Parent Raising Angelfish Fry - Pinoy and Blue Marble Angelfish Spawn and Care for Babies
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ม.ค. 2020
- My experience helping angelfish parents raise their babies. Follows first generation of parent raised fish that just spawned and chronicles the first 3 weeks of the angelfish fry. Includes tips, tricks, suggested foods and crazy antics of the parent fish as they learn what to do and what not to do.
Related Videos of the Mother Angelfish's Parents:
Angelfish Aggression - Paring up in the Community Tank • Angelfish Aggression W...
Blue and Pinoy Angelfish Spawn and Parent Raise Fry • Blue and Pinoy Angelfi...
Blue Pinoy Baby Angelfish All Grown Up • Blue Pinoy Baby Angelf...
Fish Room Tour - Blue and Koi Angelfish - Blackwater Nano Fish Tank • Fish Room Tour - Blue ...
My Top Angelfish Videos: • Top Angelfish Videos
Things I'm Doing Differently This Time:
Water change every other day between 25% to 50% instead of just twice a week
Variety of small foods throughout the day - dry, live and frozen foods
Just a note: The parents need a little light overnight so they can see the eggs/fry in order to "protect" them. A couple of night lights or a lamp with a low wattage bulb should be fine.
🐠 ✨ I expect to sell fish online May through October, depending on weather and my stock.
Website: SparkysTropicals.com
Email: SparkysTropicals@gmail.com
IG: TiffanyWhiteRealtor
![LISA - ROCKSTAR (Official Music Video) REACTION [SHE'S BACK!]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QBxE30vavMQ/mqdefault.jpg)
this has been the best education on parent raising their fry, even seeing the 3 week olds and their different sizes -ts helping me so much as first time angelfish parent. Your talking about the behavior of the parents is also really helpful. I watch how mine interact and surprised the Dad has more patience with the fry, and the Momma wants to start the mating dance/lip-locking moments. Thanks for your shows very much,
Fantastic Informative video,,, Thank you .. i bought four angels in lockdown here in the UK ,, i didnt realise i picked two males and two females.... they began to fight very visously ,,, i seperated the pairs and kept one pair ,, that Spawned and laid eggs that became babies ,,, They have now just paid there second set on my Amazon sword in my comuninty tank ,, they are the King and Queen of the heavily planted tank , and they are amazing parents ,,
That's exciting! I always love watching the fish babies grow up :-)
Nice and soothing video.
What a wonderful video! Thanks I really want to do this when I get some angels.
Good information 👍 tanks
Beautiful !!
Love how you speak and you tone is calming. Great video!!
nice video
Well done, thanks.
Thanks for watching :-)
Those are some of the most beautiful fish I've ever seen
Great video! So educational
Thanks so much! :-)
This was suggested to me as I've been researching angels, well done, YT, for once on point.
Thanks! I'm glad this was helpful to you :-)
They are stunning xxxx
beautiful video. Liked and Subscribed.
Thank you very much! :-)
Great video, you are very cute
Well explained!!....Ill try this. Thanx and much love
Thanks for watching! :-)
Watching that mama repeatedly try to “re-stick” her babies was adorable. Even that fry from the last spawn couldn’t escape. She was like, “nope baby, you’re gonna go stick too!” 🤣😂😂
It’s so fun to watch angel fish be allowed to parent. They truly have amazing instincts. 💗
They are indeed so interesting to watch. I've really enjoyed observing the parent fish as they pair up, spawn and (hopefully) parent raise the babies!
You have a lot of good things happening. Lots of fry. +1 for patience 👍
Thanks Tom! I feel like I've been 'collecting' fish for a year and a half. Perhaps my breeding efforts have been redeemed since one of the few surviving babies from the other pair turned up as the mother of this new spawn. It's about time ;-)
That marble is beautiful
Great Video Tiffany. This is been very helpful since you filmed from wigglers to free swimmers. I have a pair that has made it to wiggllers just this last time after about 4-8 previous spawns. Thank you. I know have a few more things to try the next time.
