Angelfish Breeding

[beginner to fish]

i got two angelfish about 4 months ago they were very small but are now very big about 10 mins ago i noticed that they were laying eggs on my filter they are in a community tank(220l) i dunno what to do with them how long will it take for them to hatch.
thanks in advance

 

[Colin_T]

Chances are they will eat the eggs tonight or tomorrow. If they look after them then the eggs will hatch in a couple of days and the adults will transfer the young to a pit they have dug in the gravel. They will move the fry around each day and a few days after they hatch, the fry will be free swimming. Then they can be fed on newly hatched brineshrimp.

 

[beginner to fish]

Chances are they will eat the eggs tonight or tomorrow. If they look after them then the eggs will hatch in a couple of days and the adults will transfer the young to a pit they have dug in the gravel. They will move the fry around each day and a few days after they hatch, the fry will be free swimming. Then they can be fed on newly hatched brineshrimp.

if they do hatch what do i feed them before they are free swimming

 

[Colin_T]

the fry live off their yolk sac before they are free swimming so they don't need feeding until they actually start swimming around.

 

[MollyFresh]

Wow if it was me, I would move the eggs somewhere so that they don't get a chance to eat the eggs. maybe in a breeder box or something, would that be okay if someone did that.

 

[BigC]

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[Colin_T]

it is preferable to give the parents a chance to rear up the eggs and fry. They usually eat the first few batches but gradually learn to look after the fry. Then it is worth the wait as you watch the parents swimming around guarding hundreds of little offspring.
Many people do artificially hatch and rear up the fry but this encourages the adult fish to eat the eggs and young. This is due to the fact the fish weren't reared up by their parents and they in turn don't know how to become good parents themselves.