Anglefish new pair

[Brodie33]

First batch in a community tank, doubt it will be anything but pretty cool!

 

[Unknownfuture]

First batch in a community tank, doubt it will be anything but pretty cool!

Community tank ?

have they killed anything yet ? They can be quite savage when looking after fry.

 

[anewbie]

My first pair was extremely savage claiming a 3ftx2ft area; but my current pairs accept reality and only claim a 8inchx8inch area.... i guess one can figure out why i have my current set of pairs and not the old pair

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Pretty fish! Fingers crossed for the eggs, let us know how it goes!

 

[kribensis12]

Congrats, @Brodie33 !

The eggs look fertilized which is good! To forewarn you, Angels are notoriously (not every time, but enough that you should be warned) bad parents - by that I mean yours may eat their eggs/fry soon after every time. They are designed to be really good parents, but years of aquatic breeding (pulling eggs right after they lay it) have caused some disruptions to that.

If you look here, you'll find an excellent example of what Angelfish parent's CAN be by our very own @Uberhoust .

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Congrats, @Brodie33 !

The eggs look fertilized which is good! To forewarn you, Angels are notoriously (not every time, but enough that you should be warned) bad parents - by that I mean yours may eat their eggs/fry soon after every time. They are designed to be really good parents, but years of aquatic breeding (pulling eggs right after they lay it) have caused some disruptions to that.

If you look here, you'll find an excellent example of what Angelfish parent's CAN be by our very own @Uberhoust .

To follow on from this, I've also heard that they need to practice being good parents. That they'll often eat the first batch(es) of eggs, then seem to get the hang of it. Not an Angelfish keeper myself, just what I've read, and worth bearing in mind if you spot them eating the eggs!

 

[Avel1896]

Hey
Don't you quarantine them ?

 

[kribensis12]

Hey
Don't you quarantine them ?

@Avel1896 what do you mean? The OP never indicated that these were new fish nor did he indicate that he does not quarantine?

Did you mean something else?

 

[anewbie]

I think he means isolate them outside of the community. The breeding is probably a side effect of having a pair of angels and not and intentional breeding program. I.e, a lot of people who intentionally want to breed their angel will move them to a small tank of their own. Of course with angels it is quite easy to move the eggs or wrigglers at a later date from the community tank. Btw it helps a lot if you want the eggs to hatch to leave the room lights on. I have variable lights in my room that i leave on and i can state at least for my tank it makes a huge difference in how likely the eggs will hatch (after all fishes have very good eyesight). Also the first 3 or 4 attempts at laying eggs the parents usually will fail to get things right after all practice makes perfect.
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Last but least it is not uncommon for two females to breed which usually doesn't work out well if you want the eggs to hatch.

 

[Avel1896]

@Avel1896 what do you mean? The OP never indicated that these were new fish nor did he indicate that he does not quarantine?

Did you mean something else?

Well, thread title is

"Anglefish new pair"​

 

[kribensis12]

Well, thread title is

"Anglefish new pair"​

I interpreted that as "Newly paired", not that he purchased a breeding pair. If he were purchasing a breeding pair, to me, it would not make sense to place them in a community tank.

 

[Avel1896]

"Newly paired" would have been more accurate

 

[Uberhoust]

Good luck with your new angel pair. When mine breed in a community tank there is about 8 days of stress in the tank. The stress starts when the angels start cleaning the egg site and last till the fry started swimming. The aggression in the tank was highest while the young are free swimming and the parents are still trying to protect them from the other fish. Eventually the other fish overran the angel parents and all the fry were eaten in minutes, maybe seconds. I never had any serious injuries to the parents or the other fish but the parents really seemed upset that they lost all their fry. I have heard that some people have managed to raise fry in a community tank but it has never worked with my fish.

No matter what happens it will likely be interesting.

 

[Avel1896]

Pity you don't have a second tank dedicated to parents ans fry.