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[font color="#BF791F"]so i was wondering if it is hard to raise angelfish.. i have a breeding pair of juv. angels....(platinum male and zebra female) and they are quite young but they spawned in a semi aggresive tank with pearl gouramis and angels... with some ameca splendens too... and i took the eggs and put them in a tupperware container and airated themm... like someone on here suggested but they all died... so is there a different way of raising them??
i have a 5 gallon with 8 new born ameca splendens and a baby blue acara... verrry small .. would the eggs survive in there??
or in a empty ten gallon with 2 zebra snails..??
HELP ME PLZ AND THANK YOU[/font]

my guess is to move the angels to a proper breeding tank, and let them raise the young.

[font color="#BF791F"]well the thing is the only tank i could possibly put them in is a empty 10 gallon'
and i dont think they would be happy in a 10 gallon[/font]

10Gal. is too small, maybe you can get a 29Gal. & leave them there. Maybe you can put a Slate & when they'll breed on it, just take it out & put it in the 10Gal. with the same water.
As long as you have a breeding pair, it's not difficult to breed Angels.


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You can hatch the eggs if they are viable in as small a container as a one gallon jar, but to sucessfully raise even a small spawn of angels (say 250), you must supply serious grow out space and do regular water changes (most do this at least once daily), and for best results, feed with freshly hatched baby brine shrimp several times each day.

If you attempt to raise angels in overly crowded conditions, you'll end up with fish with badly cropped fins that will not resemble the graceful form angels are known for. (Kept overcrowded, fry become serious fin nippers.) Angel fry require not only tip top water quality, but also physical space. Below are two very general suggested stocking guidelines offered by two angelfish authorities. Keep in mind that most retailers will not accept anythng less than nickel sized fish.

Angelsplus suggests:

Nickel size bodies 1 angelfish per gallon
Quarter size bodies 1 angelfish per 2 gallons
Silver dollar size bodies 1 angelfish per 3 gallons
Stock ready to be paired 1 angelfish per 5 gallons
Full grown breeding pair 20 gallon tall

Angelfish Micro Hatchery suggests:

Newly free swimming fry 40 fry per gallon
Two week old fry 20 fry per gallon
Month old fry 10 fry per gallon
Pea size bodies 3 fish per gallon
Dime size bodies 2 fish per gallon
Nickel size bodies 1 fish per gallon
Quarter size bodies 1 fish per 2 gallons
Silver Dollar size bodies 1 fish per 3 gallons
Potential breeders 1 fish per 5 gallons
Show Specimens 1 fish per 10 gallons
One breeding pair 20 gallon high tank

As you can see, raising a single angel spawn takes some serious tank space.

[font color="#C00000"]well i dont have the room for a 29 gallon aquarium tank... maybe i will take 10 gallons of water from my 44 gallons into my 10 gallon and raise the next batch there.. so what do i need in that tank for the babies to survive.. the problem about feeding is i am in school so i cant feed several times a day... can they be fed on flake food??
i dont know i really want platinum zebra angelfish babies i just dont know how to raise them.....
so do i need gravel.. a sponge filter... heater..? temp?
plz help..[/font]

Start feeding them on Microworms & after a week, feed the Live Brineshrimp.
You'll need a tank, heather, airstone & a spongefilter. Don't add any Gravel.
Try to feed them 6 times a day & do daily water changes, 20% will be Ok.
It's better to do some research before trying to breed Angels & you can do some google search & you'll find lots of information.


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You could raise a few angels in a 10 gallon tank. Not many though. Not possible for profit, but ok for fun or personal reward.

If you start with a full spawn and feed finely powdered flake type food, you will not likely get many to survive anyway, so that might actually work for you. (Remove dead fry frequently. <shiver&gt Would be far better though to hatch baby brine shrimp and feed these twice a day (three times or more would be even better, but twice will work). I have never had an angel fry that could not take freshly hatched and harvested BBS on day one or at the very latest day two after reaching freeswimming. Hatch BBS, harvest and store in fridge in brine, restart BBS hatchery with fresh brine etc and repeat every day, or every other day. After 48 hours cold storage I freeze or dump remaining BBS.

Bare bottom tank is best as its easiest to keep clean. Siphon out any dead BBS from bottom daily to twice daily during your WCs or they'll foul the water. Sponge filter must be finepore as newly hatched fry can be trapped in largepore sponge filters.

If you go the BBS shrimp route, and are on top of your water changes, you will have to cull heavily as the fry grow, down to maybe 10-20 fry. Fair warning - I find the larger they get, the tougher (emotionally) it is to cull them. By pea size they should be getting their ventrals and you can then make sure to only keep those with perfect untwisted ventrals.

that sounds interesting