My pearlscale laid eggs that are now wigglers. This is so helpful.. Thanks!
Those wifi fins are fantastic#
beautiful fish!!! based on the exposed tubes my guess is the black marble is the male. Great video, thank you!
I think they move the eggs for cleanliness purposes additionally if you get close to the tank and stare at the babies they don't like that which is why they keep moving them.
Beautiful Pair 👌 I've been looking for a nice Pinoy or Pinoy Clown. Amazing finnage!
Thanks so much!! :-)
I'm raising them by my self. And I watched others here on yt doing this. But what for mother nature seems to be just effortless becomes quite a different story for "us". Nature really is amazing. Like the coloring of your angelfish. Beautiful. If I may say so... "well done"!
Thank you for your kind words :-)
Thank you, I was worried to pick them from community tank , it may stress them. As they start cleaning corn since yer day I watch them , both chase other mates, finally I put them separate tank hope they will learn to raise own. Last times they ate , maybe they were worried others will eat them. This video helped me. Finger cross to see their reaction. 🥰
So adorable! Angel fish are new to me. But I've kept lots of other fish. And other pets.
I'd like to suggest (not an expert ) that the reason they're moving their babies so much is that they know they're being watched!
My Bettas will go into hiding when I get my camera phone out!
When one of our cats had kittens. My toddlers kept checking on them. So the momma kept moving her nest!.
Just a suggestion... Beautiful fish n fantastic video! 💕
Wow. That tank is so bare. Mine are happier with more natural surroundings.
But that's my angelfish.
i didn't know philippine angels are also called pinoy angels hahaha great reference
you have really nice angels
I am doing this also in a 125 planted tank with just the two angels. I dont expect all 50 to survive but it is neat to watch.
Hi Keith, Thanks for watching! It is very cool to see nature happen. A 125 gallon might be too large to get food to the fry when they first start swimming. It depends on how spread out they are in the tank. Good Luck!
When fish feel that "home" that they show this behavior it's so rewarding. Once the eyes of my fry reflected light like little diamonds I was so proud. In the wild angelfish put their fry a bit closer to the surface for oxygen.
Love from India 🇮🇳 💕❤️💖
Thank you!! :-) ❤️
Where did you get the cone. I have angels as well. Great video, thanks
I believe I ordered the breeding cones online. Thanks for watching :-)
just had my first spawn today with my angels..just posted a video
So. Beautiful 😍😘😍😘😍😘😍
Thank you so much 😀
Hi Tiffany, What is that floating plant in the tank on the left ? Thnks
I believe it is either horn wort or pilo moss mixed with algae
Great videos. Like all of them 😊. When do you separate the free swimming fries from the parents ?
I don’t have angels that parent raise the fry anymore so I have to pull the eggs now.
Your welcome if you need advice I been breeding Angeles for 24 years
Thank you, Chris! Are you affiliated with Angelmania, the online store? I got most of my blue angels there.
Hi Tiffany, great video capture. I may have missed it if mentioned, but is there a reason you removed parents and fry for a tank cleaning, rather than just doing water changes as needed until you got to the point of separating the fry from the parents? Thanks.
I believe it was necessary to remove the parents to really clean the tank and remove wastes. The parents would attack my hand so It was very difficult to do much of a water change without taking them out. A bite from an adult angel doesn't really hurt but it can be pretty forceful and repetitive when they are protecting their babies (in my experience). Sometimes the babies got sucked up in the gravel vac so I may have taken them out too. thanks for watching!
Amazing looking parent fish. How many water changes and what % were you doing when the fry first started swimming?
I believe I was doing about 50% water changes 3 times a week. Pretty much every other day.
@@sparkygirl37064 wow ok! Do you remember if you were using tap water or established tank water? Thanks Tiffany!
Swear to god 3am is a whole different universe!😂
Since you are in my area, Did you have to use RO or rain water to dilute your tap water to breed angels? I had to dilute my tap when I bred angels in Rock Island TN.
