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More about Angelfish Spawning Issue I put the last batch of eggs in a gallon jar floating in a 20 gallon aquarium in which the water was kept at 80 degrees F. The eggs hatched into wigglers using m. blue. The wigglers survived eight days but were never able to absorb yolk sac. The yolk sac...

The bottle does not say what concentration the m. Blue is. It is the Kordon brand. The directions say use 10 drops per gallon to produce a 3ppm concentration in aquarium.

I use partial RO water in the tank to do water exchanges but mix it with tap water to give the water some mineral content. I generally take water for the hatching tank directly from the tank the eggs were laid in so that the eggs are hatched in the same water parameters they were laid in. That...

When I was younger and lived in an apartment while in college I raised angelfish for several pet shops in the city my university was in. I carried water in buckets siphoned from the tanks and poured it down the toilet and then carried buckets from the sink and poured them into the tanks. It...

The water company sends out a brochure every year telling customers what is in the water. The next time one comes in tge mail I will post it here for a look.

The m. Blue could be the issue. I bought a new bottle of tge stuff because what I had was old. The new bottle was a different brand. The Rams were hatched and raised in the same water as were the shellies and other fish I have raised. You are right in that the fish are brothers and sisters...

The m. Blue concentration could possibly be an issue. I just purchased a new bottle of the stuff because what I had was old. I am going to try the hydrogen peroxide the next spawn I get.

Thanks and glad to be in the group. I do water exchanges similar to you by using gravity to clean the gravel. I have a drain in my fishroom that the water drains into. I then have a hose permanently connected to a tap to refill the tanks, unless I need reverse osmossis water. I have a...

A guy posted a you tube video about three years ago with a similar problem. He said he put an anti--protozian medication in his hatching tank that solved the problem but I could not understand what medication he used in the video. I am going to try hatching yesterday's spawn in a gallon jar to...

I suspect you are correct, especially about fish genetics. I never had an issue until about two years ago. I have raised thousands of Angelfish successfully over the years. I no longer sell the fish but wanted to raise more for my show tank. The fish I have are about two years old. They are...

Thank you.

I am a new member of the group but am not new to the hobby. I have kept tropical fish for 58 years and successfully spawned and reared fry to adulthood from nearly 40 species of fish. I have always had multiple aquariums running at one time. As I age I have began to cut back on the number of...

Colin, thanks for your reply.* I have raised thousands of Angelfish fry over the past 40 years or so that I have bred fish and had no problem.* The eggs were laid in a 120 gallon aquarium dedicated to angelfish only.* I have 9 adult angels in the tank. The tank contains two breeding pairs.* They...

I need some advice. The last three times my freshwater angelfish have spawned the eggs have hatched but the wigglers die from three to five days without absorbing yolk sac. I remove eggs from parents, put them into aquarium that is dosed with methlene blue to prevent fungus. Things go well...