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Finally have some nearly free swimming fry. I have left them with the parents who are in their own 100L tank. Will wait and see what happens, It is only a small spawn but will see how things go.

So by the looks of it the pearlscale with bump on it's head appears to be a female after see the breeding tubes properly. They both look after the spawns (fanning eggs etc) but would explain why I havn't been able to get to the eggs to the wriggler stage. So back to square one, trying to find a male partner for one of these two females.

The separated eggs when I checked this morning had all turned white and they ate the others I left with them. They are a relatively new pair but wondering if the male hasn't quite figured out what he is doing yet, as I have not been able to get to the wriggler stage yet.

So removed the white eggs today while doing that I noticed they spawn again today on another leaf. Probably a bigger spawn than I have already removed. Not sure what to do, move these as well or just leave them.

So quick update, got a good spawn today and decided to remove the eggs and try raising them myself. I submerged a 4L jar inside the spare tank with a few drops of methyl blue and air-stone. Removed the leaf and placed inside the jar with the air flow near the eggs. I guess I hope for the best and see what happens. Already setup a brine shrimp hatchery and successfully tried that out couple of weeks back so got that under control when the time comes. Will keep posted but any advise would be great.

Finally got my tanks up and running this weekend. Breeding pair moved to the top and hopefully try raising some fry in the bottom sometime in the near future. Angels have been laying eggs every 8 days so hopefully the moved didn't disturb them too much.

Finally up and running

Yea thought crossed my mind and I might yet. It will be tied with brackets into the studs so should be ok without. Hoping to have these up and running this weekend.

The tanks I got made to fit the shelves but from what I've been reading they are not ideal (especially in an earthquake) so decided to build some instead. They turned out pretty well and didn't cost a fortune. Will hopefully dress them a little them a little better with some panels in the future.

I have built a couple of 20 gallon tanks but now im second guessing the choice of shelving. Has anyone else used bunnings garage shelving? They say they are rated to 180kg per shelf. Im picking each tank filled will be around the 100kg each. The metal is fairly light weight so being in good old Christchurch I imagine if we have any decent earthquakes the movement would just buckle and end in disaster. Thoughts? Im contemplating building custom shelving instead using 4x2 but thought I would see if anyone uses this type of shelving.

Yea I have been reading up about breeding angels. I'm new to breeding but have a couple of spare tanks in preparation of this happening. Pretty excited but this is there first batch so not keeping my hopes up. I'm just stoked they seem to have paired up relatively easily. The female I have had for a while and been one of my favourites. Male was only introduced 2 weeks ago. Im wondering wether I let them have a go at raising them or seperate them. I will setup a fry tank tomorrow just in case. I don't have live brine shrimp can u feed them anything else?

I must be very lucky then, just got home from work to check on how they are doing and the female has plastered one of the leaves with eggs and watched the male following behind doing his thing. Will be interesting to see how things turn out giving they have only been together a couple of weeks.

I have an female angel about 2 years old and quite large that I had recently moved to her own 80L tank. She promptly laid eggs all over the filter. Obviously there was no male to fertilise the eggs so they turned white and she eat them. I since bought a male which is a bit younger and smaller than the female, in hope of trying and give breeding angels ago. There doesn't seem to be much aggression between the two so I'm hoping she will accept him and pair up eventually (she previously killed another female she was bought up with). She is very plump at the moment and breeding tube is prominent the last couple of days. What are the chances of these two pairing up? A friend has another male about the same age and slightly bigger than the female he is will to trade as another option. Should I add more angels to these two and hope someone pairs up? I have an additional two 100L tanks waiting to be setup. Any advise would be great.