Hi John, I just use tap water but I do have a whole house water filter system that removes chlorine and fluoride. The source for my water is probably different than your source.
I am out harvesting clean snow to melt, we sure have some liquid rock for water, don't we? My crystal shrimp, I just buy spring water, but that could get spendy for an angel tank!
Hi I just watch your video.do you feed your babies angel after they star to swim or a while later.
The angel babies probably need small amounts of food as soon as they start swimming. You may be able to see when they still have a yolk sac. Once they start swimming, that sac that feeds them is typically gone or nearly gone. As they grow, they will need larger feedings.
Should I put the tank light on at night in a tank like this with wiglers???
I don't leave the main tank light on overnight. That is too bright. I've used a blue night setting on one of my tank lights overnight. It works well too give the angelfish parents light to see the fry/babies but it causes algae to grow. I use some night lights plugged into the wall and a low wattage (30 watt) Edison bulb lamp in the room also.
angels just like humans. if two people want to mate we will find a way and a place lol
Hi Tiffany, the blue marble is absolutely gorgeous and he is a wide fin angel as well. Where did you get him?
Thanks! I got the male blue marble on Aquabid a little over a year ago
Tiffany White ah ok thanks. I’ll check it out
stunning pair!! that female clown lace pinoy is a show stopper but that male ohhh my, blue marble wifi!! is there a vid of there fry at all as larger fry/adult
Thank you! There are a few videos showing the babies as they grow up. Here are two of the titles:
Feeding Young Blue Marble and Pinoy Angelfish Sera O-Nip Tabs
Baby Blue Angels and Adult Koi Angelfish Swap Tanks
@@sparkygirl37064 thanks so much they are stunning youve done such an amazing job ill be subbing for sure!
@@squishyoreo8869 Thanks so much! :-)
hello maam. thanks to your nice angel fish video to share with us mine i can/t succes growing the fry is angel fish parents need to separate or just leave them to parenting their babys ? pleased give me a tip how i success to raised the fry thank you.
Hi, I'm glad to try to help. My advice depends on what the problem is. Do the parents eat the eggs or fry? Sometimes they need to spawn several times before they start to learn not to eat the eggs. Some angelfish pairs may not be able to parent raise the fry.
Every time I would watch mine they moved them. Then eventually ate them. Mine have spawned twice. Next time I’m just going to leave them alone. Mine laid eggs on the canister tube each time.
Hi. thanks for this video. I want my angels to I have a pair that have spawned twice in a community tank and now babies have not survived. I am looking for live plants for the babies to hid in like the moss you have growing on the wood. I can duplicate that with guppy grass but what kind of plants do you have that are floating in your tanks? are all plants in your tank live plants? This is a 10 gallon tank, yes??
Hi Joyce, I don't think it's likely to raise baby angelfish in a community tank. If there are fish other than the parents in the tank, they are very likely to eat the eggs or fry. The parents may eat the eggs or fry too. It takes about a week or so for the eggs to hatch and then move past the wiggler stage and be able to swim. There's no way the eggs or fry can hide from the bigger fish for at least 7-8 days after the eggs are laid. In my opinion, you need to either remove the eggs from the tank and raise them in a separate small tank or even a bucket or put the parents in a tank by themselves. The fish in the video are in a 20 gallon tall tank. That seems to be a good size for a breeding pair of angels. Good Luck!
@@sparkygirl37064 i plan to get them.into either a breeding basket or another tank. What kind of live plants should I put in a separate tank if I go that route? I like the plants in your tank
Do you have a video cleaning the baby tanks.. I'm so curious as to how that's done..
Hi Mel, I do have a video about how I have been cleaning the fry tanks. There are probably multiple ways to do it. Here is a link to the video th-cam.com/video/CC97g7EDuZ0/w-d-xo.html
@@sparkygirl37064 thank you
Do you black out/cover the tank? Do you leave lights on regular hours? I haven't had much luck moving eggs..I've had patents with fry for about 3 days hoping they would parent... then overnight they ate them.
