How regular do Angel fish spawn?

Question

They are fresh water angels

Answer 1

That depends on a lot of different factors.In the wild angels are attentive and fearsome parents,caring for the young for some weeks after hatching. (As much as 4 weeks.) In aquaria they will spawn with relative frequency if the young are removed from the tank for rearing in separate quarters.(Every 2 weeks until they become exhausted after 3 or 4 spawns.) I think that spawning to exhaustion shortens the lives of the parent fish,but it is done in commercial operations. The factors in achieving spawning results with angels include water conditions(pH around 6.5 or a little lower,frequent small water changes,followed by a slight increase in temperature) and a feeding schedule that includes some live food,( brine shrimp,white worms,mosquito larvae or frozen live foods). All of these factors will require an even greater frequency of water changes to avoid the water becoming polluted. If one is serious about spawning angels and raising the fry it should be done in a separate tank with only one pair of fish,(should be at least 29 gallons). It should have a few plants,a spawning slate,low current filtration (sponge filters are good), a good quality heater,maybe a peat block to maintain a low pH. It is a real joy to watch angelfish parents caring for the eggs and fry and I beleive that parent raised fry will make better spawners in turn,but very few are raised this way now. All this being said,I have had angels clean off the leaves of an Amazon sword plant and spawn in a community tank,keeping the rest of their tankmates huddling in the opposite end of the tank. Be prepared for a little disappointment along the way,angels will eat their spawns for no obvious reason,then spawn again in a week or two,finally hatching fry ,only to eat them,but if you hang in and let nature take its course you may be rewarded by the sight of a pair of parent angels swimming with a cloud of developing fry between them. A long answer to a short question. Hope it helps. Good luck, PeeTee

Answer 2

Mine began after about a year and a half after i bought it, it was only a few months old when i bought it.
She would guard her eggs night and day and would let no other fish near them.

The higher your water quality the better the chance i think, as mine began to spawn a week after adding a new external filter, and again a week after moving her to a bigger tank with even more filtration.

Answer 3

No. Tropheus are a quite aggressive African Lake cichlid. They need hard and high pH water, opposite of what angels prefer, plus they will literally tear an angelfish to shreds. Not sure about the 3rd one, but it's sounds African too, so probably the same deal. Ian

Answer 4

I believe fresh water angels spawn when they are approx two years old and very year after this.

How old are they now?

Answer 5

I think they use a small slab of slate to lay their eggs on. Interesting fact of the Angel fish, but true. Be sure to plant greenry around the slab to protect the eggs, other fish will eat them. Nature can be strange, but very interesting.

Answer 6

if you take the young out and cleant the tank they should spawn again in about a week

Answer 7

Parthenogenically?

Answer 8

They do when there old enough and then they will become extremely aggressive when they are pregnant. They can kill every thing.

Answer 9

should be no other fish in tank when they breed will kill other fish.