A guy offered me some nickle size angel fish and small bristle nose pleco's. They'd go in a 37 gallon tank that is very lightly planted. Eventually id like to breed these fish unless down the line i end up selling them if the price is right. I just have questions with the breeding of these fish. Mainly the angels. So for starters, lets start with the obvious question. There to small now, so how big do they have to get and how long will it take to get that size? Thank you very much! I appreciate all the answers and posts ahead of time.
Breeding Angles
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IME it depends on the strain. Are these one of the man made domestic strains? I've seen Angelfish breed as small as half dollor size. Let the group grow out and form a pair naturally. Then you can set up a 20 gallon tank with an aged sponge filter add to that a breeding cone, a piece of slate leaning against the glass or even a fake amazon sward plant works they like laying eggs on the broad leafs.
They should be ready to breed within a year give or take, depending on your water parameters, feeding etc.
They should be ready to breed within a year give or take, depending on your water parameters, feeding etc.
Thank you very much. How would i know when they make a pair though? Im thinking about buying 10 of them.
So pretty much..Put them all in the 37g tank. Set up some slate or plants or breeding cone, take out any fish that would eat there eggs, and they'll just pair up and breed on there own? Ive read other threads and it says if the tank mates are smaller then its okay if there in there when the angels are breeding, but other angels will be in there and around the same size, should i take them out or will they not eat the fry/eggs
imo, breeding cone (clay, ceramic type) If it's place in the tank for a longer period...likely bio-film will form in & on it porosity surface fast, so to say, u'll likely get rotten eggs.
Once you see a pair form you can remove them to a breeding tank for a higher survival rate of the fry. The pair will have all the other fish crowded in a corner as they defend there nesting site. I have had angels breed on decorations, fake and real plants, driftwood etc they decide where they want to breed. The pair will clean the site of there choosing it's part of the pair bonding and it doesn't matter how long it was in the tank or if "stuff" was growing on it they pick at it until it is sutable and they lay their eggs. Once the fry go free swimming the other angelfish if given the opertunity will eat the fry. It may take the pair a few trys before they get it right as young fish will often eat the eggs, eat the fry or not defend them. Don't be discuraged it's all part of the learning process for the fish. Some are great parents right out of the shoot, some never get it right and most are somewhere in the middle. Some domestic strains have a more diffacult time with this than wild fish.
I guess, "wild"...it's their domain. To servive and propergate, fishes known to migrate to overcome the odds since evolution, how much good is better or are we perceiving best.