Nice video! What do you think of hang on back filters? Not too happy with the Top Fin hang on back filter for my new 50 gal . Water still cloudy. Checking my water intake housing to make sure it’s working properly.
Hi there! Currently there are about 5 angel fish in my tank along with 10-15 other different variety of fish(not angel fish) I saw eggs and two of the angel fish are protecting them from other… some of the eggs have even turned white.. should the other fish be moved from the tank ? Also are other angel fish a threat too for the eggs or the future wrigglers? What do I do?
I love your videos! I just set up my first fry tank today following your suggestions and fingers crossed I'll get to see them mature to full size. You took all the scariness away from attempting this! Thank you!
Awesome I listen to your video and I’m happy to say my fry I move them because I wanted them not to get eaten by the parents. Simply amazing. I’m happy to say I succeeded, just praying they keep on growing. Thanks so very much. This is why I love TH-cam . Blessings to you for all you do! Wow I’m so excited I can’t denied it!! 💕🙏🏼💯😂😂💯🙏🏼💕
Thank you for all the information. It has been more informative than anything I've seen. I have a variety of fish in my 75 gallon.A lot of albino korys as they survived on there own in the 40 gallon and my super extra large Pleco is like grandpa. Since I got the 75 gallon the angel fish are always right there to gobble up the eggs as well as 2 plates,and 3 danios that came with the tank. I bought these 2 angel fish since the move killed the 2 within the first few days. I've had these 2 angels for about 4 months and they have payed eggs on the pick up tube twice now. After 2 days I noticed a white cotton ball look to the last survivors. I am hoping that out of all those eggs, 1 or 2 will survive on their own like the kory Kat's have. This video was much more informative and it's obvious how much you love them. I love my fish like my cat or Dog. My extra large Pleco is like my dog. His name is George and he is my salon mascot @ A Heavenly Hair & Nail Salon LLC on Facebook. Thanks Again!!🤗Valarie Pilling
This was your best upload to date, at least for me. I've utterly failed at angelfish breeding in the past, and you've made it painfully obvious why. Well, since I have no shortage of angels in my fish room, hopefully, I'll be blessed with a breeding pair soon and eventually resume my experiment. Currently, my favorite angels are the double dark variety and gold albino.
hey thank you so much for your kind words. hopefully you get a breeding pair going. my pair so far have stopped laying eggs so no babies for now. but im going to be patient and see of they lay eggs in the future.
so i got up in the morning and went to feed my angelfish...........eggs,,eggs,,,EGGS!!! yep i kinda panicked was NOT expecting that at all seeing as they were sold as two females. drinking my coffee i started to look online as to what if any action to take and came across your channel. i'm fine with it all now ,listened to what you had experienced and your calm approach to the situation made it all ok. thank you for your info,keep up the good work and yes i subscribed and told my friends about you.
Good luck. Females can lay eggs next to each other(they get confused sometimes too), males can do that, but if you get a pair, still be prepared for some early game losses.
I love watching your videos. I just got started this hobby. So my tank is not great yet. I've lost 5 fish. Me not happy. I love Angels so I will not be getting any until I get my tank settled in. Love how you raised them from eggs to adults. Great job.
Hi, just want to Thankyou for your videos, they've been so helpful for me. I'm currently at the 'wiggler' stage with my angelfish..it's a fun lil journey so far😊
How are they? Good luck, all. I’m working with ~300 maybe ConvictxBlood Parrot hybrid eggs. They’re the 4th batch, they hatch on Sunday(January 11, I believe.)
My angelfish have recently laid their 2nd batch of fertilized eggs. 1st batch doing well but due to lack of experience have lost a lot but still have a handful left. I wasn't prepared for the 1st lot so I'm learning as I go. Was more prepared for the 2nd batch which are still wrigglers and no fungal growth on them unlike the 1st batch which I lost a third of the eggs due to fungal growth and dying after free swimming. Have separated both batches into seperate tanks. 1st batch I was feeding them boiled egg yolk for about 3 days because I couldn't get fry food as I can't get brine shrimp where I live. Now I feed them egg yolk mixed with fry powder food. Gradually weaning them off egg yolk to the powder stuff. But they are thriving.
Love your videos, because you explain everything step by step. Thanks for all you do I truly appreciate it. Now thanks to you I know what to do! Blessings too you and yours. I pray you start feeling better! 👏💕🙏🏼💯
Thank you so much for making these videos they have been such a huge help to me the last three days. I now have wigglers, although I have had to take the majority of the eggs away from my first time angel parents in genuinely concerned I have upset my fish, I took the eggs away today because they started eating the moving eggs and not spitting them back out, thanks x
Thank you for sharing your experiences. I sort of grew up with my mom having Discus and Altums. Had some Angelfish over the years and even a hatch or two, but wasn't serious about breeding. I have gotten back into it, due to other circumstances. And really enjoy the Blue Philippinos, Red Shoulder Manacapuru and Bulgarian Seal Points. I have a really young pair of RS Manacapuru's that surprised me with eggs. And a day later the Blue Philippinos as well. They are about a year and so far didn't get them to hatch. But have both of them hatch and are about 24 hour old wiggles. They are in a breeder tank, but one has a Hillstream loach I will have to remove. And the other 3 Otos. I will just see and let them try to figure it out. While I do have hobby store owners interested, I am in no rush and just want to learn and enjoy this. I may set up another 20 gallon, just for the babies, as I have for my fancy guppy babies. Thank you so much for the tips and especially for showing what the stages look like. It has been a whole for me😄👍🐟
Thanks! I just had a pair spawn and I've got wrigglers born from what I, and the store/ my friends all thought were 2 males. Oops. Anyhow, I havent intentionally bred them for 15 years and your video was a really nicely done example video of how to raise them. Thanks
Pfft. I made that mistake too. I bring home two random parrot cichlids, next hour has them pump out over 1000 eggs(I counted with a calculator.). None of them were fertile but blood was pumping through my veins, I was literally going ‘WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUC-SHEITS’ the entire time. If anybody doubts, parrot hybrids do actually lay around 600-2000 eggs, although most don’t hatch or survive.
