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Thank you for your information!   The reason I think they paired off is that in the past week, the alpha "male" (or it could be a female, I couldn't tell) fought vigorously towards other angels, except for the female that was laying eggs yesterday. They fought before, but never as that violently...

I found one of my angel was laying eggs in late afternoon today. I am pretty sure that another angel beside her is her spouse according to their behavior recently, although he did not show the protruding tube outside his anus. There are another two angels of the same age in this tank. The funny...

Updates:   Most fry died in the first three weeks, probably due to bad water quality. But three finally survive! Here are some pictures.           They are now about 52 days old. Their size ranges from 1.5 cm to 2 cm in length. They all developed good labyrinth gills to make bubbles. They...

You won't know how many trial shots I had before I got these pictures. I am going to prepare live microworms for the fry. But I don't think I can get them in time. Do you think frozen baby brine shrimps fit their mouth?

Eggs (24h) Wiggles (32h) Wiggles (32h)   They hatched out! I saved three more eggs/wiggles from the breeding tank in the afternoon.

About 24h after the first mating activity:   The male is stupid in maintaining the bubble nest. A lot of eggs sunk into the bottom. I spent my whole morning picking up those eggs remaining in the surface. I think I saved about a hundred of them. Some of them are hatching already! I wish some...

  Those yellowish things are not illusion! They are eggs!

  The picture is not perfect since it is a bit dark under the bubble nest.    I finally have them mating. Even though the male and female Opaline Gouramis  are in the same tank they just fight and never go into mating mood. Then I put the female in a net trap and put a piece of styrofoam on the...

I really regret that I bought this 5 gallon tank without much thinking. After a few experiments, the minimal frequency of water change is one week. Any time longer will make the tank a mess. I have another bigger tank but it stocks some violent fish and won't suit these little guppies and...

Sad story.   This morning, I found dead fry all over the tank. Also, there was a conglomerate of ugly white stuff (with a diameter about 8mm) hanging out of an old female platy's anus. That stuff consisted of some dead fry (I could see some black eyes compared to the white background; there were...

After the last disaster of 13 dead fries 3 weeks ago, now another female platy delivers 13 (yes, 13 again!) healthy fries! I found only two fries yesterday, and today I find 11 more.   The video   They don't eat the flakes I put in the trap. I have some whey protein that I seldom consume. I...

Thanks. I will put more plants into the tank. Keep fingers crossed.

Really sad...   I was looking forward to breading platies for a long time. I got a pair about 5 week ago from the store, when she was definitely not pregnant. So I think this is just her first pregnancy. The white protruding thing on her anus has been conspicuous for more than a week. About two...

... I don't know what to say. I will think about it. The key problem is indeed the big female Blue Gourami.  Tough