FishProfiles.com Message Forums

i've had these angels for a little less then a year and i noticed the biggest one beign extremely aggressive towards everything.....the other day i noticed it's belly was really big and it looked like it was pushing to hard to poop b/c the area looked inside out, well then yesterday there's eggs on my power head, a lot of them, and it's protecting the area like crazy.....
will these babies survive? there's a male betta, chinese algea eater and 2 other angles.
also i don't have room or money to keep theses babies, if they survive, into another tank...i didn't except my angels to spawn..... how long will it take for them to hatch if they do???

I honostly dont remember how long it will take for theeggs to hatch, but if the male fertilized the eggs, then they will survive. Once your angles paired up, they will keep spawning.

Mostlikely the fish will eat your angles eggs though.

so how do i know if they were fertilized or not??? it's impossible to tell male and female!

You can tell male from female by thier papillea. The male's is pointy the female's thicker and rounded.

The infertile eggs will turn white.

The eggs will hatch in about 2 days. They'll be wigglers, eggs with tails.

5 days later they'll be free swimming and you can feed them Baby brine shrimp.

Good luck, Mike

what is a papillea??

Their breeding equipment it appears when they are about to and during spawning. A tube will come out the anal vent, the female's is rounded and larger than the male's.

With the other fish you have in the tank i don't think you'll have tro worry about finding room for fry though.

thanks for the info, in a few months, mostly after christmas i'll look into getting a bigger tank, it's would be exciting to see them grow up.

would the eggs be white already if they aren't fertilized?

Maybe not yet. They laid them this morning? If so tomorrow morning a few will probably be white if the parents don't pick them off.

There might not be any eggs in the morning, some Angels are egg eating fiends.

Good luck, Mike

True most angels, eat their eggs whether there fertile or not. They will eventually get the hang of it so at some time you may end up with some baby angels. Good luck

i would love to have baby angels, when i have the room, time and money, it will definately be a cool experience!


thanks again for the advice and info!