I purchased 3 angel fish when they were in the 3-4 month old stage in 08/23. Fast forward to now, the smallest kept running one off to a corner. Then last week it got really aggressive with it, so I intervened and pulled out the bullied fish (Put it in a different tank…currently it’s roommates with my male betta and they get along just fine). No sooner than I did that, by that evening there was major commotion in my tank with the 2 angel fish. I thought they were fighting, they were locking mouths and flipping tails at each other and the larger one was biting the smaller one’s tail. I rushed to TH-cam to investigate what was happening. Turns out they paired up. Here is where I insert that the fish I removed from the tank was purchased with the female…they were in the same tank at the fish store. But she paired up with the other male that came from a different store (a Dalmatian) and he is the smaller of the 2 others. Over the course of the next couple of days both their breeding tubes showed. The commotion in the tank only happened that night and it didn’t go on for longer than about 15 minutes. She appears to have a belly that’s starting to hold eggs, so I am trying to set the right conditions, considering they share a 55gal with a bristlenose pleco, 3 corys and 1 black skirt tetra. I have a 10 gallon I am prepping for a nursery and the 35 gallon is homing the golden angel fish and male betta.
Thank you sooo much for this video it was spot on for what I needed to know. I just last nite noticed the eggs and tonight They started wiggling. So I guess they laid the eggs earlier than I thought. I was considering removing the eggs and the breeding pair from the other fish in the tank, but decided to leave them so as not to upset them as this is their first time. And I wasn’t sure if they were eating the eggs or spitting them out. Which I see from your video that they are just doing what their supposed to. Thank you again now I know what to expect. I’ll watch the other version of the video tonite. 😘
Thanks for a very informative video. Finally gave my breeding pair their own 29 gallon tank. Hopefully I will be a Dad again!!!! When do you recommend starting a brine shrimp culture? Do the fry foods also work?
@@Nemesis0513 Well whatever it is‚ the next day the eggs weren't there. And there weren't any babies either. I am so worried but maybe it's a nature thing where the parent protects the eggs somehow?
@@san-qy5vs I had a similar situation where there were eggs, and some were white, some translucent, but they disappeared at some point. I actually thought the first time it was some kind of parasite and was starting to wipe them off the heater, until I decided I should look it up, and realized they were eggs.😉 I read that it could actually be two females I had, so they would never get fertilized, so I was wondering about that being a possibility, until probably a few batches later, when I saw a cloud of free swimmers. At first I was wondering what they were, as I thought they would look like tiny angelfish rather than translucent sperm with eyes. I guess it just takes a few tries for them to get the knack off it.
Thank you for posting this video. I JUST found wigglers in my community tank. I did move MOST of them to a nursery. (The ones I could get) I hope that they make it. They are starting to get eyes. :-D
Watching this as my pair have just laid their eggs in a 75 gallon community tank. I’m getting our 39 gallon bow front set up for them today :) Got them as part of the tank along with lots of other fish and I know this first batch is probably gonna be fish food.. I’m actually treating the tank for ich right now so I’m surprised that they decided now was the time for eggs.
Good luck, you two. Wriggler stage only lasts a week, after which they start swimming and your job is slightly easier(or harder, dunno). You can leave them with the parents for up to a month and a half after hatching, when the parents need to lay again and chase the fry off. Try to get them out by the 3 week mark.
Thanks for the videos about angel breeding. My pair just laid eggs after about 2 years together. After a day, some are still small and now pale gray and others are white, rounder and larger. Are any viable? Also, the parents, especially mom, are guarding the eggs from the Buenos Aires tetras in the tank, but will they do that after they're free swimming? Can I transfer the eggs into a tank with and Ancistrus pair? Sorry, no empty tanks.
Thank you for this video, it was very helpful. I have eggs that are starting the wiggler stage, which is are 3rd attempt...we'll see if they are healthy in a few more days. Thank you again
Great video, so much helpful information. I have a massive tank and two of my angels started breeding forcing me to move all there friends to another set up. Separated there forst lot and now have a good 50+ month old babies who are going great and finally looking like angelfish. So excited mum and dad on there 3rd round but second successful set of babies. Will they stop laying eggs of you keep them with there fresh fry?
Define clean water please? I have a heavily planted tanks where my water nitrates are lower than the tap water. Is that good enough or do they need a mineral water
Hi orange angels wow now seeing the adults with wigglers di they eat some or looks like spitting them back in place. Can you show us your close up females vs your males im still having trouble with that. Excellent vidio
I just found wigglers today in my tank....we love our fish so much and this helped. I hope they live....Do you think that removing the eggs will socially harm the parents. I thought they were eating them, so I removed them. I hope they are okay.....thanks for uploading this...was great to watch!! Oh babies are safe in their own tank....let you know if they live.
Hi. It will stress them out a little bit, but they will be fine. They will forget they laid the eggs a few minutes after and lay eggs again a week later.
It will not harm the parents, because they breed every half a month. If you raise the fry with the parents, the fry will become more adept at raising their own fry, apparently. So yes, the fry get socially influenced by the presence of a parent fish.
I have a 5 gallon tank and added 2 Angel fish that I think may be a male and female pair. They were the last two fish in tank at petco. I’m willing to buy a 10 gallon tank as they will inevitably grow larger if needed. In case they did mate… could I keep the fry in the same tank with them? I’m wondering why you have separated them. I’m pretty new at being an angel fish parent. 😊
Thank you so much for this video. I noticed some eggs on my tank the other day and had no idea what was going on. I found your video after I thought my fish eggs were dead. Good to know they are still alive. What can I do with the hundreds of fish after they hatch? I’m not a fish breeder just have a tank I love to watch.
