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Obed Mathis · 03-30-2005, 12:29 PM

Typically I pull the eggs from the parents about 2 hours after spawning activity is finished. I place the slate with the eggs on it into a gallon jar full of water from the parents tank. I place the one gallon jug into a 10 gallon tank with heater and filter to keep the jar at an even temp. I insert an air line into the jar with a gentle flow of air and add several drops of methylene blue to keep the bacteria from developing and spreading funus over the eggs. After about 48 hours the eggs will hatch into wigglers and on day 6/7 they will begin free swimming. On day 6 I set up the brine shrimp and when they hatch out (24 to 36 hours later) [in truth I keep two 2 liter bbs hatcheries going all the time now] I start feeding the new free swimmers, the bbs. I wait until they have been free swimming for a few hours before the first feeding. The next day I empty the one gallon jug into the 10 gallon tank. I use air line and siphon the bottom of the 10 gallon tank every day and try to do 50% water changes every day. After about 2 weeks of being in the 10 gallon tank I move the fry into grow out tanks.
There is lots of useful info about breeding and raising angel fish on THE ANGELFISH SOCIETY website. There is also lots of good stuff on the TAFII forum. check it out.

03-30-2005, 12:29 PM	#10
Obed Mathis Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4	Re: My angelfish just laid their first batch of eggs! Typically I pull the eggs from the parents about 2 hours after spawning activity is finished. I place the slate with the eggs on it into a gallon jar full of water from the parents tank. I place the one gallon jug into a 10 gallon tank with heater and filter to keep the jar at an even temp. I insert an air line into the jar with a gentle flow of air and add several drops of methylene blue to keep the bacteria from developing and spreading funus over the eggs. After about 48 hours the eggs will hatch into wigglers and on day 6/7 they will begin free swimming. On day 6 I set up the brine shrimp and when they hatch out (24 to 36 hours later) [in truth I keep two 2 liter bbs hatcheries going all the time now] I start feeding the new free swimmers, the bbs. I wait until they have been free swimming for a few hours before the first feeding. The next day I empty the one gallon jug into the 10 gallon tank. I use air line and siphon the bottom of the 10 gallon tank every day and try to do 50% water changes every day. After about 2 weeks of being in the 10 gallon tank I move the fry into grow out tanks. There is lots of useful info about breeding and raising angel fish on THE ANGELFISH SOCIETY website. There is also lots of good stuff on the TAFII forum. check it out.