Hi,
I have a young pair of angelfish (probably 4" tall and 3" long, I've had them about 4 months) in a community tank with a ton of small tetras, and a large talking catfish. I was happily surprised to see the angels had laid eggs all over one of the plants, but the other fish were eating the eggs and the angels couldn't stop all of them, so I decided to remove the eggs. I set up a 7 gallon tank with a heater set to the same temp, an airstone, and just a dash of polyguard (to kill bacteria and fungus). The water in the 7 gallon is all taken directly from the parents tank.
It's only been about 2 hours since they have been put in the tank and probably 4 since they were laid, and looking good. About half appear to be fertilized.
My questions are really just to put my mind at rest and really basic info.
1.) How likely is it the eggs hatch? It is the parents first time spawning that I am aware of.
2.) How long until they hatch? Until they are swimming? Until I should start feeding newly hatched baby brine shrimp?
3.) Did I do anything wrong? I know it is impossible to achieve perfection with this sort of thing, but did I mess up seriously enough to effect the eggs?
Thanks so much for your time!
I have a young pair of angelfish (probably 4" tall and 3" long, I've had them about 4 months) in a community tank with a ton of small tetras, and a large talking catfish. I was happily surprised to see the angels had laid eggs all over one of the plants, but the other fish were eating the eggs and the angels couldn't stop all of them, so I decided to remove the eggs. I set up a 7 gallon tank with a heater set to the same temp, an airstone, and just a dash of polyguard (to kill bacteria and fungus). The water in the 7 gallon is all taken directly from the parents tank.
It's only been about 2 hours since they have been put in the tank and probably 4 since they were laid, and looking good. About half appear to be fertilized.
My questions are really just to put my mind at rest and really basic info.
1.) How likely is it the eggs hatch? It is the parents first time spawning that I am aware of.
2.) How long until they hatch? Until they are swimming? Until I should start feeding newly hatched baby brine shrimp?
3.) Did I do anything wrong? I know it is impossible to achieve perfection with this sort of thing, but did I mess up seriously enough to effect the eggs?
Thanks so much for your time!
