Angelfish Babies

jjkolodz · 01-16-2008, 01:48 PM

I have a pair of angelfish watching over a batch of eggs right now. They are in a tank by themselves and I was wondering how long can I leave the babies in with the parents after they hatch.

doggydad38 · 01-16-2008, 02:07 PM

If your Angels are good parents and don't eat the fry, you can let them raise them. Depending on how big the tank is, dime sized bodies is a good size to remove the babies to be raised on their own, smaller, obviously, if the tank is smaller. Good luck and congrats.
Tony

**TheOldSalt** · 01-16-2008, 02:53 PM

They will likely eat them, though. That's very common with first-time angelfish spawnings. Not to worry, though, as they'll spawn again in a few more days and probably get it right the next time.

Kribensis12 · 01-16-2008, 05:30 PM

CONGRATS! Most first time parents eat their fry, but especially angel's. A lady who lives behid me used to breed angels all the time, and she said the key to them rasining the fry, is to leave the tank light s on all day+night, if there are other fish in their. Also, keep noise minimal, keep water chagne's down to a minimal, as the parents will fear for the fry and eat them, and also to cover the tank in a black cloth so they are disturbed by passer by's! Would love pic's!

jjkolodz · 01-17-2008, 05:05 PM

So the parents were on their third day of incubation and all of a sudden the eggs started to disappear. I watched them for a bit and noticed that the female was eating the eggs. This is their second batch and second time that the eggs have disappeared.
When they have their next clutch what should I do? Should I remove the parents from the tank (there are no other fish in the tank)? Or should I remove the eggs? Or should I give the parents another shot?

emc7 · 01-17-2008, 05:52 PM

If you decide to separate both parents from the eggs (you could try just removing the female), take the eggs. Angel fry get herded to food by the parents, if you raise them yourself, you need to get them into a smaller container. If the eggs were bright white, they weren't fertilized and deserved to be eaten. If the eggs had wiggly tails and were clear, she could've been eating them or moving them. Is there a floating leaf that she is guarding now?

01-16-2008, 01:48 PM	#1
jjkolodz Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 25 Posts: 47	Angelfish Babies I have a pair of angelfish watching over a batch of eggs right now. They are in a tank by themselves and I was wondering how long can I leave the babies in with the parents after they hatch.

01-16-2008, 05:30 PM	#4
Kribensis12 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 15 Posts: 109	CONGRATS! Most first time parents eat their fry, but especially angel's. A lady who lives behid me used to breed angels all the time, and she said the key to them rasining the fry, is to leave the tank light s on all day+night, if there are other fish in their. Also, keep noise minimal, keep water chagne's down to a minimal, as the parents will fear for the fry and eat them, and also to cover the tank in a black cloth so they are disturbed by passer by's! Would love pic's! __________________ My tank's: 30g tank: 1 angelfish 1 Fancy Guppies 2 Zebra Danio's 2 Black Mollies 2 Dalmation Mollies 3 platies ( 5 baby green sailfin mollies and 2 guppies in a breeder, being feed BBS daily) 20g Flat Hexagon 1 baby guppy 1 baby swordtail 1 Baby half black striped angelfish( 4 inches tall) 10g: 1 baby half black striped angelfish( 4 inches tall) 1 baby mickey mouse swordtail several baby guppies 1 baby mollie

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01-16-2008, 02:07 PM	#2
doggydad38 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 189	If your Angels are good parents and don't eat the fry, you can let them raise them. Depending on how big the tank is, dime sized bodies is a good size to remove the babies to be raised on their own, smaller, obviously, if the tank is smaller. Good luck and congrats. Tony

01-16-2008, 02:53 PM	#3
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,234	They will likely eat them, though. That's very common with first-time angelfish spawnings. Not to worry, though, as they'll spawn again in a few more days and probably get it right the next time.

01-17-2008, 05:05 PM	#5
jjkolodz Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 25 Posts: 47	So the parents were on their third day of incubation and all of a sudden the eggs started to disappear. I watched them for a bit and noticed that the female was eating the eggs. This is their second batch and second time that the eggs have disappeared. When they have their next clutch what should I do? Should I remove the parents from the tank (there are no other fish in the tank)? Or should I remove the eggs? Or should I give the parents another shot?

01-17-2008, 05:52 PM	#6
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,854	If you decide to separate both parents from the eggs (you could try just removing the female), take the eggs. Angel fry get herded to food by the parents, if you raise them yourself, you need to get them into a smaller container. If the eggs were bright white, they weren't fertilized and deserved to be eaten. If the eggs had wiggly tails and were clear, she could've been eating them or moving them. Is there a floating leaf that she is guarding now?

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