Angelfish breeder setup

[Peacockbass]

Hello. Just wanted to introduce myself. my name is Brian and i have been breeding angels for about 2 years now. I have taken some pictures of my setup to give you guys a idea of what i am all about. thanks for looking.

 

[NYfan78]

wow ya have a few Angles dont ya. Nice!

 

[twisted fisher]

dude ide be lost lookin at those tanks

 

[F8LBITE]

pretty cool setup. Do angels pair or are they harem breeders?

 

[Peacockbass]

they pair. my pairs are in the 29 gallon tanks on the right side

 

[RIFT_LAKES_RULE]

really cool setup and looks to be very productive as well

 

[Reel Addiction]

Nice spread!

 

[mscichlid]

:confused0054: Impressive!

 

[Jumbie]

Really nice set up you have going there.

 

[bschuhart]

Brian,

I'm just starting to breed angels. 18 months ago I got 6 juvi Gold Platnum Angels and grew them in a 29 and got one pair that began spawning in September. They ate the 1st 5 spawns then raised the 6th batch on there own, I got 50 quarter sized angels out of that and sold them. Withat money I bought 3 - 20 gallon tanks.

Since that timw the pair only eats the eggs, so I began pulling the eggs with minimum success. Most of the eggs hatch and become wigglers and then I begin the have issues after they become free swimming (most of mine just sit on the bottom) they start to die, they don't eat the Baby Brine shrimp. Only 20 - 30 live and grow out, but 1/2 of them are sliders (I thought this was from swim bladder desease but not sure what is causeing this) Another thought was disolved gas in the water when I do water changes, theose little bubbles appear on the side glass of the tank and the fish seem to eat them.

Have you had any issues like this?

Ben, Perry Hall.

 

[Peacockbass]

All of my angelfish pairs parent raise. Most pairs take 4 or 5 tries to get it right like you said. but so far all of my pairs have never ate there eggs after they learned how to raise them. As far as pulling the eggs i have never had luck. just for fun it tryed a few times and did not have much success. not sure why but most of my wigglers also died. the best luck i have had was to keep the temp up to about 84 in the jar with eggs. i think the faster they become free swimming and eat the less chance for the to develop problems. what do you keep your temp at in the egg tank?

 

[bschuhart]

All of my angelfish pairs parent raise. Most pairs take 4 or 5 tries to get it right like you said. but so far all of my pairs have never ate there eggs after they learned how to raise them. As far as pulling the eggs i have never had luck. just for fun it tryed a few times and did not have much success. not sure why but most of my wigglers also died. the best luck i have had was to keep the temp up to about 84 in the jar with eggs. i think the faster they become free swimming and eat the less chance for the to develop problems. what do you keep your temp at in the egg tank?

82 degress,

If you ever have a pair of breeders you want to trade, maybe you would have better luck than me, I basically want to just have one pair(yah right) breeding because I don't want to have too many tanks, I want this to be fun not a pain in the a..

Here's a link to my breeding pair spawing. this is the batch of fry the parents raised (for the first week, I removed them because they spawned again).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCJKLHn2FY4

 

[mrkillie]

If you are hatching the eggs without the parents, place them in a 5 gal. tank with an airsone under and off from the eggs, with the eggs facing upward. Use Maroxy as an anti-fungal agent-I have also had success with methylene blue and acriflavine, but Maroxy doesn't color the water. They should hatch in 2-3 days at 82 degrees, and free swim in another 2-3 days. Begin feeding newly hatched BBS at this time (free swimming). Once they are all hatched, begin 50% (MINIMUM) water changes daily. Add the new water slowly-drip it in, for the first week or two. At 2 weeks you should move to a 10 gal tank. After 2 more weeks, split the fry and move into 20 gal tanks. Of course, the number of tanks will depend on the number of fry. They should be dime body size in 7-8 weeks, nickel in 9-10 weeks and quarter in 12 weeks.

If your fry are not active and fall to the bottom, check the pH and make sure it is not changing rapidly overnight via CO2 dissipation. Use aged, well aerated water in water changes to avoid this.

Joel