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my angelfish layed eggs. Do the eggs NEED the parents? its in a comunuty and the other fish will eat the eggs. Could i just put them in a breeding net?
 
Throw them in a small 10 or 5 gallon tank. They'll be fine. Just be careful, their eggs.
 
with or without the parents? problem is i dont have a spare tank right now. thats y i wanted to put them in a small breeder net till they hatch
 
They don't NEED the parent's. They will just defend their fry that's all. Not sure how your going to get the eggs into the breeder net though, lol.
 
A breeder net will not work. If you don't have a spare tank to raise the fry outside of the community tank its best to let them be eaten. It would also be difficult to have a air stone position to "fan" the eggs in a breeder net too.
 
phillydog1958;3939715; said:
were they fertilized by the male?
as far as ik they were lol. They need to be fanned? Could i just put an airator below them? when they hatch I was planning on selling them off. I have a spair 10gallon The heater broke though. I can put them in the breeder net because they are attached to an anibus i have in the tank so ill just pull the thing out. am i missing anything?
 
BODYDUB;3939936; said:
Just use a tank divider.........
dont have 1. im out of options here
 
Just let the eggs be eaten. The eggs will need their own air stone around 1/2 inch away from them (In their own tank). It'll take 3 days for them to hatch and another 3 for them to become free swimming. Once they start swimming they'll feed off their yolk sacs for 3 days. On the 2nd day start hatching out some baby brine so it'll be ready to feed them once they absorb their yolk sac. Perform a 10% waterchange daily removing all uneaten food and dead/fungus covered eggs with some airline tubing. In all honesty you don't have the tank space to raise the angels to past dime size, which is still considered small to sell to a lfs. If I were you I would just let the eggs get eaten. You don't have the resources to raise them.
 
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