surprise baby angelfish

I have been looking to get rid of my angelfish and all a sudden the tank is FULL of babies... Never even saw any eggs at all... I need the space to move my Africans to a 55 or 100 but the 20h is in the way... How long till it is safe to move the babies.

I would wait for a couple day. I hope you have some shrimp brine to feed the fry? I would move the fry to a 10 gallon and add heater and a large sponge filter. Remember to do water changes of 50% daily and dont over feed and you should do fine...

... My 10 has an electric blue hsp female in it so gonna have to find a way to fit her in with the male in the 20L feel bad doing that but it's either that or leave them with the parents... Where would I get brine shrimp?

most of LFS have it. runs under 5.00. If you have problems I can get you some.

Blue sierra probably has it I will look for it. How long does it take to get angels to dime size?

I just got a nice size jar of brine shrimp eggs from amazon.com... shipped here in 3 days.... but then you have to setup a lil hatchery and hatch em, that takes about 24 hrs.....Thats the best way though. live fresh baby brine shrimp.... what I always fed all my fry...... you cant find any at pet stores... i just looked everywhere! closest thing i found was "First Bites" comes in a lil' bag with a picture of discus or angels with there fry swimming around them.....

With lots of water changes, feeding good food, I would say probably a lil over a month and a half after fry swimming... right?

sandnuka wrote:I just got a nice size jar of brine shrimp eggs from amazon.com... shipped here in 3 days.... but then you have to setup a lil hatchery and hatch em, that takes about 24 hrs.....Thats the best way though. live fresh baby brine shrimp.... what I always fed all my fry...... you cant find any at pet stores... i just looked everywhere! closest thing i found was "First Bites" comes in a lil' bag with a picture of discus or angels with there fry swimming around them.....

With lots of water changes, feeding good food, I would say probably a lil over a month and a half after fry swimming... right?

Dennies and Petpourri both sell brine eggs and hatchery kits... I use a half gallon jar in a tank I use to artificially raise angel fry. works great..

Fish Addict wrote:Blue sierra probably has it I will look for it. How long does it take to get angels to dime size?

about 2 months

They are swimming fine and I hadn't been looking in the tank because I kept spooking them and had to put cardboard all around it sp they may even be a week or two old

I noticed the fry swimming around the parents Monday night

Angelman wrote:

Dennies and Petpourri both sell brine eggs and hatchery kits... I use a half gallon jar in a tank I use to artificially raise angel fry. works great..

Wow, really..... I checked APFP, petco, petsmart, jones pets, bridges.... no luck.... petpourri has hatching kits! cool! I hate my 1 liter pepsi bottle setup! gonna go get one tomorrow!

sandnuka wrote: I hate my 1 liter pepsi bottle setup!

Coke products are better!

Congrats on the babies!

Conway Tropical Fish has both brine shrimp and hatcheries It's a bit of a drive but Corey has been great to my wife and I so I can't give him a stronger recommendation. I prefer a 2-litre bottle to a 1 and draping a piece of foil or cling wrap over the top to limit the salt spray from the bubbles making a mess wherever you set it up.

Dan

they are already eating flake... they have grown so fast