Where can I get more information?
THERE ARE LOTS of good links on the Web. Some breeders recommend techniques different than mine, that work as well or better.
THE ANGELFISH SOCIETY / ANGELFISH FORUM
This is where most of the serious breeders in the world hang out.
- The Angelfish Society - www.aquaworldnet.org/tas/. All beginners and any serious breeder should join this group. $5 a year. Especially good for setting standards, and seeing pictures of various strains. Experts on angelfish genetics.
- The Angelfish Web Forum - www.awforum.net/angelfish/. Get instant help from the experts, meet the gang.
- The Angelfish Web Forum Archive - www.aquaworldnet.net/wfangelfish/index.cgi?index. Thousands of articles on hundreds of topics. It's not easy to learn to search this archive, but it's the best possible place to learn and solve difficult Angelfish problems. You'll find a sample search on the topic, "fry dying", at this page.
Hosting for the three sites above is graciously provided free by Raffaele Bufo from Italy. If the servers are down when you try, come back after a few hours.
MAIL LIST
Join Stripes for great e-mail discussions with experienced breeders.
They are very kind to beginners:
world.std.com/~enjolras/stripes-sub.html.
Study the instructions you get when you join and learn to farm their archives -- the
great discussions and commentaries there are not available on the Web or the Usenet.
Unfortunate. I hope to goad their members to add to this FAQ! PARTICULARLY GOOD is their
discussion on "fry dying" ...
GREAT LINKS
From the encyclopedic FINS (Fish Information Service) archives:
www.actwin.com/fish/
Angelfish by Cindy Hawley. Detailed article: varieties, breeding,
diseases and more: www.actwin.com/fish/species/angelfish.html
From Sean O'Brien's excellent JAWS (Just Aquaria Web Site):
www.fishgeeks.com/noframes.html
Raising and Spawning Pterophyllum Scalare by Sue Kelly:
www.fishgeeks.com/faqs/angel2.htm
Spawning the Chocolate Angelfish by Jennifer and Henry
Wilkinson
www.fishgeeks.com/faqs/angel2.htm
Angelfish by J.D. Whaley. Rearing baby Angels:
www.fishgeeks.com/faqs/angel3.htm
Raising Angelfish by Brian Uphaus. Makes some very important points,
offers clues that may help tell the sexes apart:
www.feist.com/~bpuphaus/angelfish.
How to Raise a Quality Angelfish by Jody A. Ghianni:
www.fishgeeks.com/faqs/angel4.htm
FAQ For Artemia Culture by Kai Schumann. Technical details on raising brine shrimp: members.home.net/wmdawes/angels/artemia.htm.
See Dr. Ochiai's Angelfish Page for his breeding tips
and great pictures of breeders and fry -- some pages in English, most in Japanese:
www.ochiai.com/aqua/angelfish_e.html
Shim Kim Fah's Angel Fish Culture, University of Singapore, with
excellent pictures, facts about habitat, discovery, scientific names and descriptions:
www.science.nus.edu.sg/~webdbs/fish/angel/angel.html
From the interesting Aqualink site:
www.aqualink.com/ , see Raising Angelfish
My Way by Sam McDonald. Great check lists for the new breeder.
www.aqualink.com/fresh/z-angel.html
All ship by same-day or next-day parcel services. Some also supply brine shrimp eggs, sponge filters, medications, books, etc. Most will send e-mail if you register for notices about their specials, new strains, or when breeding pairs become available.
Angels Plus -- angelsplus.com
in western New York (Olean). Steve Rybicki describes and sells the various
strains, and tells what to expect when you cross them. Steve also sells breeding
pairs, plus a wide variety of foods, medicines, and supplies. Site design by 
!
Angels West -- angelswest.com Tony Minneboo, from the San Francisco area, shipping across the US and Canada. He sent me 6 of his VERY handsome standard and veil double-dark blacks (velvety jet black!) 4 months ago, along with two Sunset Blushings; all are doing well. Tony's nice Gallery page is growing, shows most varieties.
Amazon Angels -- www.amazonangels.com/. Shipping from Chicago. Lots of nice pictures!
NEWSGROUPS
Newsgroups rec.aquaria.tech, rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids and sci.aquaria. Experienced Web users start with Google Groups at google.groups.com to find answers from in the archives. Before you post questions, study Caltech's Aquaria FAQ's www.cco.caltech.edu/~aquaria/Faq/map.html - for answers about keeping any/all varieties of tropical fish. Want to learn the lingo? Are your fish sick? Need books or magazines? Looking for mail order houses, along with aquarists' ratings of them? It's all in the Caltech FAQ's!
Now that we have The Angelfish Society, described at the beginning of this page, I no longer recommend any other discussion group. There are some out there, please let me know if you find any more worthy ones.
