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We now have eggs on our underground filter pip the parent's are doing well with them. But they have pulled the plant's from around the pip is that normal? They are still fanning them but I see them picking off some that look white all so is that what there to do?

edith

It sounds normal to me. Check out this site, I think it will help you:

http://www.freshwaterangelfish.com/acq.html

Also if you go to "search" on this site & type in, "angelfish eggs" there is a few posts, but I would recommend you type in, "angelfish breeding" as there is an extensive post there with probably all the info. you need. Have fun & good luck!

Thank you so much I am checking every thing I can out

edith

The white ones are either infertile or
fungussed.
Angelfish parents pick no good eggs off
to allow good ones to grow.
If they are in a community tank its highly unlikely
that the eggs will survive to hatch or free swimming
stage.
Angelfish eggs, in good conditions, take about
5-7 days to hatch, the fry are wigglers, but cannot
swim until they have digested their yolk sac.
During this time, the parents will keep them herded up
to avoid losing them. If they are good parents of course,
most angels eat the fry at this stage if they are new
or young angels.
The fry remain wigglers for 3-4 days, then launch
into what is called a "Cloud", and will swim close to the parents in this cloud for several weeks time.
During this time, they will need to be fed, and the best
food is live baby brine shrimp - easily grown and hatched in a 1 gallon jar with salt, a lamp,and an air stone.

After 2-3 weeks, as the fry grow, you can start feeding
crushed up flake food.

If you want fry to survive, you will probably need to
put them into a seperate tank.

Good luck.


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Thank you So_Very_Sneaky We have them in the 55 gal but have been divided off from the others since we lost the first batch of eggs there good parents so far.

edith

Well, my rams have laid many sets of eggs....several batches of which have hatched successfully and the babies are getting big in my 10 gallon. My A. cactuoides laid 2 sets of eggs and I thought they got eaten, but today I saw two tiny little fry that have managed to survive. My A. trifasciata have laid eggs before, I don't think it was successful, but who knows. And now, apparently 2 out of 3 of my angels have paired off and they are vigorously defending a clutch of eggs that they laid on a vertical amazon sword leaf. What is in the water at my house that has all these fish having babies??? LOL These are supposed to be 'soft water' fish that won't spawn in my hard water!!! Maybe I should run out and set up a discus tank. LOL

I hope I can get these eggs to hatch and raise the fry....I'm running out of breeding tanks though, will these angels be able to raise them themselves in my tank? {{Stock list available in my profile}}

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If there good parent's yes they will. I have 7 angels and one pair has layed eggs twice now first time I was new and told to take parent out from eggs I did I put in a divider. Then I was told no put them back with eggs well poor baby's were mixed up and eat there eggs secound time they were doing good grate parents the went to free swimmers then my divider let go. the others eat the fry. This time I have it fixed and will be geting a new tank for the other's. But I have the divider in place and it is there to stay no leting go this time. So to answer the question yes they will raise there young if there good parent's

edith

Tangential diversion - egg fungus.

Thre are two approaches that can be used to ensure that egg fungus isn't a major problem.

The first is a medication approach. Methylene Blue is cited as an effective fungicide when used thus, but sadly, here in the UK it's now difficult to obtain directly. However, there are proprietary antifungals that perform the same task - one I've used with considerable success is Tetra's FungiStop, which is specifically formulated for egg fungus management.

The second is a biological approach. Way back in the 70s, TFH magazine published a little piece in which it was announced that researchers had used a freshwater crustacean called Asellus borealis to control egg fungus. In controlled experiments, Asellus was found to keep fungus off fish eggs very effectively, while leaving the eggs themselves unmolested. These creatures resemble underwater woodlice in appearance, and have a comically ungainly walking motion, but they are, apparently, an excellent biological control for those aquarists who feel uneasy about dosing a nursery aquarium with medications without a compelling need. There are several species of Asellus crustaceans that can be thus pressed into service - perform a Google search on the Genus Asellus and see which one is native to your locality (and thus collectable for free!). Here in the UK, the recorded species are:

Asellus aquaticus (native)
Asellus meridionalis (native)

There may be other species of Asellus native to North America, for example, and the journal Nature recently published some information regarding the taxonomy of Asellus, in which one worker described no less than four new species in the UK fauna in 2003: however, doubts remain as to the validity of this work, and subsequent researchers claim that all of the type specimens can be referred unambiguously to aquaticus or meridionalis. However, from the standpoint of the aquarist interested in egg fungus management, the taxonomy is of marginal interest.



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