@@Nemesis0513 is that always the case or is it dependent on the parent's characteristics? The ones I have are morsel sized now, so if they eat them I would think they would have already.
@@wingerrrrrrrrr I’ve seen some cichlid parents care for their fry upward of two months, but domesticated fish usually aren’t as good at parenting due to separation from their parents. While some parents may be good to their young, others will tear them apart. Mine were shitty parents, I’ve seen lots of shitty parenting from cichlids, but I’ve currently got a pair of convict... hybrids, I guess? sitting on some fry, they herd them around the tank and chase of other fish. So... some are good parents. Others, not so much.
Are other angelfish cannibalistic....is there a need to separate the wigglers or free swimmers, to by themselves and if so at what point do you suggest doing that?
Weekly change or twice a month, 10-25% water change. Try to keep the temperature even during that. Feeding is daily, just enough so that you can see every angelfish going at the food. Food should be either a squirt of live microfood or fine powder like food, which includes flakes, soft pellets, and egg yolk.
I hope you don't mind me asking questions but I feel like you're an expert on angel fish so you're the best person to ask, I don't have any plant-based deco in my tank for the angel fish it's mostly just ornaments do you suggest that I get plants for them?
Another Q? Just had another spawning. A few white eggs became many many more. Were these fungused, or just not fertilized? Last batch had a few wigglers, so I know that there are a M and F. Your thoughts?
Steve Finestone white eggs are caused by many things. could be water quality. could be unfertilized. a lot of factors come into play. i would try hatching them on my own.
awesome video i just got a pair after 2 years ive been breeding other species but now i have another pair i got at my LFS and i am excited to get them to breed and you gave me so much help by the way my first pair was from walmart didn't know i picked a pair but that they were staying together needless to say they breed and had over 50 fry that turned into mini angels they layed the eggs on a amazon sword leaf them moved them around the tank at the end i was left with 17 that i gave away then they died so i was surprised because i didn't try but discouraged. So im doing all my research i can i have them in a sweet setup anywho thanks for the video and letting me rant on
Hi, I have angel fry that are about 1 week or below I just noticed it today since I had removed my 2 adult angel from that tank and I was surprised to see so many fry today so happy and excited at the same time... This tank where the fry are is 1500 liters so I'm not sure how to change the water 🌊 to keep it clean? Any suggestions please?
Thank you so much for this video. I’m new and my Angels have spawned and I’m going to try to raise them- the parents seem to keep eating them is that normal?
Yes. The first couple of spawns, they will eat the eggs if they are inexperienced, but over time they will raise the eggs themselves. To keep them from eating the eggs, keep the light on 24/7. If there is a lot of foot traffic where your aquarium is located try putting a blanket over the tank, so they feel safe. Sometimes if they get stressed, they will eat their eggs. You can also hatch the eggs yourself, which is what I used to do. Much easier to keep the babies alive.
How old are the angelfish before they start spawning? Mine are the size of a quarter & are acting strange by going up & down the side of the tank cleaning it.
That’s a natural foraging strategy, meaning that you might wanna up the food intake for them. If they’re already full, then that’s still normal of them to clean their little spots. Pairing starts at around 2.5-3.5” and breeding starts around 3.5-4.5”, although some start earlier or later.
Looking for some advice QUICK! my two largest angels have just paired off but the problem is the have laid they're first batch of eggs on the side of my internal filter. I've removed the unfertilised eggs as they are due to hatch soon would it be best for me to put the fish in a hatchery once they become free swimming???
I've kept fish for years and recently bought a green here in Singapore. So beautiful. I've never had luck keeping them in multiples. Tried buying six babies, they just attacked each other all the time...
Thanks for the video. My pair of angel fish is hatching their eggs for the third round now. The first round was in late March 2017; their fry swam freely for 3 days then all disappeared. Six weeks later, a new batch of fry swam freely for 2 days, then most of them disappeared except 12 survived, the day after they were all gone. Then 2 weeks later (May 31, 2017) I saw many many eggs again. Today (June 03) they are wigglers. I am sure they will soon become free-swimming fry. But I am afraid they will all disappear just like the previous two times. I already did everything I learned from the internet: keep the parents and fry separate from other fish by using the tank divider and fed the fry with baby brine shrimp. I didn't try to change water every day as suggested in one of the comments of this video (because I thought I should not change the environment when babies are in the making). Is it the only thing I should do differently this time (changing water)? My tank is 50 gal and currently there are only 7 fish + hundreds of wigglers. Any advice would greatly appreciated. *Honestly sometimes I thought I should just by some adult angel fish because it's cheaper than buying brine shrimp, the tank divider, and some other accessories for the fry. But I really wish to have some survivors this time to satisfy my hobby. Thanks for reading.
If you want to get serious, Hager them their own tank, see if the fry disappear. If not, then it was the other fish. If they still disappear, it’s the parents and the water quality.
Maybe bacterial, genetic, fungal, temperature, situational problems. Any sort of indications of a certain problem? Fungus is white and fuzzy, bacteria the same(usually). Temperature and oxygen problems are noted by a black rusty color across the back of the fish, while sanitation problems usually show black tinges on the fins and at the gill fringes. Hope that does something!
If you want a more social fry batch, remove the parents when they start to develop a rudimentary color scheme(around 3 weeks to 5 weeks), but artificial is after about 30 hours to ensure that the eggs are viable. She will lay again after 1 1/2 to 5 weeks depending on the situation.
I know this is an old video but hopefully I can get some help here. So my angelfish are laying eggs as we speak but they're laying them on the canister filter intake. What can I do to either remove them or prevent them from getting sucked up?
Cover the intake of the filter with a fine mesh object(pantyhose is apparently really good, so is some cloth fabric) or try to remove them with a toothpick or something like that. However, the parents will usually do everything by themselves. By the way, how are they?
@@Nemesis0513 they're doing good I actually removed the intake nozzle and placed it in my empty breeder tank. They're little wigglers now. Thank you a appreciate the help.
