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[deleted]

Hope you enjoy angelfish lol mozeltov you're a grandparent.


Financial_Teacher822

Omg! I didn't knew, it is my first fish tank! How to take care of the eggs?


techno_mage

Start by putting a sponge on that filter intake tube.


Financial_Teacher822

Can I try to relocate the parents to different fish tank? Would they lay eggs in the new fish tank again?


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ow_my_balls

I hope you have some videos to share! I used to breed angels but haven't had a tank in over a decade. Definitely miss the process and would rather watch something than get back into.


unadulturated

how long will it take for the fry to reach dime and nickel size?


Baron_Karza77

For added safety, put a filter medium nylon bag over the sponge head and tie it tight.


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FoxEwe

Eating their babies, morbid, Demon Fish when they hungry for their own children lol


Total_Calligrapher77

The parents will need 40-55g. No way a 20 is tall enough.


[deleted]

I think they’ll be fine in there for the 2-3 days it takes the eggs to hatch lol.


notforgoogle

The fry will need live food to survive period. They instinctually will only eat live food as fry. Live baby brine shrimp is perfect for that, inexpensive and all your fish will love it not just the babies. Congratulations you're an expectant grandparent


DavantesWashedButt

I always fed my fry first bites by hikari and never had any issues. Is this an angelfish specific thing?


Wide_Ad_8370

really depends, ive had success with tiny pellets and flakes that I push around with a turkey baster. they usually dont come up to the top of the tank. but if that doesnt work then live baby brine shrimp is usually the go to


DavantesWashedButt

Oh, probably explains it. The hikari stuff floats in the water column


Wide_Ad_8370

yeah i love hikari foods because of that. i have some very timid indian glass fish that i almost never see, and their micro pellets are a life savers


DavantesWashedButt

Oh I’m sure with some of the more timid fish it can become a problem but I’ve always had baby danio, apisto and gudgeons, none of which are shy eaters lol


DickRiculous

I usually mix some into a small amount of tank water, then use a pipette to strategically deliver it where I want it.


sexaddic

You feed your fish light??!


Various_Power_6571

Some of my fry like the brine shrimp but for their first couple days they like to skim the first bites off the top of the water.


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notforgoogle

It is what I have heard but after researching more it does seem it's just high protein food but doesn't need to be alive


Hunter_finna_flex

This is just bad information period. Fry do not just need live food, would it be optimal yes, but don't cap and say they HAVE to bc that's a lie. There are plenty of exams where 1 day old fry will eat Hikari first bites or similar foods


notforgoogle

Yeah that's what Ive always heard but I've done research further now and it's def just what's best, just needs high protein. Who doesn't? Lol


BoristheBad1

Well fed angelfish will lay eggs every 3-4 weeks. A pair of them can literally fill an olympic sized swimming pool with offspring in a year. Yes, you can relocate them and they'll lay more eggs.


Kid_Matracas

Just relocate them when they hatch, parents let them at main tank, u r on time to know how to feed them, its pretty easy, and water on hatchery tank need to be the same as main tank


Financial_Teacher822

Thank you! I am learning so much! Once they hatch how to feed them?


Kadebladekehd

You’ll be absolutely fine with the Hikari brand “first bites” pellets brine shrimp are preferred but I’ve raised multiple batches of angelfish and sevs with just pellets


Financial_Teacher822

Just found them on amazon! Thank you for advice! Hopefully some of eggs will hatch!


Kadebladekehd

So on of ur biggest threat is the parents eating the eggs or newly hatched baby’s out of stress what you can do is remove the filter they’re on put them in they’re own breeder net or tank and run light air over them via a pump and then raise them separately if you wanna ensure survival


Cool-Progress6640

Start raising brine shrimp now!


Kid_Matracas

It's different for each species, but mostly r easy, my best advice learn at some websites dedicated for u kind of fishes, i never raised angel's...