Hi Tom, That's a good question about lighting. I leave my aquarium lights on a timer so they come on for a few hours in the morning and again at night. I do have a few night lights so it's not completely dark overnight. At one side of my fish room/ office is literally a small night light and at the other side is an Edison bulb lamp with an amber colored light about 30 watts that is on all the time. With my first pair of angelfish that parent raised the babies, I had a tank light with a bzillion settings. I left a blue light on the lowest setting overnight. It worked but I had algae problems. I believe that the parents need to be able to see the babies in order to protect them. Even thought there is no danger (if they are in a tank alone) the parents' natural instincts seem to lead them to eat the babies if they can't protect them. Having some light overnight is important to parent raising the fry. It also took my prior pair of angels 5 times to get it right. They did get further with each spawn. Sorry I left this out. I kept making videos of their growth but didn't really list all the key points.
mine usually move them into their digestive track unless I get them out of there.
That happens. Even my angel pair that used to parent raise the babies doesn't anymore. I have to pull the eggs if I want them to live.
From my limited experience, and I'm still learning, when they are wrigglers and getting towards free swimming and start detaching, the parents can move them quite a bit just trying to keep them where they can protect them but they will give it up in the next 12 hours or so.
I got mine laying eggs, and wrigglers, to free swimming but it falls apart after that. Maybe I'm not feeding enough, maybe I need to do more waterchanges from all the feedings that need to happen.. not sure. Its not easy at all though.
I will say this you should probably feed baby brine shrimp, like newly hatched, so you can tell if the babies are eating, their stomachs will turn orange so it's easy to tell they are eating.
I believe the live BBS is the best food for the fry once their egg sac disappears but a little variety may be good too. You might experiment with different fry foods and maybe more water changes. It's important not to overfeed the babies when they are still very little. It's been my experience that they can overeat to the point that they die. They don't know any better. When they are just long little fry and not yet developing their height that makes them look like angelfish, I've had about a dozen eat too much BBS and die. I've had this happen with several different spawns and I felt terrible. Some seem to know when to stop eating and some don't. They seem to overeat the live BBS but not powder food. It's easy to overfeed the BBS or any of the powder fry foods. They need small portions several times a day. I would suggest feeding 3-4 times a day. I try to have a little moss with some algae on it. Just a little bit so the babies can nibble on it in between feedings but not enough to get tangled in. Size of tank is also important. I would have parents with the fry in a 20 or 29/30 gallon. It's difficult to have a happy medium between good water quality and a small enough tank that the babies don't have to swim far to reach the food.
Another note, the parents need a small light like a small lamp or a strong night light on all the time to be sure they can see the babies. I believe it helps them to "protect" the babies. If they can't see the babies, some parents will panic and eat the babies because they think something else is going too.
Good Luck! It can take many tries for the parents and the fish keeper to figure it out.
What do you do with all the new fish do you manage to sell them?
So far, I've had no problem selling them. About half were sold and shipped from my site SparkysTropicals.com. I'm not shipping fish now due to weather. The other half were traded to my local fish store for store credit. I get less for in credit from the store than I do selling them online but it's a little easier to load up a few dozen and drop them off instead of having to ship all of them.
How often do you do water changes? And what’s the size of the tank? Mine are being lazy or I’m not doing something right lol, thank you
I usually do water changes every 7 to 10 days unless there are eggs or fry. If there are eggs, I change it twice a week. More if the fry are swimming and eating in the same tank with the parents. The parents were in a 20 gallon tank.
I do daily 10%, careful to not suck up babies and pick up what I can of the waste and uneaten food. You have to feed a lot for fast growth to get them out of the danger zone and make sure they are eating, so the water changes are really crucial for that and for development overall, the hormones in the water from the spawn us also significant so more water changes the better.
You may have mentioned this and I missed it, but what do you feed tge babies when ypu let the parents raise them? I heard you say some algae and almond leaves. Anything else? I have a pair that are excellent parents, but I have them in a 90 gallon tank and im afraid the babies wouldn't be able to find food. So I move the fry to a 10 gallon to raise them.