Actually, it depends. If the glowfish was injected with the wrong bioluminescence gene or chemical, they can’t breed. However, glowfish made through genetic engineering of injecting the glowfish bioluminescence gene actually can breed and produce viable fry, but they aren’t naturally accustomed to being glow in the dark. That’s the major factor against them breeding. They CAN, they just don’t wanna. You’d need to do a surgery to extract the semen and eggs, but it’ll work.
Subscribed ! I just found your video because I realized my angel fish had babies. They're swimmers right now. The angel fish was sucking them into her mouth, I thought you was eating them, but then she would cruise over to a plant and spit them out in the plant. Also, I've never seen this before but the last couple times I used my magnet to clean the glass, two of my angels went ballistic and started attacking the magnet. now I think they were doing it because they were protecting their young. ?
That's exactly what I'm seeing, down to the magnet attacking. I'm trying to find out just what's going on with that. I'm thinking it's a cleaning process at this point. The first batch they had, I unfortunately thought she was eating them, and I went and removed all the babies to another tank, but without the proper cleaning maintenance, they got trapped in algae and all 67 expired. 😕 I know now to leave them alone, as mother knows best.
Have 3 breeding pairs in my dad and I's tank. Had to move the wigglers cause they always get eaten by other fish when free swimmers. Any other advice? Can i mix wigglers with free swimmers?
Hi my angelfish have just laid eggs on my built in filter and was wondering should I remove mum and dad ( only them in tank ) or should I remove eggs and if so what the best way. This is the time I have had angels lay so all new to me . Any help would be much appreciated thanks Ian .
Great video, brother! I think that you've turned me onto trying to raise Angel Fish now. One thing, you didn't explain why, when they're newborns, the adults seem to either eat them or suck then into their mouths and spit them back out. Also, on a smaller, sort of humorous note, at approx 7:08 in this video, it sounded like you may have said, "these fish are about 3 to 4 months years old". Otherwise, awesome video, man. And, thanks.
I think you said angela fish are a schooling fish? Do all colors school together, or are they picky who's in their group? Do different colors have different personalities?
Whole growth process takes about 2 years, but they’ll constantly add millimeters their whole 12 years of life. The minimum consideration of ‘adult size’ is around 3.5-4” in diameter, which is around 10-15 months of age.
Great info, we have two angel fish but not sure if they are male or female. Also I wonder if angelfish had a growth spurt where one eats more than the other
Their growth spurt is usually during the quarter size, or about 2 months of age. They’ll put on size quicker during that time. But yes, food and dominance affects growth.
How long does it take them to take their final color my babies are about 3 months old they have black stripes one is kinda silver looking and the other has yellow and pink tints to it. Mum is blue and dad is black do they take after the parents or could they just be random colors ?I also have a second brood of them and they are turning out the same . I have some that are only a quarter of the size of the same cluster of eggs can fish make runts are they likely to survive? They are 1 1/2 months old they still eat and stuff but don't seam to be growing at the same rate as the others
It’s been a week and the eggs r still white. This is their second attempt. What’s going on ? I have an Ehime filter. Do I still need to change water frequently ? Is the male not doing his job ? They’re very attentive parents and diligent.
I just today have Angel eggs for the first time. Your video was very helpful. My tank is at 76° but you said it needs to be at 80°. Also, I have other Angels and gouramis. What are the chances of any of mine surviving?
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Interesting video about your Angelfish life cycle Thanks
Nice video! What do you think of hang on back filters? Not too happy with the Top Fin hang on back filter for my new 50 gal . Water still cloudy. Checking my water intake housing to make sure it’s working properly.
Do you still need to keep the air stone on once they are wigglers?
Hi there! Currently there are about 5 angel fish in my tank along with 10-15 other different variety of fish(not angel fish) I saw eggs and two of the angel fish are protecting them from other… some of the eggs have even turned white.. should the other fish be moved from the tank ? Also are other angel fish a threat too for the eggs or the future wrigglers? What do I do?
I love your videos! I just set up my first fry tank today following your suggestions and fingers crossed I'll get to see them mature to full size. You took all the scariness away from attempting this! Thank you!
Awesome I listen to your video and I’m happy to say my fry I move them because I wanted them not to get eaten by the parents. Simply amazing. I’m happy to say I succeeded, just praying they keep on growing. Thanks so very much. This is why I love TH-cam . Blessings to you for all you do! Wow I’m so excited I can’t denied it!! 💕🙏🏼💯😂😂💯🙏🏼💕
Thank you for all the information. It has been more informative than anything I've seen.
I have a variety of fish in my 75 gallon.A lot of albino korys as they survived on there own in the 40 gallon and my super extra large Pleco is like grandpa. Since I got the 75 gallon the angel fish are always right there to gobble up the eggs as well as 2 plates,and 3 danios that came with the tank. I bought these 2 angel fish since the move killed the 2 within the first few days. I've had these 2 angels for about 4 months and they have payed eggs on the pick up tube twice now. After 2 days I noticed a white cotton ball look to the last survivors. I am hoping that out of all those eggs, 1 or 2 will survive on their own like the kory Kat's have. This video was much more informative and it's obvious how much you love them. I love my fish like my cat or Dog. My extra large Pleco is like my dog. His name is George and he is my salon mascot @ A Heavenly Hair & Nail Salon LLC on Facebook. Thanks Again!!🤗Valarie Pilling
Good luck.
This was your best upload to date, at least for me. I've utterly failed at angelfish breeding in the past, and you've made it painfully obvious why. Well, since I have no shortage of angels in my fish room, hopefully, I'll be blessed with a breeding pair soon and eventually resume my experiment. Currently, my favorite angels are the double dark variety and gold albino.
hey thank you so much for your kind words. hopefully you get a breeding pair going. my pair so far have stopped laying eggs so no babies for now. but im going to be patient and see of they lay eggs in the future.
so i got up in the morning and went to feed my angelfish...........eggs,,eggs,,,EGGS!!! yep i kinda panicked was NOT expecting that at all seeing as they were sold as two females.
drinking my coffee i started to look online as to what if any action to take and came across your channel. i'm fine with it all now ,listened to what you had experienced and your calm approach to the situation made it all ok. thank you for your info,keep up the good work and yes i subscribed and told my friends about you.
