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Angelfish!
By: aaron Date: September 20, 2014, 5:44 pm
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hey guys I thinking about getting a pair of angelfishes. I have
a 20g tall tank. Do you think they would do fine with that?
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Re: Angelfish!
By: Jennifer Date: September 20, 2014, 5:49 pm
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Hrm .. are you talking about getting a pair for breeding or just
keeping two random Angelfish together?
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Re: Angelfish!
By: aaron Date: September 20, 2014, 5:51 pm
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mostly for breeding hehe ;D
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Re: Angelfish!
By: James Date: September 20, 2014, 6:01 pm
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Hi,
Although I specialize in guppies I have heard that a breeding
pair of Angelfish can have up to 500 fry per month and also grow
to 8"-10" inch in size each, and then you have to put the fry
into "batch" tanks, then you have to grow them up, then you have
to think about the next month if they breed again? who will you
offload them too? if it was me personally I would not do it
unless you have measures in place to offload an amount that
large and are committed as this will be a long time consuming
effort and it will be constant, if on the other hand you are
well known around your area and are a trusted fish keeper and
already are a trusted seller and know people who own local fish
shops etc then and only then I would do it but I suggest you
have your tanks set up before hand and get much bigger tanks if
your thinking about doing it on that kind of scale. Do your
research and you will know what is the right thing for you
personally to do, Take care buddy!
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Re: Angelfish!
By: Jennifer Date: September 20, 2014, 6:14 pm
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Well, there is a lot that goes along with Angelfish breeding.
A 20 tall is plenty of space for a bonded pair to breed in, but
as James pointed out, you have eggs and fry to consider. The 20
tall "might" be sufficient to grow out some of the eggs to free
swimming, but you wouldn't get the same success rate or quality
of fry as removing them to spawn rearing tanks and larger grow
out tanks. And you'd certainly need A LOT more space to grow
the fry out from there.
There is also the consideration of getting a breeding pair. A
good proven pair will cost you. To get your own pair, you'd
need to purchase at least 6, if not more, juveniles and hope you
get a mix of males and females and that a couple of them strike
each others fancy. And you'd need a larger tank than a 20 to do
that.
AngelsPlus has a pretty good learning center, they have nice
fish and they are pretty happy to help people out if they are
serious about breeding Angelfish.
HTML http://www.angelsplus.com/index.htm
But, breeding angels, is a little harder than just throwing a
couple Angelfish together and getting fry. It can be rewarding,
but it's a big commitment of time, money and tank space. If
you're looking for fish to breed for a few bucks, there are
easier species. ;)
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Re: Angelfish!
By: aaron Date: September 20, 2014, 6:20 pm
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But they would still do fine in a 20 tall if plan not to breed
them right? like getting 2 females
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Re: Angelfish!
By: Jennifer Date: September 20, 2014, 6:46 pm
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Angels are cichlids and ... they can be very territorial. It's
also VERY difficult to sex them. Especially as juveniles. Even
the adults can fool you, when they're spawning right in front of
you. You have to be very good to sex angel fish by sight!
Now, when I was younger, everyone kept angles in 20 gal
community tanks. It's just nobody ever acted surprised when
there was an angel slaughter in the middle of the night. It
happened. (They tend to go for the eyes .. it's uncanny.)
Sometimes a couple of them can go for years seeming to get along
fine, sometimes the problems start right from the beginning.
You just can't know how it will turn out.
So that's really your call. I think they do a lot better in a
29 tall or even better still in 55's if your shooting for a
planted display type tank with Angels in it. But I also know
where I started, putting Angels in a 20 gal. So I don't judge.
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Re: Angelfish!
By: KGTropicals Lisa Date: September 21, 2014, 8:29 pm
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We got a shipment of angelfish in one week and I had so many and
an additional 3- 20 gallon tanks I could stick a couple angels
in until I got rid of some from the 75 gallon I filled up.
Needless to say I had a breeder pair and successfully raised a
couple batches of fry from this pair until I sold them. They
would lay eggs on the side of the aquarium and then I would move
a piece of slate in front of them so the parents didn't eat
them. After I knew they were wigglers and would survive, I put
the parents in the 20 next to them and used a turkey baster to
teach them how to swim. I created the same method as the parents
would use by putting them in there mouth and spitting them out
to teach them to swim or control them to stay in a certain area.
I had a lot of fun breeding angels:) you will need to move them
into a larger tank to grow out in after a few weeks. I used a
sponge filter as well and fed them finely crushed cobalt flakes.
Once they were able to have brine shrimp I used that as another
benefit to grow them quicker.
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Re: Angelfish!
By: Midnighttide102 Date: September 21, 2014, 8:59 pm
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I've breed and raised Angelfish for a little over 8 years before
giving it up I keep al my breeding pairs in 20 gal high tanks
and never once had a prob once in a blue moon you might have to
put a divider in if male gets too aggressive towards female when
she's not ready to breed but that rarely happens you def want to
run either a sponge filter or wrap a sponge around your intake
tube to prevent the fry from being sucked up and provide them a
few things to choose to spawn on either a slate or swordplant
even a upside down flower pot works it's one of the most
beautiful things watching a pair of angels go threw there
spawning ritual
Wish you the best if u need any pointers down the road dint
hesitate to ask I am always willing to share what I've learned
over the years
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Re: Angelfish!
By: Jennifer Date: October 17, 2014, 11:14 am
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I've never even seen dwarf angelfish! Where do you get yours?
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