I do feed them a variety of very small foods. They will eat fry food that is a powder, live or frozen baby brine shrimp, crumbled flake (but it's probably not the best first food). I think having the parents in with the babies for a while, if possible, is good to help eat excess food. A small rams horn snail or two can help with clean up also as long as the babies are big enough to swim. I usually keep the babies in a 10 gallon when they are first swimming (if they are not with the parents). It can be tricky to have a tank large enough for the parents and the babies together. A larger tank does make if more difficult for the babies to find the food. I use a 20 high if the parents are with the babies, however, my first videos of parent raising angels used a 29 gallon. It was a bit too big. Good luck!
What are the dry leaves and why are they in the tank ?
Those are Catappa leaves also called Indian Almond Leaves. They can be used in tropical aquariums or betta tanks for their tannins and/or healing properties. I encourage you to research them further.
What kinda stands are those??
Most of my aquarium stands are metal and they hold 2 tanks stacked. I'm not sure if there is a brand name. I get them from my local fish store in Nashville.
My angels just had babies my first time. I'm raising with the parents you said yours were 3 weeks when you removed the parents was that 3 weeks after they started swimming or 3 weeks after they hatched? Also nice video very helpful can't wait to see how they turn out when bigger.
Hi Amber, Thanks for watching. I don't really remember about the 3 weeks. They have had several spawns at this point. I do have some more recent videos that show the babies at about 4-5 months old.
@@sparkygirl37064 ok Thank you for getting back to me. I did see your more recent videos today i found this video last night when looking for videos about raising angelfish babies with the parents i didnt notice when the video came out till i watch more of you videos this morning. today i noticed half the babies i had were missing they were 2 weeks old so i took whats left out and gave them their own tank hoping the next spawn i get can stay longer with the parents. I feel parent raising is the best. I love the way you raise the babies and your videos are great. Thanks again
My previous pair took about 4-5 tries to get the parent raising right. It can be frustrating. Some adults may not parent raise at all no matter how many chances they are given.
I recently got angel fish eggs. However, I don't have enough space to raise them all. What should I do?
Hi, I'm not sure what to tell you. If I don't want the angelfish eggs/fry to survive, I just leave them in the tank with the parents and they get eaten within a day or two. You could pull a few eggs or fry to try to raise a limited amount if you have some extra space. Angels can have a few hundred fry in a spawn so you need to be careful not to over extend yourself depending on your space and resources. It is a lot of work (water changes) to raise the babies but it is a very neat experience to watch them grow.
My angels just spawned in my community 55 gallon a few hours ago. Tons of eggs on my filter intake pipe. Haven't seen too much aggression but they've basically monopolized the right third of the tank. 😅 What are the babies chances of surviving? I have corys, otos, 5 other juvenile angels, two farlowellas, and 8 Congo tetras. I wasn't expecting spawning behavior this soon so my other actually intended breeding tank is not set up.
It's very unlikely that the eggs will survive in a community tank. Other fish will try to eat the eggs. Eventually, even good parents will give up after a day or two (in my experience). I believe the parents may eat the eggs for the protein if they feel too overwhelmed trying to defend the eggs. If you can plan to move the angelfish pair to their own tank, the chances will be much better for fry survival and the parents will probably be more comfortable too. Angels usually spawn pretty often so there should be other opportunities to raise the fry.
@@sparkygirl37064 would a 38 gallon (same footprint as a 29 but taller) be ok? I know you mentioned that a 29 was a little big for the babies when you first spawned your angels. My 20 is a pea puffer heaven so no angels allowed there. 😅
Pls tell me that when should I feed the babies as they start free swimming BCOUS it is that I feed them dhania after one day & go to see that the dhania has eaten them pls tell me I fell I should keep the Fry's hungry
There are various powdered fry foods that are good to feed the babies once they begin to swim. I typically use the fry food from Aquarium Coop, freeze dried cyclops and live or frozen baby brine shrimp.