Good luck. Females can lay eggs next to each other(they get confused sometimes too), males can do that, but if you get a pair, still be prepared for some early game losses.
I love watching your videos. I just got started this hobby. So my tank is not great yet. I've lost 5 fish. Me not happy. I love Angels so I will not be getting any until I get my tank settled in. Love how you raised them from eggs to adults. Great job.
Hi, just want to Thankyou for your videos, they've been so helpful for me. I'm currently at the 'wiggler' stage with my angelfish..it's a fun lil journey so far😊
I got comet goldfish and they are still in the eggs
How are they? Good luck, all. I’m working with ~300 maybe ConvictxBlood Parrot hybrid eggs. They’re the 4th batch, they hatch on Sunday(January 11, I believe.)
This is really helpful. I just bought three new angels last week. They’re only about two inches tall but they seem pretty happy.
I love you're angel fish. Thanks for showing them !
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Thank you for your video. Till now, I had no idea what I was doing nor knew how to properly care the Fry. Thanks again.
My angelfish have recently laid their 2nd batch of fertilized eggs. 1st batch doing well but due to lack of experience have lost a lot but still have a handful left. I wasn't prepared for the 1st lot so I'm learning as I go. Was more prepared for the 2nd batch which are still wrigglers and no fungal growth on them unlike the 1st batch which I lost a third of the eggs due to fungal growth and dying after free swimming. Have separated both batches into seperate tanks. 1st batch I was feeding them boiled egg yolk for about 3 days because I couldn't get fry food as I can't get brine shrimp where I live. Now I feed them egg yolk mixed with fry powder food. Gradually weaning them off egg yolk to the powder stuff. But they are thriving.
Love your videos, because you explain everything step by step. Thanks for all you do I truly appreciate it. Now thanks to you I know what to do! Blessings too you and yours. I pray you start feeling better! 👏💕🙏🏼💯
Mine are sat at the bottom or on the hornwart floating above their hatchery. Are they free swimmers? They're 11 days old
Hey should I move them to a different tank? I have other fish in there with my angels in their wiggle half egg size?
Dude said “Three to four months years old.” 😂 7:07
hahaha
Thank you so much for making these videos they have been such a huge help to me the last three days. I now have wigglers, although I have had to take the majority of the eggs away from my first time angel parents in genuinely concerned I have upset my fish, I took the eggs away today because they started eating the moving eggs and not spitting them back out, thanks x
Thank you for sharing your experiences. I sort of grew up with my mom having Discus and Altums. Had some Angelfish over the years and even a hatch or two, but wasn't serious about breeding. I have gotten back into it, due to other circumstances. And really enjoy the Blue Philippinos, Red Shoulder Manacapuru and Bulgarian Seal Points. I have a really young pair of RS Manacapuru's that surprised me with eggs. And a day later the Blue Philippinos as well. They are about a year and so far didn't get them to hatch. But have both of them hatch and are about 24 hour old wiggles. They are in a breeder tank, but one has a Hillstream loach I will have to remove. And the other 3 Otos. I will just see and let them try to figure it out. While I do have hobby store owners interested, I am in no rush and just want to learn and enjoy this. I may set up another 20 gallon, just for the babies, as I have for my fancy guppy babies. Thank you so much for the tips and especially for showing what the stages look like. It has been a whole for me😄👍🐟
Thanks! I just had a pair spawn and I've got wrigglers born from what I, and the store/ my friends all thought were 2 males. Oops. Anyhow, I havent intentionally bred them for 15 years and your video was a really nicely done example video of how to raise them. Thanks
Pfft.
I made that mistake too. I bring home two random parrot cichlids, next hour has them pump out over 1000 eggs(I counted with a calculator.). None of them were fertile but blood was pumping through my veins, I was literally going ‘WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUC-SHEITS’ the entire time. If anybody doubts, parrot hybrids do actually lay around 600-2000 eggs, although most don’t hatch or survive.
Awesome, just had my Angel lay her first eggs so thx for posting this vid!
Two males? That’s not good.
I purchased 3 angel fish when they were in the 3-4 month old stage in 08/23. Fast forward to now, the smallest kept running one off to a corner. Then last week it got really aggressive with it, so I intervened and pulled out the bullied fish (Put it in a different tank…currently it’s roommates with my male betta and they get along just fine). No sooner than I did that, by that evening there was major commotion in my tank with the 2 angel fish. I thought they were fighting, they were locking mouths and flipping tails at each other and the larger one was biting the smaller one’s tail. I rushed to TH-cam to investigate what was happening. Turns out they paired up. Here is where I insert that the fish I removed from the tank was purchased with the female…they were in the same tank at the fish store. But she paired up with the other male that came from a different store (a Dalmatian) and he is the smaller of the 2 others. Over the course of the next couple of days both their breeding tubes showed. The commotion in the tank only happened that night and it didn’t go on for longer than about 15 minutes. She appears to have a belly that’s starting to hold eggs, so I am trying to set the right conditions, considering they share a 55gal with a bristlenose pleco, 3 corys and 1 black skirt tetra. I have a 10 gallon I am prepping for a nursery and the 35 gallon is homing the golden angel fish and male betta.
Yesterday I found free swimmers, i knew mine laid eggs, but was so surprised they actually developed. Hopefully they will grow into beautiful creature
How do u feed them?