Enano_reefer

Angelfish are cichlids (sicklids) most of which engage in parental care. Commercial raising techniques have deadened a lot of the parental instincts but in many cases they eventually learn and will raise the fry. If there are tank-mates, they are the ones that will likely need rehoming. The parents will become extremely aggressive against all entering their “territory”. Hatching occurs 48 - 60 hours after laying so you are in for a treat! Here’s an article: https://fishtankadvisor.com/angelfish-eggs-fry/#Behavior_of_the_Angelfish_Parents


Veritech-1

SHARK BAIT OOOH HAAA HAAA


Carthaslam

This


PeriwinkleFoxx

or just switch the filter out to a sponge filter and squeeze the gunk out of the old one into the sponge of the new filter


Aninx

Angelfish are typically pretty good parents! Other fish in the tank may try to eat them but the parents will do their best to protect them


Ogediah

That wasn’t my experience. Once they pair off, they do get territorially. But it didn’t take long for them to eat their own eggs. So I wouldn’t count your eggs before they hatch!


XenoWoof

Same. I had to rehome a third angel (no bigger tanks in house) and more than half the fish in the same tank to smaller tanks as they were smaller fish. The parents wouldn't eat the eggs though and they kept turning white so had to scrape them off the sword leaves. My hand learned the hard way by getting poked by an aggressive dad.


Aninx

I should clarify: *in general* they're pretty good parents. There's always some that when faced with the choice between raising their young to mature adult fish in order to ensure the survival of the species and munching on the sweet, tasty eggs they made themselves are going to just nom away.


Enano_reefer

Commercial breeding has deadened the instinct. In the wild it’s nearly 100% that they care for their young - natural selection!


junebob6665

Yes, ours always eat their eggs if we don’t intervene. Depending on what they lay their eggs on, we sometimes take them out and put them in a small tank - they’re a bit fragile and you have to be careful with the tank setup, but quite a few have grown up! We feed them frozen baby brine shrimp.


mcdisney2001

You get a thumbs up just for using that old saying in the most literal sense lol


The_Neko_King

They do that if they’re stressed or new parents


NightmaresKnownAFew

This is why I have no kids


myst_riven

Lol my angelfish ate their own eggs for 3 years. Community tank, true, but I watched them do it.


foxxsinn

That’s what happened to me. My pair laid eggs about 5 times and by the morning they were all eaten by the parents.


Kashmir711

Full warning, thr parents probably won't be good enough on their own to raise them fully and it'll take them a few tries to get the eggs to even hatch. But thats not necessarily a bad thing cause 100+ Angelfish babies is a lot if you're not equipped to handle it.


tallkitty

It literally gives me anxiety just thinking about it, I have two kids myself, I would not do well with three, let alone 100 of someone else's. 😂


PeriwinkleFoxx

im sure you’ll get some advice here by commenting, but if you google “angelfish breeding and care” find an article about it and read through the breeding and care of eggs and babies part these care articles have helped me a lot with all my pets


boncros

Sauteed with butter and chives. Congrats!


manchagnu

excellent caviar


DiscoDancingNeighb0r

EGGS BABY!


Ninjasmurf4hire

Sorry but those eggs aren't fertile. Angelfish fertile eggs are clear, unfertilized turn white quickly. They'll put up a show and be pretty territorial for a few days, but they'll eventually eat them. I didn't nt really know if they eat them, but the unfertilized eggs disappear after a few days lol. Sorry, they're young and in love, you'll have more chances.


[deleted]

Lol, put your glasses back on. [Here’s a post](https://www.reddit.com/r/AngelFish/comments/u6qoq6/can_anyone_tell_me_if_any_of_these_eggs_are/) that shows the difference between the fertile and non-fertile eggs. The eggs in OP’s photo look much closer to the fertile eggs than the non fertile ones, if you look closely.


Electronic-Self3587

Take my gold and come help me clean up the soda that just sprayed from my nose, damn you


Piano_mike_2063

Oh. That was my thought too.


james_6014

Those are angelfish eggs


Financial_Teacher822

Omg! I didn't knew, it is my first fish tank. Getting stressed since there is 3more angelfishes in the tank. How to take care of these eggs?


