silver-foxx Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 I breed angel fish and have a policy of leaving the eggs and fry with the parents, have watched the 14 day old fry fanning the newly laid eggs, a great sight to see them cover the tube I use for the spawning. Anyone else tried this ? I believe this method makes for better fish and the parents look so spectacular when guarding theses fry. anyone with breeding angels they want to sell please pm me...Darrell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raewyna Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 My pair spawn again when the fry are 21 days old and the first spawning gets eaten by the existing fry, then at the next spawning the parents kill the fry. It was heart breaking. So now when they look like breeding again I 'disturb' them - water changes, rearrange the tank, whatever it takes to keep them from laying. I got one lot through to 3 months old like that. It was great seeing parents and babies together although I did have to split some babies to another tank as they grew. The parents maintained their protective instinct too, so long as they hadn't spawned again. (Overall they're not a great pair though - he has a taste for eggs and babies so eats far more than he raises, but when he does get it right he's great). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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