Thank you sooo much for this video it was spot on for what I needed to know. I just last nite noticed the eggs and tonight They started wiggling. So I guess they laid the eggs earlier than I thought. I was considering removing the eggs and the breeding pair from the other fish in the tank, but decided to leave them so as not to upset them as this is their first time. And I wasn’t sure if they were eating the eggs or spitting them out. Which I see from your video that they are just doing what their supposed to. Thank you again now I know what to expect. I’ll watch the other version of the video tonite. 😘
I love your top 10 fish that get to extremely big videos
Thanks for the info !! Very helpful How often do pairs lay eggs ?
Thanks for a very informative video. Finally gave my breeding pair their own 29 gallon tank. Hopefully I will be a Dad again!!!! When do you recommend starting a brine shrimp culture? Do the fry foods also work?
hi there. thank you for the support. i usually start my baby brine on the 4th or 5th day after the angels lay eggs.
My angel fish just put out the same amount of eggs. I'm honestly so excited to see how they come. It's gonna be cute haha 🙏♥️
Did they hatch??
@@someone_does_stuff nope I have no clue why
Paired angels? It might be the angelfish just being inexperienced, or it could be one of the parents’ problems.
@@Nemesis0513 Well whatever it is‚ the next day the eggs weren't there. And there weren't any babies either. I am so worried but maybe it's a nature thing where the parent protects the eggs somehow?
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I had a similar situation where there were eggs, and some were white, some translucent, but they disappeared at some point.
I actually thought the first time it was some kind of parasite and was starting to wipe them off the heater, until I decided I should look it up, and realized they were eggs.😉
I read that it could actually be two females I had, so they would never get fertilized, so I was wondering about that being a possibility, until probably a few batches later, when I saw a cloud of free swimmers. At first I was wondering what they were, as I thought they would look like tiny angelfish rather than translucent sperm with eyes.
I guess it just takes a few tries for them to get the knack off it.
Thanks for this it will really help out my fish
Thank you for posting this video. I JUST found wigglers in my community tank. I did move MOST of them to a nursery. (The ones I could get) I hope that they make it. They are starting to get eyes. :-D
Watching this as my pair have just laid their eggs in a 75 gallon community tank. I’m getting our 39 gallon bow front set up for them today :) Got them as part of the tank along with lots of other fish and I know this first batch is probably gonna be fish food.. I’m actually treating the tank for ich right now so I’m surprised that they decided now was the time for eggs.
I am on my 1st try, my fry are at the wiggler stage. tanks for your videos , wish me luck, thanks again Mel
Mine are wriggling as well. Scared to pull them out, scared to leave them.
Good luck, you two. Wriggler stage only lasts a week, after which they start swimming and your job is slightly easier(or harder, dunno). You can leave them with the parents for up to a month and a half after hatching, when the parents need to lay again and chase the fry off. Try to get them out by the 3 week mark.
At what age do they start breeding? Gorgeous fish. Thank you, I can’t wait for my 1st angels!
Thanks for the videos about angel breeding. My pair just laid eggs after about 2 years together. After a day, some are still small and now pale gray and others are white, rounder and larger. Are any viable? Also, the parents, especially mom, are guarding the eggs from the Buenos Aires tetras in the tank, but will they do that after they're free swimming? Can I transfer the eggs into a tank with and Ancistrus pair? Sorry, no empty tanks.
Your angelfish were spitting the eggs out it was kind of funny 🤣
Thank you for this video, it was very helpful. I have eggs that are starting the wiggler stage, which is are 3rd attempt...we'll see if they are healthy in a few more days. Thank you again
Great video, so much helpful information. I have a massive tank and two of my angels started breeding forcing me to move all there friends to another set up. Separated there forst lot and now have a good 50+ month old babies who are going great and finally looking like angelfish. So excited
mum and dad on there 3rd round but second successful set of babies. Will they stop laying eggs of you keep them with there fresh fry?
Define clean water please? I have a heavily planted tanks where my water nitrates are lower than the tap water. Is that good enough or do they need a mineral water
wow! you are super with all the information, it was really a big help, pls keep up the good work....:-)
Hi orange angels wow now seeing the adults with wigglers di they eat some or looks like spitting them back in place. Can you show us your close up females vs your males im still having trouble with that. Excellent vidio
I just found wigglers today in my tank....we love our fish so much and this helped. I hope they live....Do you think that removing the eggs will socially harm the parents. I thought they were eating them, so I removed them. I hope they are okay.....thanks for uploading this...was great to watch!!
Oh babies are safe in their own tank....let you know if they live.
Hi. It will stress them out a little bit, but they will be fine. They will forget they laid the eggs a few minutes after and lay eggs again a week later.
It will not harm the parents, because they breed every half a month. If you raise the fry with the parents, the fry will become more adept at raising their own fry, apparently. So yes, the fry get socially influenced by the presence of a parent fish.
can a sponge filter be too strong and injure the fry?
Should I put them on a incubator/tumbler?
I have a 5 gallon tank and added 2 Angel fish that I think may be a male and female pair. They were the last two fish in tank at petco. I’m willing to buy a 10 gallon tank as they will inevitably grow larger if needed. In case they did mate… could I keep the fry in the same tank with them? I’m wondering why you have separated them. I’m pretty new at being an angel fish parent. 😊
being a new hobbyist thanks a lot for the video👍👍
Good luck, amigo.
Thank you for this. Hope you have a good weekend.
Thanks for the advice and Can I ask how many of the babies survived as I am getting some angles and want ta breed them
You usually get a 90-0% survival rate, but I’m assuming he got around 150 out of 300. That’s a 50%, although he could have sold off the rest.
Thank you so much for this video. I noticed some eggs on my tank the other day and had no idea what was going on. I found your video after I thought my fish eggs were dead. Good to know they are still alive. What can I do with the hundreds of fish after they hatch? I’m not a fish breeder just have a tank I love to watch.
The parents eventually eat the fry to breed again, but you could sell them for a bit of cash to a store.
@@Nemesis0513 is that always the case or is it dependent on the parent's characteristics? The ones I have are morsel sized now, so if they eat them I would think they would have already.