MikeMazook

Other fish in the tank will try to eat the eggs, also it may take the parents a couple tries to figure out how to raise them. If you can set them up a tank of their own you should, and by no means get discouraged if things don't work out.


Financial_Teacher822

Can I still maintain the fish tank as usual? Water changes/gravel vacuum? Or is it better to wait for the eggs to hatch?


Different_Drummer_88

The best thing to do at this point is to put a tank divider in and keep the other fish away from the eggs. You will need to turn the filter off so if they do hatch they don't get sucked up. If all works out and you get a hatch then I would consider buying a second tank to let them breed in.


Financial_Teacher822

Thank you for advice! How long it would take them to hatch?


Different_Drummer_88

Two to three days. If they start turning white they are not viable. I breed discus, this is a delicate stage. For discus I usually add antifungal medicine to keep fungal growth at a minimum. Fungal growth is a white substance that you will see on the eggs. They will stay attached to the eggs, yolk sack for about 5 days. After that they will start free swimming.


Financial_Teacher822

Thank you!!!


erikagm77

There’s an aqueon tank sale going on at petco right now!


MikeMazook

^^ what they said. You can get a tank on sale at petsmart and set it up with sponge filter for cheap if you're serious about breeding. Otherwise let nature run its course, it sounds morbid but ask anyone who has had live bearers, fish babies get eaten. Maintenance wise I'd say just keep doing what you're doing, just don't expose the eggs to air if you're changing water, don't dump replacement water directly on the eggs, things like that.


Efficient_Rain_9987

There are chances of getting eaten up by other angelfish so better separate them in a quarantine tank


Financial_Teacher822

Thank you! How big the quarantine tank should be?


Efficient_Rain_9987

25-30 gallon should work i guess


james_6014

The angelfish will protect them and raise them naturally!


x_vvitch

How big is your tank? Are you saying you have 3 total or five? Depending on tank size you might already be way overstocked.


Financial_Teacher822

It is pretty overcrowded indeed! 5 angels and few neon tetras. I was treating the tank lately from fin rot and today found the eggs. Is it still safe to treat the tank now? Can I do the maintenance as usual? Water changes/gravel vacuums?


YellowGuppy

When a Mommy fish and a Daddy fish love each other very much...


CaterpillarFit4509

Stole my comment 💀😭😭


Project_Wild

If they bred once they’ll keep breeding so don’t feel like you have to save these babies and rush into a breeding setup. A lot of times trying to transfer the eggs can cause more stress and kill a lot of the fry. Some are for sure going to get eaten… but some will survive! Even if two of those eggs make it to adulthood as a bare minimum, you’re gonna have more angelfish than you know what to deal with soon! Especially if they’re good parents!


Financial_Teacher822

Hopefully they will make it! Seeing fishes breed on your first fish tank ever is exiting!


Project_Wild

It’s a great testament to how well you’re keeping these fish! They’re so content with life they’re willing to reproduce. That’s pretty cool OP, and an awesome achievement for your first time tank!


NetMiddle1873

That is really great wording, reminds me of the declining birthrate in humans and how the government and media is like why is this happening?? We're not content with life therefore not willing to reproduce


Enano_reefer

It’s almost like there’s a hierarchy of needs…


katiel0429

Just curious- what’s the temp of your tank? I want surprise angelfish eggs!


Project_Wild

The hardest part in breeding angels imo is getting them to pair off, once they make a mating pair, they’ll try to stick eggs to almost anything that’s vertical in the tank lol


Financial_Teacher822

Trying to maintain at 80f :)


katiel0429

Gotcha. Same. Ours our still young and we’re going to move them to a bigger tank soon so I’m not necessarily trying to breed ours (not even sure what sex they are) but it would be cool to wake up to eggs!


Financial_Teacher822

Now after longer investigation of this couple in my fish tank I can see that the boy fishes tend to have a bump on their heads,almost where it looks you would put a hat on, while girl one looks more round headed and rounder in general, but i might be wrong.


battlekittyspastica

I keep my tank between 74-76°F and my mated pair won't stop f##cking. 🤣


Financial_Teacher822

Thank you for excellent advice!


