an Angel thats similar ranges in the wild as a peppermint, that is ugly, and I bet its the rarest out there.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7238870#post7238870 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RichConley

Find an Angel thats similar ranges in the wild as a peppermint, that is ugly, and I bet its the rarest out there.

How about C. narcosis... the infamous "I forgot I collected it!" deepwater species!:D


Also, anyone ever see what I call the "Atlantic clarion"... a queen angel /rock beauty hybrid... it's amazing how rare this fish is despite how common it's parents are...
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7239362#post7239362 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by triggerfish1976
Copps,

I have to agree on the Narcosis. I had forgotten about that one.

Did you intend that pun?:D The story behind it's naming is that Pyle had nitrogen narcosis so bad he forgot he had collected them... I believe these were collected deeper than boylei, but don't have my references with me...
 
All the angels here are absolutely gorgeous. I have never seen the what or blue morph ones, stunning to say the least. And the multi spine one is one of my choices since I can't get the Peppermint angels, YET! Is there anyone out there that is actively trying to captive bred any of there angels?

And Nexdog, if you ever do that, you can definitely put my on the list as a buyer. Do you know any one there that has them, and has had any success with just keeping them?

Edwin
 
Also, anyone ever see what I call the "Atlantic clarion"... a queen angel /rock beauty hybrid... it's amazing how rare this fish is despite how common it's parents are...

Whoa! Thought I had seen most hybrids, that is a very cool fish.
 
Hi All,
Here is a photo of Centropyge debelius, 8cm at a retailer in Kyoto. I have four shots but it is the best. The species commands a very high price of around US$600, and scarcely imported to Japan. It was doing well in a display tank there. It is almost restricted to Mauritius and Aldabra.

122564CeDebe8cm.jpg


An additional shot of Centropyge potteri, 10cm at the same shop. I heard that two specimens were caught at the depth of more than 60 meters at off Kona Coast, and one of them was shipped to the US. This specimen also cots US$600.

122564CePot2.jpg


The third shot shows a juvenile, 3cm long Apolemichthys griffisi. Now often imported but still rare in market.

122564ApolemichthysGriffisi3cm.jpg
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7237999#post7237999 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by copps
Here's a shot of the juvenile personatus that was raised by the Waikiki Aquarium... I spoke to Charles Delbeek about this and I believe he said it carpet surfed... seriously... I think they've lost their adults too, but I don't remember from my last visit there... I did see the adults they had years ago and they had lost a considerable amount of color... I've since seen another wild captive pair that was just stunning though!

Waikiki Aquarium still has a pair of personatus. I'm not sure if they're the same ones as before, though - a while ago the male was looking somewhat unhealthy and the exhibit was closed for a few weeks. Now the display is back and the fish look slightly different (but maybe I just have bad memory).

Masked angels are typically caught in the Northwestern Hawaiian islands, where they are commonly found in shallow water but can't be legally collected (unless you work for Waikiki Aquarium, obviously). However, they are also found in the main Hawaiian islands in deep water and very rarely pop up in the shallows - surprisingly the type specimen was collected near downtown Honolulu in only 80'! The logistics of collecting personatus are similar to other deepwater fish such as boylei so it's not unreasonable to expect one to turn up once in a while.

I've seen personatus in submersible videos at 300' off Oahu - I know where they are but don't have the skill to go diving for them. One of these days...
 
Hello NexDog,
No. I am so sorry that they have no web. Thename of the shop is "Earth". They are holding and selling so many species of fish and corals. Perhaps you may find the name in older issues of Marine Aquarist magazine, publishing four issues a year.

RGBMat,
I saw two females and a male there some 15 years ago, but I hear that they do not do well.
 
Okay, shame abut that. One last thing though, can you show me any shops in Japan that do have sites? At the moment I order from Natural in Tokyo and PPM Okinawa. I know of Reef-Kuki and Splash but that is about it.
 
Ok,
Here is a importer that shows websites of so many retailers who deal marine and / or freshwater species. All the webs do not show marines only.
 
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