Just got a 20g and hoping to breed my angels. I dont think it should be to hard cause they are already a pair and have been trying to breed for a while now. Will we need to get a tank divider to keep the fry alive? Do we need anything special for them to breed?
Angelfish Breeding
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after you indroduce the pair to there new tank it will take them a while to feel confortable for them to breed.
I suggest a terroccotta pot turned upside down for them to breed on, or a peice of slate (I don't like this one as it tends to fall down).
Also, make sure that there is atleast one cave in the tank for either of the parents to hide in as the pair will go through many stages of, "these are my babies, get away." But they should become best of friends after a couple of hours (Mine do this often, but they always keep on breeding).
Inbetween spawns make sure to feed them many different kinds of foods as this will entice the female to produce more eggs.
I would leave the first 4 or 5 spawns in with the parents becuase, you never know, they might turn out to be the pair that will raise them to free swimming stage and will do half of the work for you. If not that is ok. If the parenst do decide to care for them it is very fun to watch. They will fan and mouth the eggs to replenish oxygen for the eggs. If you wake up one day and the eggs are gone look around the tank, they might of movied them... Mine do it atleast 3 or 4 time before the free swimming stage.
If you wish to dose with methylane blue (I don't know if I spelled that right), that will reduce the rist of the eggs fungusing up. But I don't and I never get fungused eggs.
After 1 week in with the parents I move the fry to a 10 gallon with a sponge filter and feed rotifera 3-4 times a day.
Here is a good video to watch about raising the fry...
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Jazzy78910#p/u/1/BBF4CfUCVpY
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Jazzy78910#p/u/0/3Fs6lhBn6V0
This is how I raise and breed angelfish. Others might have a different way that works for them. Part of breeding them is finding out what works best for you.
I suggest a terroccotta pot turned upside down for them to breed on, or a peice of slate (I don't like this one as it tends to fall down).
Also, make sure that there is atleast one cave in the tank for either of the parents to hide in as the pair will go through many stages of, "these are my babies, get away." But they should become best of friends after a couple of hours (Mine do this often, but they always keep on breeding).
Inbetween spawns make sure to feed them many different kinds of foods as this will entice the female to produce more eggs.
I would leave the first 4 or 5 spawns in with the parents becuase, you never know, they might turn out to be the pair that will raise them to free swimming stage and will do half of the work for you. If not that is ok. If the parenst do decide to care for them it is very fun to watch. They will fan and mouth the eggs to replenish oxygen for the eggs. If you wake up one day and the eggs are gone look around the tank, they might of movied them... Mine do it atleast 3 or 4 time before the free swimming stage.
If you wish to dose with methylane blue (I don't know if I spelled that right), that will reduce the rist of the eggs fungusing up. But I don't and I never get fungused eggs.
After 1 week in with the parents I move the fry to a 10 gallon with a sponge filter and feed rotifera 3-4 times a day.
Here is a good video to watch about raising the fry...
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Jazzy78910#p/u/1/BBF4CfUCVpY
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Jazzy78910#p/u/0/3Fs6lhBn6V0
This is how I raise and breed angelfish. Others might have a different way that works for them. Part of breeding them is finding out what works best for you.
Angel are easy to breed and raise put a clay pot in the tank with the pair. After they lay there eggs remove the clay pot and put it in a 10 gallon tank to hatch a better survival rate. Get some froozen baby brine shrimp and when the fry start swimming feed them the baby brine. Be sure to put a air stone in the ten gal. tank and let the air bubbles trickle up thru the eggs and use a sponge corner air filter. Eggs will hatch within 3 days. Don't feed them till they start swimming.Tropicalfishking;4276754; said:That works to! But it takes 2 hours to read.....
just got done reading the thread really long and my female tilts up and the male "nibbles" on her is this breeding behavior?
if they lay eggs, the pair will be staying in that general area to defend the eggs. and they lay a lot of eggs so it's pretty difficult to hide them all unless you have a huge tank and a ton of decor.
i would suggest getting another tank to grow out the fry, you should easily have 100+ per spawn. also, make sure you find some sort of food small enough for the fry to eat, crushed fish food won't work
i would suggest getting another tank to grow out the fry, you should easily have 100+ per spawn. also, make sure you find some sort of food small enough for the fry to eat, crushed fish food won't work