Do you still breed the marble angel s
I don't have any juvenile marble angels right now but I might breed them again. I still have several pairs of adults.
Do u change water after the babies are swimming ? Or when? I've just had a blue Philippine angel fish lay eggs and am lost. Could you please give me advice? I thought not to put plants in by the seller. Is it ok after or before they swim. I took everything out and then right before they laid eggs my tank showed nitrites. I had to put the hob on and shut off 2 sponge filters in 29 gallon. Nitrites are gone. What would you do?
I do change the water after the babies are swimming. I had to be very careful and I just used a bucket and a tube to do maybe a 50% water change. Sometimes I would have to rescue a few babies that went up the tube into the bucket. I found that once I started feeding the fry, the water would get dirty in part because the extra food would spoil the water. I just used sponge filters. Good Luck
@@sparkygirl37064 Thanks for your help
please tell how many days once to change water for adult angel fish
If you're asking how often to change the water, it really depends on the size of the tank, the number and size of fish in the tank and how much you feed. I clean the 20 gallon tanks with the adult angelfish pairs about once a week ( more often if they have fry). My larger tank that is 60 gallons will usually go 2 weeks.
@@sparkygirl37064 thank you very much
Why do baby angel fry stay to the side of jar wiggling.? Will they survive?
I'm not sure what you are asking. My baby angels usually stay with the parent until they are free swimming.
Mi pregunta es más por saber los parámetros del agua. PH y temperatura por ejemplo.
Do you sell your Angel fry or quarter size angles?
I do sell the angelfish at about nickel to quarter size online at SparkysTropicals.com. I also sell them to my local fish store when they are a little bigger.
Hard to find breeding pairs that won't eat the eggs or fry
True. I let young angels pair up on their own. Many pairs do learn to parent raise but it takes several spawns to get it right.
My angelfish has layed really big batch of eggs they all hatched but there is fungus by the baby's so what should I do?
It depends on if there is fungus on the eggs. Once the eggs have fungus on them, I don't know that you can do anything to help. If there is fungus near them, I would try to move the eggs/ fry away or remove the fungus, whichever is easier.
@@sparkygirl37064 Thank you I left all the eggs alone the parents are doing awesome job this time there is way alot of baby frys so far so good Thank you for your help!
Hi my angelfish have spawned twice same male 2 different females. The eggs look really good when they first lay them and the male will follow her. However they did this constantly for 2 days both times and both times all the eggs turned white. Are they doing this to the eggs by rubbing them too much
The parents are probably fanning the eggs. If the eggs are turning white, they are probably not fertilized or not viable for some reason. It can take several tries for parents to have a successful spawn.
@@sparkygirl37064 I feel so bad for them. They still are protecting the eggs but everyone of them have turned white. Should I remove the eggs or keep letting them do their thing? Ty for ur help
@@sparkygirl37064 omg. Quick update just came back in and the mom has given up but I no this sounds strange but I just fed everyone and the dad is taking flakes chewing them and spitting them at the eggs?????? My heart is breaking for him lol. Have u ever heard of this?????
So a breeding pair should have their own tank?
I’ve had 6 angels in an established 59g tank for quite awhile.
2 have paired up & are keeping the other angels from their area. They are poking the leaves with their mouths. Don’t see any eggs yet. What should I do?
It sounds like the pair of angels are cleaning the leaves and preparing to lay eggs. You can leave them in the big tank. They will probably try to protect the eggs. The eggs will likely get eaten either by the other fish in the tank or by the parent fish. If you have other tanks like a 20 gallon high or a 29 gallon, you can try to move the angelfish pair. It depends on if you have an extra tank and if you want to try to keep the babies. Sometimes angelfish can lay 200-300 eggs. It is unlikely for all of them to live especially the first time they spawn. If many do manage to survive and grow, you might want to think about what you would do with the juvenile angelfish. It can take up a lot of tank space to raise them in good water quality depending on how many babies there are. I've never had that large of a spawn, but it's possible. It could also take many tries for the babies to survive, even if you remove the parents from the large tank and let them spawn in their own tank. Once the babies start swimming they will need very small fry food. They will have a yolk sac when they first hatch and it will feed them for a few days until they start swimming freely.
