angel fish babies

[noslenwerd]

i just seperated my bby angls from the rest of the tank through a net. They are sitting in the bottom of the fish net breeder... The bby brine shrimp that I tried feeding them are just float out of the net..How do I feed them? What do I do from here?

 

[Tolak]

A seperate tank is best, angels probably won't make it in a breeder net. If you just have a few, any 1 gallon or larger container that holds water could be used.

Check this out http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=96104

Tolak

 

[noslenwerd]

ive read through your whole this on angels.. thanks by the way for making that. very informative

But what is the reason they need to be taken out of the breeder net? The net i have isnt even wired tightly enough to catch the babies.. They just 'hatched' today

 

[Tolak]

First of all, like you said, breeder nets aren't fine enough to keep bbs in.

Second,angel fry need very clean conditions, especially at the beginning. Unless you plan on doing major daily water changes on the tank they are in, you will have problems with bacteria. Also, how do you plan to clean the net daily?

Third, angels need room to grow, lots of fin in compairison to a small body. I keep 300 in a 10 gallon for the first few weeks, that's 30 per gallon, or 3 per 1/10 of a gallon, 12.8 ounces. If they are raised in cramped conditions they will have some deformities, usually chopped/stunted dorsal fins.

Fourth, being as small as they are, if their larger tankmates see them the won't be thinking "Ooo, baby angels". They will be thinking "Yum!! Baby angels!". Even if they can't get through the net, they will batter them to death.

Tolak