Help Angels Just Layed Eggs What Do I Do Now?

[river_rat]

so i came home today to see one of my plants covered in eggs with my two angels not letting anything get near it. im very new to fish in general i only had my first tank for about 2 months now. but i want to try to make this work. when i bought my first tank it was a 5gal fluval chi and before i even bought a fish for it i decided to go to a much larger 29gal. im thinking about setting my chi back up and moving the entire plant that they lay the eggs on into that along with the two angels and sponge filter with no gravel then eventualy getting brine shrimp. any help is welcome it would be nice to get this to work somehow without putting too much stress on my angels.

 

[Tolak]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/96104-angelfish-spawning-and-breeding/

Any other questions or clarifications needed fire away!

 

[AstonN24vantage]

wait. did you say to put all of that - 2 angels and eggs in a puny 5 g? many people advise against putting 2 in a 29g! (i do have 2 angels in a 30g) the eggs must be kept with the angels and in a large, high tank.

 

[river_rat]

no i havent done anything with them yet. but i have no where else to put them my angels are still pretty small themselves but mine is a 29 gal high. and the 5gal is also more high than long

 

[AstonN24vantage]

ok i would keep the adults in the 29 and put the eggs in the 5. they will prob be okay w/o parents

 

[Tolak]

I've hatched countless angel spawns away from the parents in everything from 2.5 gallon to 10 gallon tanks. If this is the first spawn the hatch rate is usually pretty low, the pair need a couple of tries to get it right in most cases. Due to this I rarely pull the first spawn from a pair.

If you have success you will either need to find a place to sell 200+ fish or cull heavily. If you plan on moving forward with this some planning & decision making needs to be done. Another 29 gallon would allow you space to grow 60 fry to dime body size, about 30 to nickel body size. It's either cull heavily or get more tank space, you'll need 1/2 gallon for each dime size, 1 gallon for each nickel size. This is generally the smallest size shops will take them.