Breeding Angelfish

• ironoxideman

  13 Jul 05, 00:41

  any experienced breeders out there?care to enlighten me and other interested pple on the ideal pH,food and other aquarium conditions?
  
  i once had a pair that bred,the eggs hatched but the spawn died after a few days
  
  btw,i am referring to freshwater angelfish
  
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• ironoxideman

  13 Jul 05, 00:41

  sorry,repeat
• BabyLover

  13 Jul 05, 14:54

  Originally posted by ironoxideman:

  any experienced breeders out there?care to enlighten me and other interested pple on the ideal pH,food and other aquarium conditions?
  
  i once had a pair that bred,the eggs hatched but the spawn died after a few days
  
  btw,i am referring to freshwater angelfish
  
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  i hv tried many times too.
  more failed than success. out of so many only 1 or 2 survive
  
  for food, initially giv them the liquifry then when they can eat, u can start giving them their baby food flakes..
  
  btw, after they hatch, ur not to take them out straight away, n dun go disturb them or the parents get scard will eat them all up.
  they r sarpose to be w their parents for sumtime then can remove..
  otherwise parents will oso eat them up as food.
  
  u can read thru the advice pple gave me here...
  http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=121406
  
  there are also links given to raising angelfish...
  http://mikejacobs.50megs.com/RaisingAngelfish.html
  http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/courses/aq448/species/ornamentals.htm
  
  hope u succeed the next time round
• Hexagon

  13 Jul 05, 19:21

  Originally posted by ironoxideman:

  any experienced breeders out there?care to enlighten me and other interested pple on the ideal pH,food and other aquarium conditions?
  
  i once had a pair that bred,the eggs hatched but the spawn died after a few days
  
  btw,i am referring to freshwater angelfish
  
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  1. check the water temp. If you had a heater installed set it to lower range @ appr.28-29 . However, some spawn are able to live at room temperature.
  
  2. The water must be clean before any spawning as it will occur within days
  
  3. Keep the parent with the spawn until they are free swimming before removing the pair. The chance of the spawn to live is higher as the parent will look after them for the initial 2 week after they hatch