my two new angel fish have laid lots of eggs they are guarding them what to do next?

Answer 1

Do you have a community tank, or are the angelfish alone?

If the angelfish are by themselves, you can let them raise the babies. Angelfish are good parents. They may screw it up the first time, but eventually they get the tank of it.

Now is a good time to start a brine shrimp culture. Baby angelfish eat brine shrimp when they become free swimming.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_brineshrimp_hatchery.php
They need live brine shrimp.

You will want to remove the babies after a couple weeks, once they are dime-sized. After 4-5 weeks they will start to pester the parents so much, sometimes to the point of killing the parents.

If you have a community tank, the other fish may well eat the eggs before they can hatch. Plecos are the worst; they creep up at night, and have thick enough scales that the parents can't keep them away.

If you have small, placid community fish with your angels, leave the eggs until they hatch and are wigglers. That is, their tails have come out of the egg but they are still stuck. Until removal, leave a lamp on in the room at night, so the parents can still see enough to guard the eggs. Then, remove them to their own tank (5-10 gallons). Leaving them with the parents at this stage is easier than raising the eggs yourself, because the parents will fan the eggs and will remove any eggs with fungus.

If you have plecos, better remove the eggs now. What were they laid on? Anyway, some breeders use 1 gallon jars, I prefer to use an 8 gallon tank, that is cycled (make SURE you cycle! google Cycling a Fish Tank), and has floating plants but no substrate. It has a filter, and I put a nylon sock around the intake on its lowest setting. I also have an air pump going on a low speed near the eggs to 'fan' them. Use malachite blue, enough to taint the water slightly blue, to keep fungus away. I keep it with a heater at 78F.
Anyway, the eggs hatch in 2-4 days, and then feed off their yolk sacs for 2-5 days. You can start your brine shrimp a day or two after the eggs hatch, (before they are free swimming). Once they are free swimming, they will pick little organisms from the plants (hence the floating plants - java moss is great) and you also need to feed them brine shrimp.

Those are the major outlines. Google "Breeding angelfish" - much has been written on the subject. :)

Answer 2

angels are from the cichlid family, so they will develop good parental care over a number of spawns. i find the best way to "train" a pair is to leave them to it. providing you don't have any aggressive fish in the tank that can disrupt things. id suggest set up an additional tank with an air driven foam filter as this wont suck up baby fish and move the pair in after this lay. leave the fry with the parents until they lay again, yep, you'll need another tank! at one time i had 11 tanks on the go........ good luck!
oh and try hard boiled egg yolk in very small amounts about 4 times a day and syphon out what they don't eat

Answer 3

well if you have a filter turn it right down on the whole blowing bubbles bit and keep an eye on them also when the eggs hatch buy a floating nursery from a local pets store its a little plastic container which floats on the top, also buy baby fish food and once they are just as big as a nail let them out to get used to their surroundings otherwise which i found out they all die. Also if you have one to many fish when they grow up take them to your local pet store and im sure they will take them in

Answer 4

Leave them alone. Maybe shut your filter off as it will suck up the newly hatched fry. Be ready for them with some fry food from the pet store. Their little mouths will not be big enough to eat your regular food. Other than that, the parents seem to have everything under control.

Answer 5

If the eggs stay clear they are fertile. If the eggs are white that means they are bad. You can move the eggs into another tank and use only air pump and sponge filter. Any type of suction filter such as hang on filter will suck the babies in and kill them.

Answer 6

congrats you have good parents, most angels will eat their eggs before they hatch, but i would recomend taking them out and puting them in there own tank, until they hatch. they will feed on their egg for a few days 2-4 days, then feed them tiny brine shrimp, not the kind fish store have, get the ones you have to hatch. they will hatch and be about dime size!

Answer 7

in simple terms enable nature take its direction. shifting stuff around now will probable reason the angels to eat the eggs themselves. attempt to maintain the section around the tank quiet,and sit down back and watch the coach. If the tank is sufficiently super the determine fish probable won't harm their tank acquaintances,yet once you opt for to attempt to spawn angels they ought to have their very own tank,29 gallon at a minimum.they are able to enhance some youthful contained regionally tank,however the possibilities are against it. good luck,PeeTee

Answer 8

Lots of good advice been given already, i would just like to add that two females will sometimes pair up and lay eggs so if they stay clear they are infertile.

Answer 9

leave them to guard them they are airating the eggs with their fins by staying close, the best thing to do is leave them be and see waht happens dont be suprised tho if they eat some or all of the eggs tho...it happens the first time...

Answer 10

leave the parents alone with the eggs... take out the other fish..