hi there
just before we begin i would like to say hi im new to the forum and this is my first post
anyway i need some advice
i have been trying to breed angelfish but am not having much luck, i
have a lovely pair of fish that are good layers (usually lay around 100
eggs every 2-3 weeks or so) and i have been trying different ways of
growing the fry with no success at all so far,
1st brood were not expected and so i had no choice but to let parents
care for them which was fine until they were free swimming they did a
great job up until i put some food in the tank for the parents at which
point they seemed to get confused which was food(i just used some flake
on this occasion) and which was the fry and they then just ate
everything in sight, now i know its not unusual for angels to eat the
fry especially when they are new to parenting so i do have a few
questions however i will list all questions in a moment in 1 place.
2nd brood, i had a slate in the tank and they parents were kind enough
to use it for me so i pulled the eggs and place them in a separate tank
with some meth blue and they all hatched out lovely but then they
started to die of a and by day 4 of them being free swimming they had
all died, i did plenty of water changes and was very careful not to over
feed the tank was only very small (only bout 3 gallons) but it was
purely to be used as a hatching tank and then after a week of so of free
swimming i had a 40 gallon ready to put them in
3rd brood, parents not so accommodating this time they ignored the slate
and used the spray bar for my filterso i moved the spraybar to the
other end of the tank and put a partition in which all went well and fry
hatched ok but then the parents got clever and managed to start sucking
the fry through the tiny holes in the partition and ate them all
my tank set up is as follows:
40 gallon tank with sump and weir that has hopefully now been made fry
friendly with the use of sponges to cover weir overflow combs, tank is
divided in half with 2 dividers 1 is clear perspex with holes in 1 is
material screen(similar to net curtain material to stop parent sucking
the fry through, no other fish in thank on either side
gravel on bottom in side where parents normally live and glass bottom in
other side where i was originally hoping to hatch the eggs in, running a
uv steriliser to help keep bacteria to a minimum
4th brood, eggs just been laid on wall of tank so here goes the questions
Q1 obviously im gonna have to let the parents raise the fry this time
so lets assume they hatch ok how can i try and avoid the parents
mistaking the fry for food when i feed the parents
Q2 if i move anything once the fry are free swimming would it be better to more fry or adults,
q3 how soon do fry need to be separated if at all?
just before we begin i would like to say hi im new to the forum and this is my first post
anyway i need some advice
i have been trying to breed angelfish but am not having much luck, i
have a lovely pair of fish that are good layers (usually lay around 100
eggs every 2-3 weeks or so) and i have been trying different ways of
growing the fry with no success at all so far,
1st brood were not expected and so i had no choice but to let parents
care for them which was fine until they were free swimming they did a
great job up until i put some food in the tank for the parents at which
point they seemed to get confused which was food(i just used some flake
on this occasion) and which was the fry and they then just ate
everything in sight, now i know its not unusual for angels to eat the
fry especially when they are new to parenting so i do have a few
questions however i will list all questions in a moment in 1 place.
2nd brood, i had a slate in the tank and they parents were kind enough
to use it for me so i pulled the eggs and place them in a separate tank
with some meth blue and they all hatched out lovely but then they
started to die of a and by day 4 of them being free swimming they had
all died, i did plenty of water changes and was very careful not to over
feed the tank was only very small (only bout 3 gallons) but it was
purely to be used as a hatching tank and then after a week of so of free
swimming i had a 40 gallon ready to put them in
3rd brood, parents not so accommodating this time they ignored the slate
and used the spray bar for my filterso i moved the spraybar to the
other end of the tank and put a partition in which all went well and fry
hatched ok but then the parents got clever and managed to start sucking
the fry through the tiny holes in the partition and ate them all
my tank set up is as follows:
40 gallon tank with sump and weir that has hopefully now been made fry
friendly with the use of sponges to cover weir overflow combs, tank is
divided in half with 2 dividers 1 is clear perspex with holes in 1 is
material screen(similar to net curtain material to stop parent sucking
the fry through, no other fish in thank on either side
gravel on bottom in side where parents normally live and glass bottom in
other side where i was originally hoping to hatch the eggs in, running a
uv steriliser to help keep bacteria to a minimum
4th brood, eggs just been laid on wall of tank so here goes the questions
Q1 obviously im gonna have to let the parents raise the fry this time
so lets assume they hatch ok how can i try and avoid the parents
mistaking the fry for food when i feed the parents
Q2 if i move anything once the fry are free swimming would it be better to more fry or adults,
q3 how soon do fry need to be separated if at all?
