ronalvarez
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Dec 4, 2009
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Hello, I am new here and I really need some help. Yesterday I realized that in my 80 gallon community tank, my 2 angelfishes were taking care of their eggs. This was unexpected due to the fact that I know some fishes don't spawn unless the parents are by themselves in the tank, but I guess that was not a problem for my angels. FYI: besides my 2 angels, I have around 25 more fishes with them (a bunch of tetras, 2 gouramis, a pleco, etc) in the tank. So I decided to protect the eggs from the other fishes and fabricate a divider. After the 3rd time, I was able to create the perfect divider, but not without paying a high price. I might have created so much stress to one my angels when I was putting and testing the different dividers that he/she died (my wife said he or she had a hart attack or something because it dies almost instantly). So, I would like you input in the following:
1.) My tank have power filters which is not recommended by many breeders. My solution to this is to put a net/cloth in the intake of the power filters, so the fry don't get sucked-up. Let me know what you think about it.
2.) As I previously stated, I have a community tank with a lot of fishes that would enjoy some fry if they get a chance and I dont think my divider will get the fry away from finding a little hole and passing thru to the other side, so what have you guys done in this case?. I have other smaller tanks that I am not using right now, but I don't know when will be a good time to move the fry and probably the remaining angelfish or if it is a really good idea to do so. I don't really want to create any more stress to the other angel.
3.) Food for fry: is there any other good alternative besides live newly hatch baby brine shrimp?. I live in the Miami Area, so if you know someone that sell them, please let me know. I will be in contact with that person and as soon as the shrimp hatch, I would pick them up and feed them to the fry as soon as I get home. If I dont find any other alternative, I will try to hatch the shrimp myself and see what happen. Any advice is really appreciated.
4.) After the fry get old enough, I would really like to find a new partner to my remaining angelfish. I have not idea if it is male or female, so this is not going to be a easy task. If this has ever happened to you and you were able to get a partner, please let me know what you did.
Thank you,
ronalvarez
1.) My tank have power filters which is not recommended by many breeders. My solution to this is to put a net/cloth in the intake of the power filters, so the fry don't get sucked-up. Let me know what you think about it.
2.) As I previously stated, I have a community tank with a lot of fishes that would enjoy some fry if they get a chance and I dont think my divider will get the fry away from finding a little hole and passing thru to the other side, so what have you guys done in this case?. I have other smaller tanks that I am not using right now, but I don't know when will be a good time to move the fry and probably the remaining angelfish or if it is a really good idea to do so. I don't really want to create any more stress to the other angel.
3.) Food for fry: is there any other good alternative besides live newly hatch baby brine shrimp?. I live in the Miami Area, so if you know someone that sell them, please let me know. I will be in contact with that person and as soon as the shrimp hatch, I would pick them up and feed them to the fry as soon as I get home. If I dont find any other alternative, I will try to hatch the shrimp myself and see what happen. Any advice is really appreciated.
4.) After the fry get old enough, I would really like to find a new partner to my remaining angelfish. I have not idea if it is male or female, so this is not going to be a easy task. If this has ever happened to you and you were able to get a partner, please let me know what you did.
Thank you,
ronalvarez