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Posted 1 Year ago #1
3 days born angels fish fry , the parents arent in whater ph is at 6.5 Should i feed them now with baby brim shrimp or other stuf ?
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Megham
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Posted 1 Year ago #2
Wait until they are up and free swimming. At three days they should still be using their yolk sacs and the shrimp would go to waste. Good luck with your babies. Some of us here have experience raising them and would be more than happy to help if we can!
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johnarthur
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Posted 1 Year ago #3
When the angelfish are free swimming, you can feed them baby brine shrimp and/or a powdered food like First Bites. Live baby brine shrimp are supposed to be the best, but they will also eat frozen ones. Be sure to thaw the shrimp first, and try to keep the aquarium clean.
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littleman
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Posted 1 Year ago #4
one quick question what size tank would you guys recomend for a angel fish hachery
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Megham
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Posted 1 Year ago #5
A ten gallon is fine for just hatching eggs and raising fry for a few weeks. After that they will need to move to a larger grow out tank. If you want your parent fish to take care of the babies a twenty or thirty gallon is best and they must have it to themselves or they will get stressed and eat the eggs or babies.
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Posted 1 Year ago #6
Angelfish get very tall, so I like a 25 or 37 tall for spawning and fry raising. Many times, parents will raise their own fry, and it's interesting to watch. If you want lots of angelfish, pulling the eggs and raising the fry by hand is probably the best way to go. To provide a small but continuous supply of baby brine shrimp, you may want to get a couple of the in-tank hatcheries.
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Posted 1 Year ago #7
I like using 10 gallon tanks to raise my fry up for a couple of weeks. When they start to develop top and bottom fins, I usually transfer them to a 20. Once they get dime size, they go into the 55. Once they get nickel size, they're usually off to the LFS.

I've just found that a bare bottom 10 is really easy to keep clean. Also, if you feel the need to spot feed the fry you can. They don't need to go so far to reach the food.

I'd like to have a little better luck with my parents raising some themselves...
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Posted 1 Year ago #8
very helpful!! thanks alot all!
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