FishProfiles.com Message Forums

I am not sure the best place to post this since there is no longer a forum for breeding questions. Two of my angels have paired up, laid eggs.....all without me knowing....and looked into the tank this morning and I have wigglers. The parents so far are doing a good job of chasing the other occupants of the 75g out of their half of the tank. Thank goodness the tank is lightly stocked. My question is how do I take care of the fry now? Would it upset the parents unduly to fish out the other two angels in the tank and transfer them? I do have a 29g tank, but it is not set up and cycled. Will have to see if Heidi will take the other two angels until I get more tanks set up.

If there much of a change of any survival? I purchased a breeding net for the fry, but am not sure if they still need parental care to survive. Any suggestions welcome. Just at a time when I thought I had all males, I get this very pleasant surprise.

I would just let the parents try and do their job now, but the fry will most likey be eaten by the others or even the parents once they are ready to breed agian. I would cycle that 29 gallon and place the parents in that after they are done with the current eggs and feed them well. When they breed in there after a week or so after the fry are hatched, take out the parents.

Then the question is, "What do I feed microscopic angelfish?" That question is quickly followed by, "What do you mean I should feed them newly hatched brine shrimp UP TO 5 times a day?" Followed by, "They are so small! How can they poop so much that I have to do a 50% water change each day?"

You thought having kids was bad, now have 300 of them!



__________
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research."
researched from Steven Wright

Well you can hatch brine shrimp out in a small heated container ( the instructions are on the package ) or you can use hard boiled egg yolk but do not over feed with this stuff b/c it will cloud your water. I would probely go with 25% water change evey 3 days.

Thanks for all the advice. First batch of wigglers disappeared. But they laid more eggs and now have a small amount of wigglers. Will transferring them to another tank upset them enough to stop their breeding?

It can stress them for a short bit. Just be sure to transfer whatever it is they are breeding on with them. They may have a time before they spawn again, but they will spawn again for you eventually.

_____________________________________________________________

There is always a bigger fish...