Re: My angelfish just laid their first batch of eggs!
The odds they will hatch in a community tank are very low. Other fish see the eggs as a free lunch and the parents will not only try to keep others at bay, they could even kill other fish. The parents will eat the eggs rather than let others do so.
Your best bet is either to isolate the pair in their own breeding tank if you want to let them try to raise the fry. Some angels do this the very first spawn while others take a few spawns to get it right and some never learn.
You can also pull the eggs shortly after they are laid and fertilized by removing the plant leaf and putting it into a small tank with heat and air plus a dose of methyblu. I hatched 500 angels in a 2.5 gal tank but they didn't stay their long. If you are serious about raising angels, you need a lot more tanks. Angels spawn every 10-14 days and will give 100s and 100s of eggs.
Finally, once they go free swimming agnel fry need live food for the first 2 weeks or so, I suggest you research hatching baby brine shrimp if you are going to try and raise fry.
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