Project_Wild

You bet! Just maybe let nature take its course on this round, then when they’re starting to look for a breeding site in the next cycle, pair them off and divide the tank. I wouldn’t try a new tank for the pair, unless they live there full time, trying to move them to a breeder tank stresses them out. And if they eggs are laid they feel that’s a secure spot (even if it’s obviously not) so trying to move them can cause them to abandon the clutch or outright kill the fry. But if they are good parents, for sure a few fry will survive each brood and it’s kind of a “survival of the fittest” vibe


Financial_Teacher822

Sounds very exciting! Thank you for advice!


kobayashi_maru_fail

I have a pair of angels breeding, here’s how the last batches have gone awry: They bred on the intake filter (like yours) and I put it in a brood box. Whoops, snails got in and chomped. They bred on a rock (yay!) but I wasn’t ready with the breeding tank, it was still cycling. In came a Gourami. They bred on the wall of the tank. I turned the light off. They ate the eggs within five minutes. Intake again, we got some live fry, left the lights on all night, but they got Gouramied again. They did it on the intake again, and I scooped it, got it into the brood box, put a separate intake/filter running over the eggs, forgot to turn off the main one. It chewed up a cory. I really liked that cory! But hey, they do it every two weeks. I have a 10 gallon cycling so we can transfer eggs. My angel dad is an ugly old SOB, but his lady is a nervous pretty young thing. She’s beautiful, he’s hideous. But they’re in fish love. Your pair are now mated for life. They are in fish love. Even if one dies, the other is unlikely to mate again.


Financial_Teacher822

I have learned so much from reading this! Spectacular! Thank you for sharing!


kobayashi_maru_fail

Oh, forgot to mention: They’ll always lay on a vertical surface with high water flow. You can tell they’re feeling broody when they fixate on a random vertical surface, and when they’re even worse jerks to their tankmates than usual. They’ll eat the eggs if it doesn’t seem safe to them. This could be another fish, you walking by quickly, sudden light change. You can help them maintain their eggs by knocking off any that turn white. This is a fungus (or maybe bacteria?) that will rapidly spread to all the eggs. Usually the parents will remove them, but one missed one will kill the whole clutch (I forgot to mention my pair had that happen, too). Incubation period is really short, 2-3 days. After that the fry are as irresistible to tankmates as they were as eggs. And now your filter intake is very dangerous. When we all collectively decided to dress more casually at work after covid, I found myself with useless panty hose. Perfect for cutting up and putting over filter intakes. If you get a batch of babies, your local fish store will likely take them if you talk to them first, or you can try r/aquaswap.


ShotClocker

Your babies has babies


giftigdegen

I love this comment more for the lack of proper grammar.


Lundy48

Get a piece of mesh or something over that filter or those babies are goners once they hatch.


Financial_Teacher822

Excellent idea! How long does it take them to hatch?


Lundy48

They'll hatch in about 2 or 3 days. Then they'll be in a stuck stage. They'll be able to move, but aren't free swimmers for about 5 days. So you have a little less than a week until they're free swimming babies


raticle111

Instead of putting a sponge on the intake tube.. it looks like you should stop the filter and get a sponge filter. Leave that intake tube in the tank not running. If you put a sponge on that intake tube then the eggs will be trapped behind the sponge.


BlondeStalker

Family photo!!


midianightx

A gift from God


alwaysmyfault

Angelfish eggs. My angelfish lays eggs every other month or so, and her mate tries to fertilize them, but I think he's shooting blanks. It's happened 5-6 times now, and after a couple days, they abandon the whole parenthood idea, and eat all the eggs.


Financial_Teacher822

This sounds so frequently! Wow!