@@wingerrrrrrrrr I’ve seen some cichlid parents care for their fry upward of two months, but domesticated fish usually aren’t as good at parenting due to separation from their parents. While some parents may be good to their young, others will tear them apart. Mine were shitty parents, I’ve seen lots of shitty parenting from cichlids, but I’ve currently got a pair of convict... hybrids, I guess? sitting on some fry, they herd them around the tank and chase of other fish. So... some are good parents. Others, not so much.
Hi do I have to remove the parents from the tank once the fry are free swimming
hello, can you leave the fish fry in the same tank as the parents? the eggs laid were very un-expected and I was not prepared with another tank.
Are other angelfish cannibalistic....is there a need to separate the wigglers or free swimmers, to by themselves and if so at what point do you suggest doing that?
Nice videos. Please comment more about how and how often to do water changes AND how much and often to feed. This is in regards to fry. Thanks.
Weekly change or twice a month, 10-25% water change. Try to keep the temperature even during that. Feeding is daily, just enough so that you can see every angelfish going at the food. Food should be either a squirt of live microfood or fine powder like food, which includes flakes, soft pellets, and egg yolk.
Thanks,so helpful.
Beautiful Angels.
I wish you well.
I hope you don't mind me asking questions but I feel like you're an expert on angel fish so you're the best person to ask, I don't have any plant-based deco in my tank for the angel fish it's mostly just ornaments do you suggest that I get plants for them?
Another Q? Just had another spawning. A few white eggs became many many more. Were these fungused, or just not fertilized? Last batch had a few wigglers, so I know that there are a M and F. Your thoughts?
Steve Finestone white eggs are caused by many things. could be water quality. could be unfertilized. a lot of factors come into play. i would try hatching them on my own.
awesome video i just got a pair after 2 years ive been breeding other species but now i have another pair i got at my LFS and i am excited to get them to breed and you gave me so much help by the way my first pair was from walmart didn't know i picked a pair but that they were staying together needless to say they breed and had over 50 fry that turned into mini angels they layed the eggs on a amazon sword leaf them moved them around the tank at the end i was left with 17 that i gave away then they died so i was surprised because i didn't try but discouraged. So im doing all my research i can i have them in a sweet setup anywho thanks for the video and letting me rant on
I have tried 3 times, and all failed. Is purified water from a vwater store the safest bet?
How big of aquarium do you have to have to keep angel fish?
Angels need a basis of 20 gallons, upgrading by 5-10 gallons per additional angelfish. You can usually keep a nice 10-20 in a 80 gallon tank.
Do u need to separate the adult angel fish from babies once they start to swim like little tidpole
Hi, I have angel fry that are about 1 week or below I just noticed it today since I had removed my 2 adult angel from that tank and I was surprised to see so many fry today so happy and excited at the same time... This tank where the fry are is 1500 liters so I'm not sure how to change the water 🌊 to keep it clean? Any suggestions please?
My eggs hatched and wiggled off slate into gravel...are they still alive you think??? I have them seperated from all other fish??
But do the parents eat them? Can we keep the parents and the babies in the same tank?
how long can the babies be kept together untill they start fighting?
should i still have the oxygen airstone next to them once they hatch?
Thank you so much for this video. I’m new and my Angels have spawned and I’m going to try to raise them- the parents seem to keep eating them is that normal?
Yes. The first couple of spawns, they will eat the eggs if they are inexperienced, but over time they will raise the eggs themselves. To keep them from eating the eggs, keep the light on 24/7. If there is a lot of foot traffic where your aquarium is located try putting a blanket over the tank, so they feel safe. Sometimes if they get stressed, they will eat their eggs. You can also hatch the eggs yourself, which is what I used to do. Much easier to keep the babies alive.
I have tried most of the steps, but changing water frequently is very challenging
How old are the angelfish before they start spawning? Mine are the size of a quarter & are acting strange by going up & down the side of the tank cleaning it.
That’s a natural foraging strategy, meaning that you might wanna up the food intake for them. If they’re already full, then that’s still normal of them to clean their little spots. Pairing starts at around 2.5-3.5” and breeding starts around 3.5-4.5”, although some start earlier or later.
Great video bro❤️❤️
Looking for some advice QUICK! my two largest angels have just paired off but the problem is the have laid they're first batch of eggs on the side of my internal filter. I've removed the unfertilised eggs as they are due to hatch soon would it be best for me to put the fish in a hatchery once they become free swimming???
I've kept fish for years and recently bought a green here in Singapore. So beautiful. I've never had luck keeping them in multiples. Tried buying six babies, they just attacked each other all the time...
How often would you feed a breeding pair of Angels during this entire process?
Thanks for the video. My pair of angel fish is hatching their eggs for the third round now. The first round was in late March 2017; their fry swam freely for 3 days then all disappeared. Six weeks later, a new batch of fry swam freely for 2 days, then most of them disappeared except 12 survived, the day after they were all gone. Then 2 weeks later (May 31, 2017) I saw many many eggs again. Today (June 03) they are wigglers. I am sure they will soon become free-swimming fry. But I am afraid they will all disappear just like the previous two times. I already did everything I learned from the internet: keep the parents and fry separate from other fish by using the tank divider and fed the fry with baby brine shrimp. I didn't try to change water every day as suggested in one of the comments of this video (because I thought I should not change the environment when babies are in the making). Is it the only thing I should do differently this time (changing water)? My tank is 50 gal and currently there are only 7 fish + hundreds of wigglers. Any advice would greatly appreciated. *Honestly sometimes I thought I should just by some adult angel fish because it's cheaper than buying brine shrimp, the tank divider, and some other accessories for the fry. But I really wish to have some survivors this time to satisfy my hobby. Thanks for reading.
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If you want to get serious, Hager them their own tank, see if the fry disappear. If not, then it was the other fish. If they still disappear, it’s the parents and the water quality.
