angel eggs

Many are raised by their parents. I understand her hand raising a batch, and I'm all for it. However, to continually do so I am not. I was simply adding information that was not yet stated. Also, the parent fish have not yet been giving the chance to do this themselves. I think allowing them to figure it out on their own should be advocated... and I might add that watching them as parents in their *natural* behavior is far more rewarding (at least for me) than if I did it myself.

BTW, I meant FYI. Biologically, from the standpoint of a hobbyist, and knowing most (insert responsible if you wish) angel breeders allow their angelfish to raise their own fry. Its not natural for angelfish to continually eat their eggs, and if they do so, IMHO, those fish should not be allowed to produce offspring. From the hobbyist point of view, I would like to have my own angelfish raise their own fry. Why would I want to buy angels that have been artificially raised for generations? How are they supposed to know how and get it right? Most likely, they never will. Raising their young continues the circle.

If I intented to breed angels, I would buy only those raised by their parents... this philosophy extends to any fish known to eat their eggs including discus and rams... I will not knowingly purchase artificially raised fish for breeding purposes.... however, for a show tank, I don't care if I don't have a choice, I just want a nice looking fish.... but I will still definetly pick parents raised fish over any other, for the sole purpose of supporting this practice.
 
I will admit that the angel I have is a stunted mutt as far as possessing desireable behavior. He also won't be seeing another angelfish unless he happens to be the third wheel if for some reason I have to put him in with other angels.

I got him befor I learned much about such, and the next angels I get will have been raised by the parents.

As far as practice raiseing fry goes, there are any number of easy to spawn fish that could be utilised. I have raised danios, and serpae tetras. Both of those I collected the newborn fry out of the gravel in the community tank the parents were in.

Daisymay,
learn what you can with this experience. If you manage to raise some, make sure the angels you give to others are the best of your batch. You have to take the place of the preditors that would cull the deformed ones.
 
Another plus to letting the parents raise the babies is that they babies will tend o grow faster and obtain knowledge (i guess you could say that) from their parents. i dont think i would ever take the eggs out from the parents because the parents need to learn how to care for their own young which makes it a lot easier for the hobbyist who just takes the babies out when the parents are ready to breed again and the fry have grown considerably.
-Mike
 
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