Thank you for your response Andy!
Do you think it would it would be best to pull the tetras as well even though they don't seem threatened by them?
Also, is it common for the male to hide the wigglers from the mom? I have noticed her moving them around but sometimes she doesn't spit them back out. So I think she is swallowing them.
I have seen the male move them from the glass to decor in the tank while she's on the other side of the tank not paying attention.
There are less than 10 left now and they are getting more aggressive towards each other. At first they would just nudge each other around and now they are starting to bite. He seems like the better care taker but.. I don't have anywhere to move the "parents" or wigglers to.
I have 10 and 65 gallon tanks. They just aren't set up right now. I know I could get the 10 gallon together pretty quick but I don't know how long before it would be safe for them. And I don't think I have a filter for that one either.
Do you possibly have any suggestions?
Domesticated Angels are a funny lot now. There is no one gender that takes better care of the fry all the time. Sometimes Mom, sometimes Dad, sometimes both, sometimes neither. For them, it's part learning the routine and getting used to their rolls and that does not always happen and one parent kills off the other one. It's why professional breeders ( all of them as far as I know) do not let the parents raise their own fry. There's just not enough success rate in doing that. As long as you go in knowing this is a risk, you shouldn't be surprised if it works or if it fails. That's just the nature of these fish today.
Eggs and wigglers produce no ammonia so the 10 gal would be ready to go just by setting it up and using the water they are already in. The sponge filter could be seeded with the bacteria just by swishing some of your established filter material in their current tank into the 10 gal and letting the "funky" water settle into the sponge. Since no ammonia will be produced until you start feeding the fry, cycling is not an issue at this point. Let me say that until the fry are free swimming, there isn't even the need for the sponge filter. Just an air stone will suffice. Once you are feeding, you'll also be doing water changes daily so the filter bed will grow as necessary within the fry tank. At the start, it's more important for the water to be clean than "cycled". The cycling process happens as the fry grow or when you seed the filter, the tank is already cycled.
I would suggest you read through this thread:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f82/wigglers-at-last-237956.html
That was an ongoing conversation by pro and hobbyist Angel breeders. Just about everything you need to know about breeding and raising Angels was discussed on that thread. It's a long one because there is a lot of information to know so get yourself a nice snack, reading glasses ( if you need them
) a note pad and pen, and settle in for some in-depth knowledge for your success.