So I have a 75 gallon how much water change should I do a week an also is flaky food crashed up ok for them instead of brim?
Hi, sir..I have a question about my angel fish fry,.. Why does they died when they started to learn to free swimming.. Tnks..
Maybe bacterial, genetic, fungal, temperature, situational problems. Any sort of indications of a certain problem? Fungus is white and fuzzy, bacteria the same(usually). Temperature and oxygen problems are noted by a black rusty color across the back of the fish, while sanitation problems usually show black tinges on the fins and at the gill fringes. Hope that does something!
Great effort mate .
Wow they are keeping their babies safe
Ty I'm starting my first brood of angelfish
Mine is almost ready to hatch and my eggs has a cloud looking stuff around them is this ok please tell me
Thank you for the info We are going to try and raise them when do you take the pair out And when can she start relaying again
If you want a more social fry batch, remove the parents when they start to develop a rudimentary color scheme(around 3 weeks to 5 weeks), but artificial is after about 30 hours to ensure that the eggs are viable. She will lay again after 1 1/2 to 5 weeks depending on the situation.
Our Angels have been eating their eggs within a few days of laying them. How do we save the eggs?
Very helpful video
Mine spawned do you leave lights on at night or not?
I know this is an old video but hopefully I can get some help here. So my angelfish are laying eggs as we speak but they're laying them on the canister filter intake. What can I do to either remove them or prevent them from getting sucked up?
Cover the intake of the filter with a fine mesh object(pantyhose is apparently really good, so is some cloth fabric) or try to remove them with a toothpick or something like that. However, the parents will usually do everything by themselves. By the way, how are they?
@@Nemesis0513 they're doing good I actually removed the intake nozzle and placed it in my empty breeder tank. They're little wigglers now. Thank you a appreciate the help.
Just found this other vid .. do you know anything about glo fish
they can't have babies
Actually, it depends. If the glowfish was injected with the wrong bioluminescence gene or chemical, they can’t breed. However, glowfish made through genetic engineering of injecting the glowfish bioluminescence gene actually can breed and produce viable fry, but they aren’t naturally accustomed to being glow in the dark. That’s the major factor against them breeding. They CAN, they just don’t wanna. You’d need to do a surgery to extract the semen and eggs, but it’ll work.
I have about 40 baby Angel's, 5 months old how long before you can tell which are male and female .
Subscribed ! I just found your video because I realized my angel fish had babies. They're swimmers right now. The angel fish was sucking them into her mouth, I thought you was eating them, but then she would cruise over to a plant and spit them out in the plant. Also, I've never seen this before but the last couple times I used my magnet to clean the glass, two of my angels went ballistic and started attacking the magnet. now I think they were doing it because they were protecting their young. ?
That's exactly what I'm seeing, down to the magnet attacking. I'm trying to find out just what's going on with that. I'm thinking it's a cleaning process at this point.
The first batch they had, I unfortunately thought she was eating them, and I went and removed all the babies to another tank, but without the proper cleaning maintenance, they got trapped in algae and all 67 expired. 😕
I know now to leave them alone, as mother knows best.
Have 3 breeding pairs in my dad and I's tank. Had to move the wigglers cause they always get eaten by other fish when free swimmers. Any other advice? Can i mix wigglers with free swimmers?
This video was super helpful cause my angel fish I had them for a long time finally they made eggs 😄
Congratulations
Made or laid? I must know.
Hi my angelfish have just laid eggs on my built in filter and was wondering should I remove mum and dad ( only them in tank ) or should I remove eggs and if so what the best way. This is the time I have had angels lay so all new to me . Any help would be much appreciated thanks Ian .
I think you're best off leaving them, as they should take care of the eggs by keeping them clean.
Thank you for that informative video. I breed angels and this was extremely helpful. 👍
Great job man, so how long does it take for a angelfish to be say 5 inches?
Depends. There are many ways to influence growth.
Usually 10-15 months if all goes okay...
Great video, brother! I think that you've turned me onto trying to raise Angel Fish now.
One thing, you didn't explain why, when they're newborns, the adults seem to either eat them or suck then into their mouths and spit them back out.
Also, on a smaller, sort of humorous note, at approx 7:08 in this video, it sounded like you may have said, "these fish are about 3 to 4 months years old". Otherwise, awesome video, man. And, thanks.
I think you said angela fish are a schooling fish? Do all colors school together, or are they picky who's in their group?
Do different colors have different personalities?
where do i buy my carbione fliters from like yours in the tank sorry about the spellihg
hello sir till how many month angelfish will grow and then stop growing to the full grown angelfish??
Whole growth process takes about 2 years, but they’ll constantly add millimeters their whole 12 years of life. The minimum consideration of ‘adult size’ is around 3.5-4” in diameter, which is around 10-15 months of age.
Awesome it will help us a lot thank you
Great info, we have two angel fish but not sure if they are male or female. Also I wonder if angelfish had a growth spurt where one eats more than the other
Their growth spurt is usually during the quarter size, or about 2 months of age. They’ll put on size quicker during that time. But yes, food and dominance affects growth.
Size of tank for all those angel fish?
How long does it take them to take their final color my babies are about 3 months old they have black stripes one is kinda silver looking and the other has yellow and pink tints to it. Mum is blue and dad is black do they take after the parents or could they just be random colors ?I also have a second brood of them and they are turning out the same . I have some that are only a quarter of the size of the same cluster of eggs can fish make runts are they likely to survive? They are 1 1/2 months old they still eat and stuff but don't seam to be growing at the same rate as the others
It’s been a week and the eggs r still white. This is their second attempt. What’s going on ? I have an Ehime filter. Do I still need to change water frequently ? Is the male not doing his job ? They’re very attentive parents and diligent.
I just today have Angel eggs for the first time. Your video was very helpful. My tank is at 76° but you said it needs to be at 80°. Also, I have other Angels and gouramis. What are the chances of any of mine surviving?