Errr what the hell do I do now???

[Scales]

Well just got home to find this........
Please excuse the quality rushed the piccy. Thats the mum fanning the eggs,
What do I need to now, I have a smaller tank, should I move them to there???

 

[jflowers]

What an awkward place to choose It might have been a good idea to move them if they were on a rock or something, but dont think you would be able to move those without damaging them. What other fish do you have in the tank, they may be ok till free swimming then you could move them then, but am sure others will advise on that as I am not sure.

Jon

 

[Scales]

OK panic over I think
I will go to my LFS and purchase tank divider tomorrow, just leave the angels and the eggs on there own. Then when they have hatched move them to my smaller tank.

Ive got a couple of pictus catfish which will probably find them tasty , but the angels wont let anything near them its great watching them protect/fan the eggs.

 

[WILDER]

Or bless her, good luck with the new arrivals.

 

[dolly_daydream]

Well just got home to find this........
Please excuse the quality rushed the piccy. Thats the mum fanning the eggs,
What do I need to now, I have a smaller tank, should I move them to there???

hi
just thought ide let you know what i did with my angel eggs,as soon as my pair laid eggs i thought it would be best to leave them,bad idea ,no the parents didn,t eat them but as soon as they became free swimming i lost almost all of them down the gravel,there so tiny you couldn,t almost see them there even smaller than danio babies ,anyway,as soon as they laid eggs i cut the leaf with the eggs off and placed them in a jug in the same tank and moved them on to a smaller tank,making sure that the eggs never came out of the water and the jug should then be emptied in to the smaller tank,and keep the water well airated,as soon as you see wigglers still stuck to the leaf after a couple of days,you should get some liquifry ready, theres no need to feed at this point as they still feed of the yolk sac,as soon as you see free swimmers drop in the liquifry,after a week or 2 start feeding on brine shrimps at least five times a day and regular water changes,and you should soon starting seeing good growth .but make sure you filter is a sponge filter so the babies dont get sucked up, angel fish dont like strong current so make sure your filter isn,t to strong,and put some tights over the filter with a elastic band so the weaker ones wont also get sucked up,i bred angel fish for a year with a spawning every 3 weeks and had almost perfect results, pm me if you need any other advice
thanks
and good luck

 

[Scales]

Cheers Dolly great advice but.......

Im gutted finished work went straight to my LFS to get some stuff to seperate the tank. Just got home, gone...all the eggs have gone I guess something in my took a fancy to them

Well maybe next time.

 

[dolly_daydream]

Cheers Dolly great advice but.......

Im gutted finished work went straight to my LFS to get some stuff to seperate the tank. Just got home, gone...all the eggs have gone I guess something in my took a fancy to them

Well maybe next time.

dont worry she,ll have more you,ll know when she,ll get fat and a little tube will stick out from under her as soon as she lays them take them out if she feels threatened she,ll eat them herself rather thank let any other fish eat them,good luck
p.s
she should lay again in about 3 weeks mine always did
claire