Are angelfish considered to be a cichlid?? (beginner)

[kitxzombie]

Also, if I wanted to get a male and female angelfish.. will they reproduce?? Im a beginner so any info would be amazing. Im getting a 50 gal tank next week with my husband and I am interested in getting some angelfish or silver dollar fish. With all my research ive been doing, i never seen an angelfish under cichlid so i was wondering. lol Thanks guys!

Stef

 

[arowanas lover]

They're not consider cichlid they ARE cichlid. Just because you have a male and female does not mean they will mate

 

[COG Commando]

They are cichlids. Getting a larger group than two will not only make them more comfortable (they're a shoaling fish) but it will also increase the likelihood of them pairing up and mating.

 

[kamikaziechameleon]

To simulate the natural pairing process you will want to have more than two. Once they have paired you can remove that pair to a separate tank but doing so before can cause unwanted aggression in my experience.

 

[fish n chips]

my mating pair wer funny to watch she used to hide same place and he allways took ages to find her, but when they danced it was something elce it was like a light show in the room the flashes of silver used to shine light across the room,she used to lay eggs on the filterbox the cardinals used to eat them but i would take a few to hand rear in a small tank, the first week after they hached was the hardest after that they wer fine,

 

[KristaM92]

Angel fish are cichlids. They only mate if the conditions are right in the tank. You need to make sure you have healthy water. If you get a male and female they may pair up but sometimes they don't. But once they start mating, they usually don't stop. They can lay eggs as often as every 2 to 4 weeks. I have one female Angel fish and she lays eggs even though there isn't a male around. The tricky part about buying Angel fish to breed is that you're unlikely to sex them correctly at the store. It's difficult to tell if they're male or female until they're ready to mate. Females will display a prevalent tubular protrusion between the ventral and anal fin when they lay eggs. It may take some time, but if you're really interested in breeding them you're bound to get a nice pair. Just buy a shoal and wait.

 

[jclyde13]

As the others said, yes they are cichlids, and they aren't difficult to breed. I just bought two of them last year with no intention whatsoever of breeding them, but sure enough after maybe a month or two in my care, I ended up with eggs. The first spawn made it to the "partially free-swimming, partially wriggler" phase, but I didn't have a separate tank to put them in (they were in my 225), so they died off pretty soon. After that, I set up a 36 gallon bowfront tank for them so I could save the next spawn, and they ended up spawning about a week before the tank finished cycling, but most of them made it, and I now have around 30-40 penny- to nickel-sized juvies. Probably could have ended up with more if I could have kept the water more clean (don't really have time for daily water changes most of the time), and if we wouldn't have had so many filter-related casualties.


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[Donald L Mainier]

If you watch the videos posted over the past 2 weeks or so on my Facebook page you can watch two of my paired Angelfish (they do that themselves) laying eggs and fertilizing them all the way to caring for the fry! Large males have a bump on their heads as you will see in the videos. I think they will answer a lot of the questions you have. Post a reply so I know if you stopped by and include that you are from here. I forgot to mention that if they get spooked for any reason they will eat their young. Most of this is explained in the video posts.

 

[ECW]

If you watch the videos posted over the past 2 weeks or so on my Facebook page you can watch two of my paired Angelfish (they do that themselves) laying eggs and fertilizing them all the way to caring for the fry! Large males have a bump on their heads as you will see in the videos. I think they will answer a lot of the questions you have. Post a reply so I know if you stopped by and include that you are from here. I forgot to mention that if they get spooked for any reason they will eat their young. Most of this is explained in the video posts.

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