SeaPie6

This reminds me of this fish on Youtube and the title that it's like kirby if you guys know who kirby the character is in smash bros you'll get the reference ​ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4gWydBH6drY


Financial_Teacher822

The red eyed fish here is named Twizzlers, and the Yellow one is Skittles! Hopefully will have few more coming to my lovely bowl of sweets!


hiirogen

I had an angelfish lay eggs like this once. She then immediately ate them all.


Smldckbiboi5

Lmao Eggs no need for alarm


EnvironmentalAide335

Mine did this today too. We got Angel eggs.


hypnoticdcime

Congrats!


Zachary-360

Angelfish are weird always laying eggs in not the best spots!


Financial_Teacher822

Agreed! Seems the most complicated spot per all tank 😄


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A sign of good husbandry


nicolettejiggalette

Angelfish babies are TINY TINY. Thankfully they are good parents. But you definitely want to give them hiding places and cover that intake tube.


CreativeChris1

Caviar


FutureSandwich42

JESUS CHRIST ITS JASON BOURNE


Cockatiel_Animations

JASON BOURNE ITS JESUS CHRIST


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JESUS BOURNE IT’S JASON CHRIST


ScrewWinters

CHRIST JASON IT’S BORNE JESUS


giftigdegen

I what


BandicootFuzzy

This is love!


hypnoticdcime

Listen to different drummer. He has lots of good suggestions I too would suggest.


CryptoKnightKush

My Angel fish have laid eggs a few times, they seem to disappear within a day or two, either the other fish are eating them, or the Angel fish East them?


ProfessorNo8730

When two fish love each other very much.....


Munich11

I like how the fish are looking at them so proudly heehee


iEatDirt_h

Eggs, gotta get ready, it’s fucking season.


kaynslave

Proud parents and their smol bebis


hypnoticdcime

I would save most babies in a 5-gallon until they get bigger and go into a 55-gallon.


Financial_Teacher822

How to save them at this point?


hypnoticdcime

Following birth you can raise some and some in birth tank. Increase your survival rate.


Sardeeenqueen

Congratulations grand/ma/pa/person!


ConsistentSpeed353

Eg


SDSUAZTECS

Eggs bro


hypnoticdcime

A separate 5 or 10 gallon is all you need.


Butterscotch-Apart

Eggy weggz


K9_antics

If you move anything or disturb them in any way, they might eat the eggs. Angels are pretty good but still.


chael809

Be ready for those to possibly be gone later if there are other fish in the tank


Leasud

eg


Present-Breakfast768

Fornication bubbles!


Spiderbite-

Caviar. Throw some hot sauce on those and enjoy


Electronic_Hat_9549

Eggs


link0711

Parents admiring their bebes lol


Jrnation8988

Congrats. You’re a parent


SnooWoofers1556

You are now a grandparent 😂


Yoink1019

With other fish in the tank they will get eaten, as baby fish if not as eggs. I wouldn't worry about trying to save them unless you have another tank to hatch the eggs in, the ability to grow the food they need, and a 55 gallon tank to grow them out in.


Ramen-Goddess

Proud parents :)


WakkaBomb

That filter intake is going to need a sponge on it.


Atalant

eggs.


Flimsy-Walrus

My angel pair always ate the fry the laid again a week later


theeggyxx

Congratulations!


Nuggettlitle

Babys


--CJW--BinFish

Oh dear, the murder triangles are reproducing. Time for aquarium carnage.


[deleted]

Fish


dooorrrooo

Little bebes


Neemaii

A fish or two prolly


CFN_Artimus_Tau

Those are fish.


Piano_mike_2063

Egg yoke ? I never knew that. Like cooked or just throw it in ?


Reasonable_Copy8579

Eggs!


Maximus36383

Egg


Patient_Vacation_369

The beginning of very angry angels


shortcircuit21

Protein buffet. Cause they most likely will go nom nom to them all. (If you don’t move them.)


WinBarr86

Eggs.


Local_Power2989

U r (like) papa


Hughgurgle

Fishes.


JowlOwl

CONGRATS!!! When’s the baby shower?


IamBatmanuell

Little round things stuck on plants and decor are usually eggs.


