Breeding Angels

[phoenix44]

It'll still have a macro button though. lille tulip like thing. most normal digi's do.

[danilada]

Hmm, ever in doubt return to the manual :roll:

[lmsmith]

Yup, I agree, there's a boy and girl.

Look at the little sticky out things under their tummies, the black one's is wider and has a more blunt bottom, thats what she uses to lay her eggs. She'll swim against a vertical surface and rub her belly against it. The eggs kinda roll out.

Then the male will follow up behind and fertilize them. The males pointy bit is thinner, and more pointed on the bottom. The male tends to do most of the protecting of the eggs and babies, but the female will hang around too.

To get them to lay, feed them up on good food (bloodworm, daphinia, etc), and do lots of small water changes to get their water in good condition (10 - 20% a day). The female will get nice and fat, then one day, you'll see her pointy bit sticking out. If not and she's looking fat, do a big waterchange (40 - 50%), they'll get in the mood.

Often they eat their first few batches of eggs, so don't be discouraged. If you can, let them raise them, they're so cool to watch as parents. The eggs hatch in 4 - 6 days depending on temp (the hotter the tank, the quicker they hatch) and they turn into wigglers. You don't need to feed them, and if you do any water changes, do it through your sump, or add your water very slowly, as they tend to float away.

After a few days of this (3 - 5) they'll start swimming. Feed them micro worms, BBS, decaps - anything really small. Don't be alarmed if the parents pick the babies up in their mouths and spit them out, that's what they do. They don't start looking like angelfish for a really long time, so don't thing they're mutant fish!

[danilada]

Thanks for all the tips lmsmith

[alanmin4304]

They look like a pair to me. They don't always get it right for the first few times. The genetics may give some strange lookig offspring, it is not a combination I would breed.