y don't angel fish babies live?

Question

My friend's angel fish layed eggs 2 times. The first time the angel fish ate them. The second time my friend took them out of the tank and put them in a different tank. They started detaching from the eggs but then they died. Why can't she keep her angel fish babies alive?

thanks

Answer 1

LOL although I like the sperm answer, because it is indeed needed, for any babies to spring forth. The glorious Angel Fish is a bit, well high strung (not really, just honestly has to have thing in order.) Perhaps more than any other fish, angelfish are the most difficult to generalise about. This is because they are entirely unpredictable. So I will lay a bet that it’s the water condition and or environment.

They prefer soft, acidic water, but they are successfully kept and bred in an extremely varied array of water conditions. The main thing to keep an eye on is water quality.
Set up a tank 24 in by 12 in by 15 in deep, with a mature sponge filter, and set the temperature to 82 degrees Fahrenheit. The water should be slightly soft preferably under 6GH, with a pH between 6 and 6.5. Also include in the tank some pieces of slate, and a few broad leaf plastic plants, which have had their bases, weighted down. The bottom of the aquarium is best left bare so that it can be more easily cleaned. Introduce the adults to this tank and begin feeding them with plenty of conditioning food.

Here however...is what has worked for me…In preparation for spawning, I use 6 inch clay pots that I buy from garden supply stores (never, EVER use pots that have been used previously for anything except the aquarium hobby). I used to soak them overnight in a bucket of water and then I simply set them in the 20 gallon breeder tanks with each pair. I keep sponge filters in each bare bottom tank. 20 gallons seems to give them enough room to raise the fry to an age of a week or more, without the possibility of the fry being stunted, and I feed the adults twice a day on my Discus beefheart mixture that is high in protein and vitamins to help condition them for constant spawning. The parents will pick and clean a site, making practice runs over the surface for as much as a day or two sometimes before the actual spawning begins. When the males pointed genital papilla is evident (as opposed to the females bluntly rounded ovipositor) spawning is imminent, usually within two hours.

The shells on the eggs don't harden as quickly in softer water with a lower ph, so the male should be able to fertilize more of the eggs properly, insuring a better hatch out rate. I myself have found that I have a much better fertilization percentage using my RO water, but I was getting plenty of live fry without it too. The eggs are laid in bunches, and they should begin hatching between 48 and 72 hours. The warmer the water, the faster the eggs hatch, I normally keep my water at 82 degrees. Make sure you do no water changes during this time, because the eggs are extremely fragile and cannot tolerate the fluctuation of the ph and temperature. The eggs start to show tails wiggling first, and then either fall to the bottom and wiggle there as they absorb their yolk sack, or are placed back on the substrate somewhere by the parents.

Be ready to feed them live freshly hatched baby brine shrimp as soon as they rise to swim, mine rise in the water on the fifth day. I feed them 4 times a day,sparingly each time as not to build up high levels of toxins. I remove the fry from the parent tank at a week old, so as not to interrupt the breeding cycle. If the eggs are artificially hatched a pair of angels can reasonably spawn every 9 days, but I prefer to let the fry stay with their parents for a week, because I enjoy watching the interaction and because it is more convenient for me.

The babies are fed live freshly hatched brine shrimp until approximately a month of age. If your brine shrimp is more than two days old it has used up most of its nutritional value in forming its shell, and that shell is not digestible to the fish. Its really important to keep this in mind and keep hatching small new batches of brine shrimp rather than just using larger quantities. The amino acids that the brine shrimp contain are necessary for proper growth during that critical early stage of development. They will also pick at rotifers and such that can be found in a sponge filter that exists in a well-cycled tank.

To move angel fry I do not personally net them, but instead siphon them out into a bucket to prevent damage to their spines. They need to be moved into the water from their parent tank anyway and it's a very simple process that way. Then I just slowly pour the water from the bucket into the half-full tank that I have prepared to receive them. I get a lot of enjoyment out of raising the angels because of the parental care, but it is relatively easy to artificially hatch the eggs also. I feel that's just a matter of personal preference.

Answer 2

Angel Fish

Answer 3

You do know the the mom and dad angel fish take care of the fry right?

Have the male and female angel in a separate tank or take out everybody except the angel. Keep the temp constant (high 70's). When the fry hacth, they'll live on their yolk for a day or 2. Then they'll eat little microbes in you tank. I think the parent exude food from their skin for the fry to eat too. But then you'll have to feed them dissolved hard boiled egg yolk and powered fish food.

Answer 4

Truthfully, quite a few animals have trouble breeding in captivity, especially water animals (fish, whales, dolphins). While it isn't impossible for them to reproduce, it is highly unlikely they will. To my understanding no one has yet figured out why but the most current theory has to do with the way the ocean/rivers move; whereas in a tank (no matter the size) the walls of the tank change the movement of the water and the pH level of the acidity of the water changes all the time too. Unless one can find a way to recreate their actual natural environment pretty much completely, I don't think your friend will be able to keep this babies alive.

Answer 5

If the eggs hatched, but then the fry died, it is likely a feeding issue. Baby angelfish, and in fact most baby fish, are not able to eat flakes or other processed food. It is necessary to feed them with small live foods such as Daphnia, baby brine shrimp, microworms, and infusoria if you expect the fry to survive. An online search on these foods will lead you to sites where you can buy cultures for them.

Yes, you will have to buy these cultures and raise the food in order to feed them to the babies, and then use a dropper or a turkey baster to squirt the food near the fry. Breeding fish is much more complicated than most people believe, and it is much more complicated than just getting two fish to spawn and expecting the fry to survive.

Answer 6

I had a separate container that I put the mother in. it had a separator that allowed the babies to go into a separate enclosure so that the mother and other fish wouldn't eat them.They would stay in the separate container until they became big enough to put with the other fish.

Answer 7

yeah i would consider the factor of fertalization, are you sure that she has both male and femail fish? Femails will lay eggs even if they are unfertalized, so that is probaly what happened, if you want to breed them i would but the male and femail in a separate tank, and after the eggs are layed remove the adult fish.

Answer 8

Yuck what horrible names! They are fancy and frilly and just not very nice I think I dont even know which I like less! They sound like Disney names, but not in a good way. Worst names I have come accross were just very plain and dull like Mildred and Maud or Esme. I dont like them. My grandmothers name is Doreen and her sister is Muriel. I dont like those names I find them very ugly. Thank you for the laugh! Poor little twins being called lovella and beautelle! awful... x

Answer 9

Angelfish

Answer 10

it might be the water's not the right tempature