Comments on: Angel Fish

By: SoGua

SoGua — Tue, 10 May 2011 08:42:42 +0000

whenever ur angel fish lay eggs, do not disturb ur fish and do not go near your tank.
else your fish will think that u r the intruders and they will try to protect their child by eating them.

Experience breeder told me that you need to cover your tank with newspaper for few weeks when your angel fish lay eggs to prevent them being shocked. and this way you will have all ur small fishes grow big

By: aj

aj — Sat, 07 May 2011 21:11:22 +0000

hi i have a breeding pair they are about year and a half they have had several batches off eggs that have got the fry last untill they were 8 days old but they all die. the last time they ate them as soon as they were wrigglers because they couldnt keep them on the leaf they got sick of sticking them back on lol. this time i was worried though as my female only laid about 50 eggs was very sloppy this time ware she put them AND even after the male fertilized them and he did a fab job, i was left with 23 by this morning and now by the night i am now left with 13 wigglers ??? ware they all gone and also why are they laying such less and fertilizing less ?? any advise would be fab thankyou

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:59:02 +0000

Also… Should the tank be bare bottom? Both of my tanks have gravel, top of the line filters, air stones, a piece of drift wood, and several plastic and cloth plants. I had to put a large dragon in the 20 because they chose the largest decoration in the 55 to breed on.

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:55:43 +0000

I got lucky and got a pair out of two baby angels. I bought a little gold female when she was about the size of a quarter I named her Gabby. Not sure how but I knew she was a female. My ex then bought be a beautiful altium. He as the boss of the tank at the store and was about the size of a silver dollar. Because of his wonderful marking and his personality of showing off he earned his name of elvis. As soon as I put Elvis in the tank gabby (who was about 3 months old) Got all excited and followed him around. He seemed to be paitent with the smaller angel and even got a little panicky when he looked back and she had not followed. I was at best hoping for two females but as it turned out about two weeks ago they paired off and laid eggs. I quickly got a tank divider but it was too small for my 55 even though it stated it was able to fit my tank. I ended up having to crowd them into a corner of the tank with their plant that had the ggs and a smooth rock. The eggs hatched and became wrigglers but sadly within 3 days they were eaten. Before the divider they were being very good parents , I think the divider just upset them. A day ago I noticed new eggs and panicked, this time I was going to do it right. I could not find a divider that would work so I had to move them into the 20 I had set up for my kribensis/ I took the kribensis and placed them in the 55 gal. I then dranked the 20 almost all the way and filled it with water from the 55 gallon. I then filled a bucket with the 55 water and carefully placed the spawning area in the bucket. I transfered this to the 20 then the parents. They have so far ate all but two of the eggs. I believe this is because I moved them.
I was wondering if the likely hood of them breeding again in two weeks was strong? They seem to be adjusting to the new tank perfectly Elvis is even trying to get Gabby to breed again but she has no more eggs for a while. I have plans of removing the parents back into the 55 once the fry are free swimming. Is this a good idea? What can I do to get them as adjusted to the new tank as they were in the 55? Will being put in a smaller tank after such a large tank affect their breeding? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

By: SoGua

SoGua — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:37:34 +0000

yes it’s their characteristic. but when they feel threaten they will eat their own fry.

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:30:15 +0000

Should the pairing tank with the juveniles be a bare-bottom? what should i put in it?

By: james hatton

james hatton — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:25:02 +0000

after about two days the eggs will turn into wrigglers, at this point you can turn the air off. at around day seven the fry will become free swimming at which you should put the fry in a bigger tank like 60 l (12 g) which has nothing in it apart from an air filter and judging on how many fry surive, move them to a bigger tank.

By: james hatton

james hatton — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:14:11 +0000

hi ive been reading your blog at the start and would like to tell you that some angel parents will eat their fry, not because they have been desturbed but because its their personality. should this happen you can in fact artifically hatch them, this is when you take the eggs out of the tank about an hour after being laid and putting them in a jam jar that can hold 1 or 2 litres. once youve put them in the jam jar you have to have an air flow on the eggs to mimic the cleaning method performed by the parents

By: Fourmallets

Fourmallets — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:15:57 +0000

I have an angelfish (I think it is a male) that I bought from Petsmart about a week ago. First of all, I have a 30 gallon tank that has a pH of 7.0, 1 tbsp of table salt for every 10 gallons (added two days ago), and has chemicals that should treat it for just about every bad chemical that could possibly be present in the water. In the tank I have 8 neon tetras, 3 guppies, 2 plecostomus catfish, and two angelfish (one of which I have a question about).
Anyway, I have this angelfish that is just floating around at the top of the tank. He is alive and eating, but his pectoral (side) fins are pointing upward towards his head. It appears as though this is preventing him from swimming properly. I would just like to know if you have seen this before and, if so, can it be cured?

By: SoGua

SoGua — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:01:42 +0000

whenever they spawn, get the other pair out of the tank.
n do not disturb the spawning pair.
if they get scared or feel tension then they will eat all their eggs…