breeding angelfish??

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AfricanCichlidFan

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I bought a 40 gallon tank, for my mom's Birthday(56). She love's angelfish, But, I want to make her even more happier...Breed them. So can you guy's help me..The tank I bought her was 15 inches tall 34 inches long. I have alot live plant's in there, There's a male and female angelfish, the female is a "leopard" type, black with some beatiful light spots. The male is blue striped angelfish, the angel's are not breeding at all lately my mom had them for 4 week's now, What can I do to make them breed faster?? My mom she doesn't really want to raise the fry, but, she want's them to be a mated pair. What types of fish can go well, with angel's?? The angel's I bought my mom are 6 inches long 7 inches tall. please help, leave a comment please...thank you
 
Give them time...if they are in fact a pair they will breed eventually. It just may take them a while to settle in. But I'm not understanding if she doesn't want fry then why care if they breed?? Angelfish fry will need to be fed several times a day with BBS that you hatch yourself and the water will need to be changed very frequently for them to grow properly. Also other fish in the tank will not be a good idea if the interest is breeding because the other tank mates will eat the eggs/fry. 1 batch of angelfish fry can result on average of 250-400 baby angels....a 40 gallon will not be enough. I use 2 to 4 55's per spawn and start selling them off at dime size and cull heavily.

HTH's

~Stacy
 
Did you buy them as a pair, if so where from? I have each of my pairs in a 20H. They get an average 20% water change daily unless they have eggs or are going to lay that day. I keep them at 82 degrees. I give them 3 feedings a day of a mix of a good quality flake, frozen blood worms or brineshrimp, black worms, and occasionally diced earthworms if i have been fishing. You need a thin peice of slate placed up against the glass at a 45 degree angle or a flowerpot with the opening facing the bottom. Now you have to wait, they'll soon stay around the future laying site and you'll notice their vents coming out. The females will be larger and rounded and the males will be smaller and pointed. It takes 1 or 2 spawns for them to get the hang of it to fan and protect the fry. If you want to raise the babies with tank mates I would recommend removing the pot/slate and putting it into a 5g-10g tank with an air stone close but not touching the eggs. You could also add methylene blue to prevent fungus outbreaks. Once the fry hatch it take 3 days for the fry to begin free swimming and another 2 days for them to eat of their yolk sac. 1 day before they are done eating their yolk sac you'll want to make some brine shrimp eggs so they'll be ready when their finished with their yolk sac. Then give them small amounts of baby brine shrimp 3-6 times a day till the 2nd week. Then you can start feeding finely crushed flake food or microworms. Continue feeding till they get about a pea sized then i cut out the bbs. From here on out raising them is pretty self explainable. If you have any questions feel free to pm me.

Now for tank mates, you could do...
-bristle nosed plecos
-cardinal/neon/rummy nose/glow light/any tetra that stays reasonably small
-german blue rams or bolivian rams
-snails
 
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