Hi all:
I went away for four days and came home last night to find that two of my four white/gold angelfish (maybe ten months old?) in my community tank decided to breed! I didn't even know they were a mating pair. I've never had this before, and wasn't even trying, so I was very chuffed to see all the eggs on an Amazon plant leaf, and both parents going gaga picking over the eggs for fungus (I think that's what they were doing) and blowing on them. They were also terrorizing all the other fish in the tank if they came anywhere near that part of the tank - it was sad/funny to see everyone else huddled on the other side.
This morning those eggs were wiggling and a few were separating from the leaf, only to be, seemingly, gobbled by the erstwhile devoted parents. Going by both google and gut, I decided to try to transfer the still-attached fry into a separate tank to avoid parents and tankmates devouring them at some point or another.
I have now set up a 5g bare tank with sponge filter, heater, thermometer and water from the original tank, and cut off the leaf with the wigglers and transferred it into this new tank (weighted from its stem with an elastic band around a large round rock from the original tank). In the process, several wigglers 'fell off' the leaf and are either floating around at the top, lying on the bottom, or sidled up to the thermometer; most are still attached to the leaf. All are still wiggling.
So, umm, this is my first post, please take it easy on me. Did I A) do the right thing? And B) what do I do now to keep as many of the fry alive and developing?
Thanks!
Laura
I went away for four days and came home last night to find that two of my four white/gold angelfish (maybe ten months old?) in my community tank decided to breed! I didn't even know they were a mating pair. I've never had this before, and wasn't even trying, so I was very chuffed to see all the eggs on an Amazon plant leaf, and both parents going gaga picking over the eggs for fungus (I think that's what they were doing) and blowing on them. They were also terrorizing all the other fish in the tank if they came anywhere near that part of the tank - it was sad/funny to see everyone else huddled on the other side.
This morning those eggs were wiggling and a few were separating from the leaf, only to be, seemingly, gobbled by the erstwhile devoted parents. Going by both google and gut, I decided to try to transfer the still-attached fry into a separate tank to avoid parents and tankmates devouring them at some point or another.
I have now set up a 5g bare tank with sponge filter, heater, thermometer and water from the original tank, and cut off the leaf with the wigglers and transferred it into this new tank (weighted from its stem with an elastic band around a large round rock from the original tank). In the process, several wigglers 'fell off' the leaf and are either floating around at the top, lying on the bottom, or sidled up to the thermometer; most are still attached to the leaf. All are still wiggling.
So, umm, this is my first post, please take it easy on me. Did I A) do the right thing? And B) what do I do now to keep as many of the fry alive and developing?
Thanks!
Laura