Angelfish eggs Help!

[AquaticAddict]

I have a 55g planted community, well established been running for 6yrs. I have 2 Angelfish currently gaurding some eggs and I'm not sure what to do. I also have a red tail shark, 9 black tetras, a flying fox , an otto cat, a small catfish species not sure what kind, a bumble bee goby, 2 golden loaches, 1 striped loach can't remember the name starts with a k, 1 cory cat and one gourmi..doubt its spelled right, anyways any advice would be helpful thanks

[Ballinxalex]

Congrats hope they hatch for u I'm not a expert in Angela but pretty sure somebody can chime in and help

[aquabee]

Nice! You can either let the parents guard them or you can remove whatever the eggs are on or isolate them in some other way and put an airstone underneath them to keep fungus from attacking them. The parents usually will fan the eggs to keep them viable. If it's their first batch or if they're not fertilized, the parents may eat them so don't worry if that happens. Once they hatch, you can remove the fry and grow them out in a separate tank. Congrats!! Do some reading online as well... Lots of great info about angelfish spawning.


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[ptran]

Move all the other fish out if you are interested in saving the eggs and the fry.

[morpheus]

Aquabee gave good advice +1

Angels generally will choose a hard flat surface to spawn if available, making it easier to airate the eggs. It also makes it easier to remove the eggs because it looks like they chose your filter from the picture. Most breeders will use slate or a similar rock giving a few choices. They will guard the eggs well during the day and pick off the unfertilized eggs that grow fungus and could spread to others. At night is really the most vulnerable time when other fish are present.

Another suggestion is putting a sponge on your filter intake so the fry dont get sucked up when they hatch. You can scoop them into a fine mesh hanging breeder with moss in it for the short-term if you dont have another tank available.

[troy tucker]

Angelfish are bad parents. Becuase most are hatched and rased in a 1gal. jar. With the other fish you have in the tank. Mom & Dad will eat the eggs to keep the others from eating them. If you choose to try to hatch the eggs you will needd to remove them from the tank. place them in a 1gal. jar Add ani-fungal just 3 drops, and an airstone. The eggs will hatch in 48 hours. They will be at a wiggalie stage. In 5 days they will start free swimming. on this day you have to feed them. they will eat fresh hatch brine shrimp no more then 24 hours old. At 6 weeks they will need to be moved to a 20gal. or bigger to grow out At 10 weeks they will start looking like the parents. One more thing and the most importent. 50% water changes every day. The fresh water helps them grow and stay healthy.
Good luck.

[AquaticAddict]

Thanks for the advice! I do have 2 breeder boxes that I can place in the aquarium. Yes the angels are doing a hell of a job gaurding the eggs, one angel barley even ate at feeding time last night. I have a few other options as well. I have a 10g up and running with a small sunperch in it that I can return to my pond 1st of course. I also have a 20g and another 10g currently not in use. This is a first for me so I would love to try and raise a few!

[AquaticAddict]

Oh I aslo have another 55g community planted tank that if I had to I could place the remaining fish in to leave only the angels and eggs in this tank. It would just be super crowded

[morpheus]

Good Luck. Its a learning process, trial and error. I have never done angels, just read about them. It sounds like troy has. If they laid eggs once, they probably will again. Can always move the angels into their own tank after this cycle for the next time they spawn

[troy tucker]

If you want them to tank raise. You will need to move them in to a 20gal. or bigger. place them in a low to no traffic spot. With no other fish in the tank. The hatch and growth times never change. Feeding and water changes too. If they came from tank raise. they will take to raising fry quick. If not they will learn. It takes a few times but it is the coolest thing to see.
Morpheus is right if they did it ones they will do it again. I have had them spawn every 7 days to every 14 day. But each paire are difrent.

[aquabee]

The expert Troy Tucker has spoken!! He's bred lots of South and Central American fish with great results.


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[nacra99]

Its going to be very likely that if you leave the eggs in there, that they will be eaten.
I would pull them out if you really want to save the eggs.
I have had lots of success with pulling the eggs and hatching in a 2.5 gal jar and then growing out in a 10 gal.
Here's what i do for rams, but it is the same technique i use for angels (see link below).

Shameless plug.....http://www.ventralfins.com/freshwate..._breeding.html
good luck!

[aquabee]

Very nice journal site!


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[aquabee]

I would say though that if you pull out the eggs, keep an airstone nearby to keep fresh water flowing over them and dose their water with an anti-fungal. Angel eggs are particularly susceptible to being attacked by fungi.


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[black_knight]

Once you've got a bonded pair, they will breed like crazy. Troy is right. If you intend on breeding them in serious fashion, giving them their own tank are keys. Just put a slate up in a 20gallon with a sponge filter. The slate can be removed and put in an aerated tank. If you water tends to hover over ph 7 anti fungal is a must, or the eggs fungus over and don't tend to hatch.