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Post by guppylover on Mar 12, 2007 12:10:39 GMT
i would keep some of your albino angels they look different from normal angels
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Post by jon on Mar 13, 2007 21:50:00 GMT
Jackpike how hard was it to breed them and what size tank would you reccomend for a pair of angels? i have enjoyed watching your progress with your angels.
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Post by jackpike on Mar 13, 2007 22:57:01 GMT
Buy a half dozen angles, raise them up, All going well some will pair off, put that pair into their own tank. Mines where in a 13g tank, but i think a tall 20g would be better. Add a sloped surface for them to lay eggs on, big plants leaves or even better a piece of slate. Bobs your uncle, fanny your aunt, u now have some eggs and that was the easy bit. Now comes the hard bit, I think its best to leave the angels to care for the eggs. U are supposed to get better, stronger fry doing it that way. I raised mines on baby brine shrimp and micro worms, micro worm cultures are easy to keep, But baby brine shrimp is a bit more difficult and time consuming. I always had two 1 litre hatcher's on the go. one for the morning and the other for the evening. And a spare hatcher made up to start up when i disconnected one that was finished. This went on every day for 8 weeks. Not to mention all the regular water changes they needed to keep the tank clean. So too cut a long story short breeding is easy, happens all by its self, The hard bit is raising the fry. I would advise anyone who is going to try breed angels or any other fish for that matter to practice hatching baby brine shrimp until it becomes second nature.
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Post by irishfishkeeper on Mar 14, 2007 19:17:18 GMT
They look like good quality angels.do you still have their parents in with them?Have they spawned again?
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Post by jackpike on Mar 16, 2007 20:00:11 GMT
Moved the parents into my community tank yesterday. It looked like the fry where trying to eat the slime coat from them. The parents started acting timid and where hiding in a corner of the tank. So i thought it was high time to give them a break from parenting because they where looking a wee bit rough. Maybe i had them in the tank with the fry for too long.
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Post by fishgirl on Mar 19, 2007 18:45:18 GMT
They have grown so much since i was last here.Beautifull angels jp
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Post by jackpike on Mar 24, 2007 9:51:01 GMT
Had a near disaster with the fry, got home from work a couple of day ago, to find that the power had been turn off on the fry tank by my three year old daughter. The power was out for 3 hours. I think i have been lucky, didn't loose any fry.
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Post by karen on Mar 25, 2007 12:18:57 GMT
Fingers crossed for you jp hopefully you dont lose any.
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Post by jackpike on Aug 31, 2007 21:12:18 GMT
Just an update on those fry of mine, I have been selling them to various lfs. I only have about 40-50 left. which i think will take about 2-4 weeks to move on. I have decided to breed my angels again because its a great way to pay for the hobby, i haven't spend a single penny since i started to sell the fry.
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Post by dave on Sept 3, 2007 19:54:43 GMT
Great stuff JP.A mate of mine has a breeding pair of angels,he removes the eggs and they get at it again.They are only in a rekord 70,which most folk wouldnt agree with,but they seem to keep themselves occupied!Between them and his bettas,he too had a huge amount of credit run up at his lfs.Nice way to pay for ones hobby!
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Post by jackpike on Sept 4, 2007 12:10:59 GMT
I'll start breeding on a regular basis as well. But i don't have an extra tank to artificially hatch and raise small angel fry in yet, so I'll have to stick to the natural method for just now.
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