Ok so here is the deal. I have 12 silver angels that are 25% wild. They are in a 75 gallon planted. The other day two of them, a pair, laid eggs on an amazon sword leaf. They are VERY protective of them. Now, I know that when the eggs hatch, they will not survive in the tank with the other angels and other fish in there. I also now that it is not a good idea to try to move them, as the eggs are very fragile. I setup a 7.5 gallon tall with a heater and sponge filter the other night with ro water and water from the 75 gallon. Should I just let nature take its course or what?
Angel help!
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Not sure where you got your information, but moving the eggs isn't a problem so long as you match parameters for the two tanks. The young will do better with their parents though.
Well that is the problem. The old tank is about 430ppm and the new tank I set up is about 100ppm less. The temp. is the same. I think I will wait until they are wigglers to move them. Then I will but the leaf they are on off and move it to the new tank. I will put a rock on the bottom of the stem to hold it in place. Then I will move the parents to the new tank. Hopefully, they will still care for the wigglers and not eat them. Any thoughts?
Most likely if you move them the parents will either not care for the young or eat them. If you are going to move the wigglers, just siphon them off into a small tank with a small air pump. Feed them on fry food or freshly hatched brine. Feed frequently, change water frequently and have fun watching them grow.
If the object is to get fry remove the eggs as soon as possible,its rare to get a good pair of angels that take care of the young these days.A few drops of methylene blue or other antifungal in a 1g container with an airstone 50% waterchange daily.
If you primarily want to form a pair and hope in the long run they turn out to be good parents leave them in the tank for a few more spawns,then give them thier own tank,30long or 40 breeder is a good size
If you primarily want to form a pair and hope in the long run they turn out to be good parents leave them in the tank for a few more spawns,then give them thier own tank,30long or 40 breeder is a good size
gomezladdams;1355087; said:
Thanks. I do want to comment on why it is hard to find angels that are good parents. It is because people pull the eggs from the parents. When you do this, the fry do not learn from how the parents should of raised them. Not that hard to figure out...Kind of like how parents these days leave their kids and do not always care for them...Anyways, back to fish... I'm not worried about having good parents. So far, this pair has been excellent. I think I will wait until they are wigglers to pull them. When I pull them I will feed the parents to distract while I siphon the wigglers off the leaf. Then I will wait a couple days and move the parents to another tank. I will keep you all posted on what happens. Thanks.
Good luck with them. That's what I did with mine except for the distraction feeding. Had to sustain numerous damaging attacks from the parents.
I came home from work and the eggs where gone from the leaf. The parents were still guarding the area though. I looked closer and they moved the eggs to another leaf. I also noticed that they are wigglers now. I think I will siphon them out tomorrow and put them in a container with an airstone. Do I still need to but methane blue in with them? Also, they should be free swimming in a week, right? Thanks.
I cut off the leaf the wigglers were on and moved them to a container floating in a tank with an airstone for them. Hopefully they will be free swimming by the end of the weekend. I will start some brine shrimp up for them as soon as they start swimming since they should live on the yoke sac for a couple days. Would microworms be small enough for them or do I need to feed them live brine at first? Thanks.