How interesting! I think you are right about the eggs being moved too early. I panicked. That's ok though, because I have too many fish. Rehoming a pile of them (from another tank) this week. I am concerned about the angels though. Now, they are really getting rowdy in there trying to pair off or show off or something! I need to split them up or give them more space pronto. Is all this behavior normal? Would they be doing this even if they had more space?
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Not sure, but my two pairs in the 29g are definitely not happy sharing the space now that they have wigglers to protect, and they were pretty aggressive leading up to the actual mating too. Maybe if you have a mated pair, those are the only angels to keep in that tank?
I'm selling one pair of mine (sniff, sniff), as they are not only attacking the other pair, but all four are going berserk on everyone else in the tank . . . .
I'm selling one pair of mine (sniff, sniff), as they are not only attacking the other pair, but all four are going berserk on everyone else in the tank . . . .
YouTube - angelfish fry with parents
Hi all:
Here is another crappy video showing fry about ready to swim away, but mum and dad still trying to corral them. You can see they are now silver/white - their yolk sacs are almost gone, as opposed to the pic here of the other spawn a few days younger that still show the yellow.
Hi all:
Here is another crappy video showing fry about ready to swim away, but mum and dad still trying to corral them. You can see they are now silver/white - their yolk sacs are almost gone, as opposed to the pic here of the other spawn a few days younger that still show the yellow.
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I didn't use any meth blue, and while about half of my fry died within a few days of hatching, the rest seem to be doing well. I gather that the meth blue is to prevent fungus? I let the parents stay with the eggs until they were wriggling, so they were dilligently cleaning them by mouth and blowing on them to facilitate the hatching; when I moved the wrigglers to their own tank, I did at least 15% water changes daily, sucking up as much detritus as possible to keep the tank very clean. Maybe this would work for you if you can't find meth blue? Or maybe it was just my beginner's luck (though not sure that 50% survival rate can be called 'luck').
You should only use methylene blue on eggs. Once they've reached wiggler stage, there's no need for it. I've heard you can also use hydrogen peroxide, but I've always used meth blue. You only add meth blue that if you're removing the eggs from the parents. If you leave the eggs with the parents, they fan the eggs and remove infertile ones, etc.
I was cruising some youtube videos of angelfish and noticed quite a few showing the parents and free-swimming fry happily hanging out in their own tank. In my community tank, the minute my fry are old enough to swim away, someone else chomps them up, so it made me wonder for the next time I want to raise angelfish fry: is my 5g too small to put two of my adult parents in when they are about to breed along with some breeding material, or alternately if they just have bred, and I put them in along with the eggs?
Question about the sponge filter: I've had it in there for three weeks, the fry that survived are, well, surviving ( most are eating the powdered food!), and I'm trying to keep the water clean of any gunk with my 15% water changes daily, siphoning off the detritus from the bottom of the tank. However, the sponge filter is looking pretty brown - should I change the sponge soon, or wait for a little longer?
'Nother question about feeding my angelfish fry. They are now - at least most of them - accepting the powdered food, and I am still feeding BBS once or twice a day. What else should I be feeding my young angelfish fry - I think they should be growing a wee bit faster than they currently are.
Thanks!
Thanks!