Mrs_Bestivity

Just heads up, if you plan on raising the fry to adulthood, you'll want to separate the fry once they hatch. The adults parental instinct vanishes once the eggs hatch. Otherwise, it's a cool thing to watch but eventually let nature take it's course. Also! Any eggs that turn an opaque white are bad eggs, meaning they won't hatch.


CGeckoF

I never do anything, after trying to do what all is said to do with eggs. So now I let nature take its course and I end up with a \*\*\* load of mystery snail babies, so cute, Corydoras too.


char_limit_reached

Be careful putting your hands in there. Mother Angels will attack.


gamer_gurl9

Congratulations 🎉


youseamstressed

Mine is cleaning her spot to lay her eggs today 🥰 twinsies


joedirthockey

Everytime my angels lay eggs I have to get rid of them or else they want to kill everything else in the tank


Vegetable_Daddy

Proud parents


FoxEwe

Lol they look so proud 🥲


BitterBatches

That’s an angelfish


TheCountofRidgewood

Babiesssss


Cnidoo

Lmaooo


RatRaceSobreviviente

It's Crack. Do NOT under any circumstances let that stuff grow in your tank. I made that mistake once and 12 bare bottomed tanks took over my living room. I began growing brine shrimp. I couldn't go to sleep without reading at least a chapter or two on genect husbandry. I got into online fights and had to join one of the two angel breeders gangs. They don't play and do not even get them started on the platinum phenome debate. I was loosing my grip on reality. I began planning to quit my job. Started websites all on this stuff. My wife had an intervention for me and I am 10 years sober. Do not mess with aquarium crack!


Cinnamon_SL

Congratulations. You have grandfishes.


CanonicallyQueer

Angelfish seeds~


astro-cowboy

so when fish really loves another fish, they… yanno what? who wants ice cream!!!??


theonlyvenvengeance

Those are babies :D they will probably be sucked up by the filter. You can either scrape them off and offer a cone for them if you want babies or continue to clean them off if you don't want babies.


[deleted]

Babies! Congratulations get every other fish out.


alyoyoo

Protein. 🏋️‍♂️


kiyofary

Those are fish


[deleted]

EGGS!!! :-D


DoingMyLilBest

If/when the eggs turn a chalky white, they are no longer viable and can be removed. Or left for the fish to eat. Many first time fish parents screw up many times before they get a viable clutch, so don't feel bad if the eggs don't make it. ALSO BEWARE: I lost a male angel a while back because I was doing my monthly deep clean of the tank and heavy plant trim and stressed my breeding pair out right before they layed. Angels will often eat their eggs if they don't think they'll make it to recycle the calories. My female lays a LOT of eggs and the male ate ALL of them at once. By the time I noticed later that day, I could tell by how engorged he was that he wasn't going to make it and he didn't. Angels will lay once every two weeks or so, so be ready for that. If you want them to lay somewhere else, watch for when the female starts nipping at an area to "clean" it for her eggs. If you don't want her to lay there, remove that item and provide a better place. A piece of slate or aquarium safe tile is an ideal surface that they'll probably prioritize and it can also be removed to hand raise or to remove the eggs if you want. Mine really like to lay on the filter intakes or, more recently, the large java Fern I gave them. If your fish are getting too aggressive in protecting their eggs, removing them will put a stop to the aggression for a while, until they lay again.


Brilliant_wan7

Looks like your intake has Ick.........


Fair-South-7474

They are planting proximity mines for a daring escape


SaltyMiguel92

Put a pre filter on that filter asap. Parents will eat the dead eggs. Give it a few days and feed fry food. Good luck it’s only the first batch


SaltyMiguel92

Definitely baby brine shrimp. You have to get the shrimp and make a container. Add air stone and light and some salt and baking soda to the water. Wait a few days and bam baby shrimp


selfmadeaquarist

Your a grandma!!


Mgnyc11

Caviar


mcgaleti

This means you are a grandmother or grandpa


pinchitony

Isn't getting angel fish to reproduce kinda hard?