Woke up to angel eggs. HELP ME

[stratusfearrr]

So i woke up, waited till my lights came on so i could see how everyone was doing, and what do ya know. ANGELFISH EGGS.

This is the third time they have laid eggs. i was wondering if i could remove the eggs to a small hospital tank and let them hatch? Because the last two times they have laid eggs, they have eaten them.

Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated

[67chevelle]

Where were the eggs laid?
Are you sure you have a male and female and the eggs have been fertilized?

[stratusfearrr]

yes im sure there is a male and female. i am pretty sure they are fertilized, so i took them out and put the leaf that they are on in a small hospital tank. we shall see what happens.

[petluvr]

Make sure to put some type of an airstone under them to simulate the parents fanning them and remove any white or fungused eggs. Godd luck.

[67chevelle]

Make sure to put some type of an airstone under them to simulate the parents fanning them and remove any white or fungused eggs. Godd luck.
:iagree:
If they are clear,they have not been fertilized.If they are white,they have died.

[stratusfearrr]

!!! I got home from school, and guess what?!?!!?!? The angelfish eggs are wiggling. some are starting to hatch!! now what do i do?? should i turn off the lil whisper pump so none get sucked in? what do i feed them?

HELP

[foolishfish]

It'll take a little while for the wigglers to move to the free swimming stage so you still have time to hatch some BBS. You can accelerate the process somewhat by putting an incandescent light close enough to your shrimp hatching effort to add some heat. Generally you should see the shrimp hatching in about a day.

Make sure when you siphon the BBS for feeding that you're only taking the live critters and not the unhatched eggs or casings. As with regular feedings, only enough to get 'em full and then remove the uneaten. This is the fun part 'cuz if your eyes are anything like mine you'll need to siphon the waste into a bucket and then put a light on it and look real hard to see how many babies you sucked up without noticing. I never think that I got any but there's always proof to the contrary swimming around in my bucket...they are hard little buggers to see.

I've also started using Golden Pearls and decapsulated BBS recently and both have given me good results (just remember to soak it for a few minutes before you feed it). It's a bit late to order but I've also had much improved survival rates by adding micro worms and a special Beta starter that I get from fishguy in Tennessee. He calls it APR or something, and a little bit goes a very long way. He can be found on Aquabid under foods. Good guy and good service.

Water changes are important, making sure that you make your new water the same temp. and parameters. There's plenty of posts on this site by some very successful breeders that can give you better details. Pop Pops fish and Ted at House of Orange are great. So is TAS (The Angelfish Society). Dave at Angelfish USA also has a good bit of useful info on his website.

I keep feeding the decap BBS for about a month while adding bigger worms, 100-200 micron pelletized food or Pearls, crushed flake food and a fry food that I also like from fishguy. I call it fish crack but it looks and smells about the same as the plecocaine that Frank Falcone has available. All of my fish love the fry food and it fattens 'em up pretty quickly.

Depending on your schedule, they'll eat just about as many times a day as you feel like feeding them and you'll see them double in size just about every week. Some hybrids will even out do that. You should try to feed them at least four times a day though 'cuz I have had some starve on me when I couldn't get home in time to let'em pig out.

Have fun. It's a lot of work but they're really cool to watch grow. Just make sure that you don't let any crud stay on the bottom though 'cuz the bacteria that grows there will come on quick and it will kill them.

Good luck. - j

[foolishfish]

Almost forgot. Sponge filters are the way to go for your fry tank. The bubbles keep it aerated and as long as you don't use the more expensive reticulated foam high flow ones the pores are small enough to keep everybody in the tank. Don't get too vicious with the air flow. You don't wanna see fry plastered to the side of the sponge.