Thank you. I have a tall 29 gal with 3 angel fish. One that is very large & controlling.
I have a 20 gal long that’s my quarantine tank only 12 “ high.
The breeding pair in 50g is really harassing the other four angels & tetras.. causing stress. Don’t want the others to get hurt. Wasn’t prepared for this..
@@sandravaldez995 Angelfish can get pretty aggressive when they pair up and want to breed. In my experience, they don't seem to actually bite the other fish but they consistently chase them away from a certain area of the tank. I think the constant stress is really bad over several days or weeks. Once the pair spawns and perhaps the eggs get eaten, the pair might be more calm for a short while but they will likely spawn again pretty soon and be aggressive again. You might want to consider options going forward. A) If you want angelfish babies, maybe you can set up another tank or two - one for the pair and another to grow out the babies. B) If you do not want to have baby angelfish or you just don't have the resources (space, money, time) for more tanks, you may want to rehome a couple of fish or the angelfish pair. I have a local fish store nearby that will gladly take healthy large or medium size angelfish to resell. They have given me store credit for some black angels I choose not to keep for space reasons. I've also gotten store credit for some of my juvenile angels once they reached a certain size that make them easy for the store to sell to the public. Good luck!
@@sparkygirl37064 where are u located please? If I move breeding pair to another tank it won’t be the water they’re used too. New tank syndrome. They need a tall 30 gal at least right? They certainly don’t need a 50g to themselves.
They will always want to breed ive had them quite awhile.
What size tank are your angels in I. Video? Sort of ranting here. Sorry.
Can you feed baby angel fish with daphnia?
You probably can. Sometimes I do use frozen daphnia but I focus on baby brine shrimp for live (or frozen) food for the angel fry
mine just hatched babies in a community tank. i am afraid babies won’t make it. how big of a tank do i need for breeding pair
I would suggest a 20 gallon high tank for a pair of angels. Sometimes I've used a 29 gallon if the angels are really large or have very long or wide fins. If you are going to pull the eggs, you can also use a tank that's large than a 29 gallon. If you plan to let the pair parent raise the fry, 20 or 29 is best in my opinion. The babies can't swim very far to reach food when they first start swimming.
@@sparkygirl37064 I wish I could send you a picture. Or video they have already hatched. Mom and dad are taking good care of them right now they are moving them around some to protect them. But since I know I have a breeding pair I would rather have them in the tank by themselves. But I’ve got to wait for the babies I guess to get bigger because I feel like if I move them all into their own tank maybe mom and dad won’t take care of them
My angelfish pair had been spawning several times now but always end up a failure. They keep scoffing their kiddos after some time of being free-swimming, argh! Once or twice, I tried separating the babies but it’s such hard work to raise them- they always end up dying slowly- all efforts wasted! *sigh.... Now, for the current batch, I decided to leave them as is with the babies and I woke up today morning and see only a few babies alive! (seemingly only surviving coz they’re sticking to the bottom and hard for parents to catch). My question is- do they really always end up eating their babies???😩 -which means I must separate them now? 🤔🥺
It might be best to remove the eggs from the parents once they are fertilized if you want them to live. You can try to allow the parents to raise the eggs/ fry but it can take 3-5 tries and they may never get it right. Good Luck :-)
@@sparkygirl37064
If the parents are caring for the babies after they're free swimming and not eating them, do they generally continue or at some point could they suddenly decide to make a meal of them? I've got a batch of about 40 babies and so far the mother seemed to take 5 or 6 of them at a time, then released them near the spawning leaf.
Should you leave lights on 24/7
@tiffany white
You can try a low wattage light all the time but the problem is that lots of light, every day, all day will cause algae to grow. I believe the light needs to be a lower light to be on all night. The bright tank lights would probably be too much.
