what is the best aquarium set for breeding anglefish?

Answer 1

Angelfish will breed easily in most conditions. The questions to ask yourself as: do you want to raise the babies, do you want a decorative community tank, do you want the parents do to all the work, do you care if the tank is bare/sparse.

So, it's more up to you than up to them. Mine have readily produced eggs in my 90 gallon community tank, but I had to hand raise them. In such a tank, they usually lay on the filter intake or a leaf of an amazon sword plant, which can then be moved and placed in a rearing tank. If you want to give them something specific to lay on, lay a tall piece of slate rock again the glass to buy a breeding cone http://www.cichlidbreeding.com/proddetail.php?prod=plasticbreedingcone&cat=12 - which is more easily removed than a filter intake.
When the eggs are laid, remove them before you turn out the lights on that day. This gives dad enough time to fertilize them, but it does not give the rest of the fish the chance to eat them - which they will do when the parents are resting in the dark, at night. Plecos especially, I can't tell you how many clutches I lost to hungry plecos in the middle of the night! Remove whatever the eggs are on (if its on a leaf, tie the bottom end of the leaf stem to a rock to weigh it down) and place it in a smaller tank, 5-10 gallons, filled with water from the main tank. You can put a filter if you want, but wrap a rinsed nylon sock around the filter intake. You can also have substrate, but NOT rocks - only sand. If it's gravel, the babies will fall inbetween and not be able to get back out.
So plate the slate / cone against the side of the tank, and put an airstone set to a high rate about 2 inches away from the eggs. This simulates the 'fanning' action of the parents. Add 3mL of hydrogen peroxide per 5 gallons OR enough methylene blue to tint the water blue - this will keep fungus away. Oh, water temp should be 80-82F, and if you do not filter, clean up any fallen fungused eggs with a tiny water syphon made out of air tubing - painstakingly slow to suck up water, but safe.

The eggs will hatch into wigglers in 2-3 days. They will stay attached to the rock, or sometimes fall off, and will not need to be fed for 2-3 days until they absord their yolk sac. When they do, they will be freeswimming, and need to be fed live baby shrimp (nothing else will give you a survival rate of more than 1-2% - with bbs, your survival rate should be good to excellent) 3-5 times per day.

If you want the parents to raise them, put the established pair in a 30 gallon tall tank. Tank decor is not necessary, jsut make sure they have someplace to lay. They will spawn, lay the eggs, fan the eggs and remove fungused eggs, and take care of the babies. You will still need to feed the babies once they are freeswimming, and they should be moved to their own tank away from the parents at about a month old. If kept with mom and dad for too long, they can become really annoying pests that stress the parents.

Good luck! Angelfish breeding is not hard but it is very time consuming.

Answer 2

a million Guppies 2 Mollies both are stay-bearers and they are really customer-pleasant to reproduce. 4. Betta if performed staggering its incredibly customer-pleasant to get them to reproduce. 3 Goldfish ( once you've a small pound those human being men will breed with none help) yet in a tank its really harder. 4. The blue and the three spot gourami are really an same fish diverse shade. All 3 are an intermediate fish to reproduce.

Answer 3

Angels are not by any stretch of the imagination easy to sex. I have had some luck in the past sexing angels but this in itself, unlike other cichlids, is no guarantee of a successful spawning. The best way to sex them is to let them pair off on their own. Keep about six or eight in a large tank and they will do the rest. Remove the other fish or move them to another tank and you have a pair. A 20 gallon high tank is perfect for breeding pairs of angels. They will spawn on the floor of a tank, in a large flowerpot or on the leaves of a broad leaf plant. However, the preferred method is to put a piece of slate about 3 inches wide and 8-10 inches long leaning at about a 45-50 degree angle in the tank. They will pick at the slate until it is clean and then lay their eggs. Angels’ will lay from 100 to 500 eggs at a time, maybe more. They, like most South American cichlids, will tend to their young if in a separate tank from other fish. If you keep the fry in too long, they will disappear. If they spawn in a community tank, you will have a hard time separating the fry from the parents.

I pick up to six juveniles, which I house together in a 33-gallon tank. I keep the bottom bare and use only sponge filters. I put in two pieces of 2 inch P.V.C. pipe, which I secure at a 30-degree angle. The pH is steady at 7 and the hardness is 2 degrees. The water temperature hovers around the 80f mark. I feed my angels bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, a beef heart mixture, flakes and the occasional white worm.

As the angels grow (six to eight months) they will begin to choose their mates. You will see them buddy up and may pick a territory to defend. If you are almost certain that you have a pair, remove them to their own tank. I use 15-gallon tanks but should use 20's. Be sure that their breeding tank is fitted with an acceptable spawning site. At this point I increase my water temperature to 82 degrees and increase feeding.

Within five to eight days you should notice the belly on one of them to begin to swell. This will be your female. Within a few days the papilla should show on both the male and female (organ between the ventral and anal fin). The male's papilla is much smaller than the female's. Once egg laying begins you should avoid disturbing the tank. Take note of which fish was laying the eggs and watch for the male to fertilize them. Within two days you will know if your pair is fertile. The eggs may turn white. If you are sure of your pair, it may take a few attempts for a successful spawning.

I currently practice only natural incubation, meaning I leave the parents to tend the eggs. The eggs may take three to four days to hatch depending on your water temperature. Once they are wiggling it will take an additional three to five days for them to reach the free-swimming stage. It is at this point you may begin feeding: newly hatched brine shrimp and micro worms work best. I allow the parents to stay with the fry for the first few days of feeding. I then remove the parents and begin the cycle again. I find my females become gravid every ten to twenty days.

Your new fry will begin to take on their angel shape around the two week mark. It is at this time that their growth rate explodes. You may begin to give them a variety of food. It is not uncommon to lose 20 % of your fry in the first few weeks. It is wise to work on a four spawn, month off program. Spawning activities can be draining on your angels; they need a vacation once in a while! This will help with your egg yields.

* Angels can be very demanding and you must be patient and willing to experiment with different techniques. Once you find something that works, stick to it. Nothing is ever set in stone with angelfish. have had many surprises ranging from foster parents to spawning site selection, but that's all another story. There is unlimited information out there on angelfish. As you begin researching, you will find how diverse the breeding techniques can be


http://www.gcca.net/fom/Pterophyllum_scalare.htm

http://websvirginia.com/angels/pairing/index.htm

Answer 4

An open 30 gal would be ideal for breeding, you want to give all of them enough room.

Answer 5

30 gallon