Hey guys,
I posted in this forum about breeding angelfish a few months back and after that batch died, I took a break from breeding them. Last week, one of my pairs were able to raise the eggs to wigglers (usually I leave the eggs and let the other fish eat it) and I thought I’d give this breeding thing another try so I took them out and added them to a 5 gallon. There are around 30-50 fry and have just started to free swim this morning. Because I wasn’t prepared to breed these and honestly had no plans to do so, I only have hikari first bites (which I know a lot of members say is not the best for survival) but that’s all I have and will not be getting a brine shrimp hatchery. I want to use this thread to document their growth and (hopefully) survival.
Currently the fry tank contains:
- Heater set at 78 F
- Airstone
- some Java moss for cover and to help with water parameters.
What do you think about this setup? It’s only temporary until they become larger, where I will transfer them to larger tanks. I also do not have a sponge filter and plan on purchasing one in the coming months so hopefully this will work for now.
From My last batch I learned some mistakes:
- HOB filter even with sponge will kill babies
- doing large water change with cold water will kill your fish (yes I’m stupid lol)
I realized from my last batch that if I can keep my fry alive for 2-3 weeks, then they will be all good for hikaru first bites and the other foods I feed them.
Any other advise would be appreciated. Mainly my concern is how to match the temp of fry tank with new water as I do not have another heater hanging around so I would probably rely on touch. Will try to do every other day small (5-10 percent) water changes and feed 3 times a day. I found doing too much water changes gives way to more things to potentially go wrong lol.
This is a long thread so thanks for following along!
Ray
I posted in this forum about breeding angelfish a few months back and after that batch died, I took a break from breeding them. Last week, one of my pairs were able to raise the eggs to wigglers (usually I leave the eggs and let the other fish eat it) and I thought I’d give this breeding thing another try so I took them out and added them to a 5 gallon. There are around 30-50 fry and have just started to free swim this morning. Because I wasn’t prepared to breed these and honestly had no plans to do so, I only have hikari first bites (which I know a lot of members say is not the best for survival) but that’s all I have and will not be getting a brine shrimp hatchery. I want to use this thread to document their growth and (hopefully) survival.
Currently the fry tank contains:
- Heater set at 78 F
- Airstone
- some Java moss for cover and to help with water parameters.
What do you think about this setup? It’s only temporary until they become larger, where I will transfer them to larger tanks. I also do not have a sponge filter and plan on purchasing one in the coming months so hopefully this will work for now.
From My last batch I learned some mistakes:
- HOB filter even with sponge will kill babies
- doing large water change with cold water will kill your fish (yes I’m stupid lol)
I realized from my last batch that if I can keep my fry alive for 2-3 weeks, then they will be all good for hikaru first bites and the other foods I feed them.
Any other advise would be appreciated. Mainly my concern is how to match the temp of fry tank with new water as I do not have another heater hanging around so I would probably rely on touch. Will try to do every other day small (5-10 percent) water changes and feed 3 times a day. I found doing too much water changes gives way to more things to potentially go wrong lol.
This is a long thread so thanks for following along!
Ray