Yes the pinoy is the female
One way you can tell which one is the female.just before and during laying eggs the female has a small tube protruding out.
Thanks! It's so hard to tell the sex of the angelfish if they are not in spawning mode. 😉
I have raised freshwater angelfish for over 25 years. Your male, lrg. dominate marble, is striking. I congratulate you for your success because it is not easy to have parents that are attentive. Good luck with your breeding.
That's normal them moving there fry
Thank you!!
I think the really black one is the female. With my angels she tends to worry after the eggs alittle more
Yes, the darker one is the female. They do seem to be more caretakers of the fry. Thanks for watching 😊
Why angel fish eggs are keep turning white every time , it usually lay eggs on the top of the filter . when the female lay eggs , male do its job for the eggs to hatch but still all the eggs are turning white and finally parents eat them
There's some reason the eggs are not viable or maybe they are not fertilized when they turn white. I'm not sure what the problem is. I have some koi angels that have eggs that turn white. I need to figure that out. I know it's quite frustrating. Are you sure that you really have a male with the female? That's something I've been wondering about my koi pair.
Isn't cool to have angels grow out there own fry
Very cool indeed! It's amazing to witness nature daily
Ok I saw your video full I'll only feed them after few day but sorry to say nothing should happen to them😢
Is it normal for the parents to Catch the baby's in there mouth to feed them?
In my experience, it's common for the parents to take the babies in their mouth to move them to a different location. It's also possible that the parents are eating the babies or the eggs. You may want to watch them and see if they spit out the babies.
@@sparkygirl37064 they eat them all over one night over half of the baby's where missing then when I was moving them to a smaller tank the dad eat them all when they have more baby's should I put Divider in the tank ?
I believe it's best to put the eggs or fry in a separate small tank or even a 5 gallon bucket. They just need an air stone, air pump and a small heater like a 50 watt heater. Tank dividers don't work well for baby fish or any very small fish. The fry will find small places to get through the divider and there is a change they can get stuck or get squished.
me thinks the marble is the male..
I swear I have this fever dream where people said angel fish where horrible parents then all of sudden they turn out to be good ones is this ture?
It is possible for some angelfish parents to raise the babies but it takes time for them to learn. It's also possible they will not raise the fry and will keep eating the eggs or fry. It just depends on the individual fish. Both parents really have to cooperate to not eat the fry.
male is the darkest (note that they have the biggest head like a deformity and the female is straight)☘🐟🌿👌
Is it necessary to separate the parents from the babies?
Some parents will raise the fry but it can take many tries to get it right and some may never learn to raise the fry. You don't necessarily have to separate the parents from the babies. It depends on the parents. Some will continue to eat the eggs. It also depends on the size of the tank and the size of the spawn. When the babies first start swimming and need to be fed, it's important they don't have to travel far to find food, so a small tank like a 20 gallon can be good. As they grow, especially if there are a lot of babies, it will be very difficult to feed the babies enough and maintain good water quality in a small tank. It can be helpful to move the babies up to a bigger tank at some point as they grow (or separate them into 2 tanks so they have a larger total water volume).
Thanks for the info! Cause last week the first batch of fry was sadly eaten by their parent in free swimming stage. But they have now spawn for the second time
I Tiffany. I interview fellow fishkeepers on my weekly show on Mondays and was wondering if you had time to check me out and maybe be my guest one Monday
Hi Jess, I appreciate the invite. I've never live streamed and I'm not really keen on doing that. I'm just a hobbyist turned breeder. I also have a lot of other stuff going on with work and life. It's not a good time for me to take on anything additional right now. I will try to tune into your show on Mondays. Thanks! :-)
I think Pinoy is male ang marble is the female - correct if not
Actually it's the other way. The marble is the male and the Dark Blue Pinoy is the female.
Marble one is the male
I think the black one is male cause he has a bumpy head & the can't see clearly the marble one so I'm not sure though .the more bumpy head means male and the less bumpy head comparatively means female