My Angel Fish Walstad Tank

I've learned after many months on this board that the best way to deal with grief from the loss of a fish is to - get another fish. And, while I don't regret a moment of my experience with dwarf cichlids, I think it may be time to move on. While at my LFS on Friday, I noticed these two in a tank by themselves with no price, only the warning that they "May eat fry". Well, that caught my attention. And, sure enough, in the tank a couple of spaces over, there was an entire 17 gallon tank devoted to "silver angel fish fry". They couldn't have been more than a couple days old; theylooked like little snow flakes suspended throughout the tank. The fry would have been my first choice to come home with, but the manager wanted to hold onto them a little longer. Interestingly, the breeder was still in the store and gave me a price when I asked about the parents. They were a little above my budget, but then I figured how often do you come across a couple of healthy fish, this size, newly arrived, with the breeder standing right there!

I also quickly calculated how expensive it would be to try to mate angel fish on my own and tried to justify it that way: $10 a pop for a dozen juvies and still not be guaranteed any of them would be attracted to each other?

Anyway, here they are. I had a fitful night checking on them just to make sure they weren't poisoned by something. But they seem really chill and a real point of departure from the world of apistos: