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Angelfish Tending Eggs Video

Discussion in 'Freshwater Aquariums & Fish Photos' started by LemonDiscus, Feb 22, 2009.

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  1. MOD_Dawn

    MOD_Dawn Active Member

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    Wow, When I had mine I recall it being about every month or so (that I actually would witness eggs) on average....Maybe mine were laying them somewhere where I wasn't aware OTHER than the filter intake tube on the emperor 400?
     
    MOD_Dawn, Feb 23, 2009
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  2. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    They spawned today finally!!! Now to see if they can go without eating them again!
     
    LemonDiscus, Feb 23, 2009
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  3. MOD_Dawn

    MOD_Dawn Active Member

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    Cool! Have you tried removing the eggs and placing them elsewhere? Personally, I never went that route myself and figured just let nature take its course....but I've read where others have just to save the soon to be fry.
     
    MOD_Dawn, Feb 24, 2009
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  4. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    I have tried that.... actually I was going to post, the pair's clutch of eggs is rather small (100) and the female is getting attacked by the male. The male is tending the eggs and the female is hiding.

    I made the decision this morning that I will be switching females when I get home this evening (or at least trying to). Half of the batch of eggs are sterile or fungused.
     
    LemonDiscus, Feb 24, 2009
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  5. MOD_Dawn

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    not adding methlyne (sp) blue when spawning?
     
    MOD_Dawn, Feb 24, 2009
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  6. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    No never do.... no real need to.... the parents usually tend them. Something is wrong between this pair now. He is attacking her, they are eating eggs, etc... They must want a divorce :)

    Usually with the parents tending, no meth blue I end up with a 95% hatch rate. With meth blue and no parents I get a 70% hatch rate.... so I do no meth blue and leave the eggs with the parents at least for a while. If I remove them I do it at day 2 with no meth blue and get a 90% hatch rate.

    Those stats though are falling apart though with this pair. Also the current breeding female is about 1/2 the overall size of the other one! That means that the other female is capable of producing higher numbers of eggs. That was visible over the past few days when the lone female spawned on the tank wall with about 400 eggs and then the paired female spawned yesterday with around 100 eggs.

    I think the mated female needs a break!
     
    LemonDiscus, Feb 24, 2009
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  7. MOD_Dawn

    MOD_Dawn Active Member

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    Defin. sounds like she deserves a break, maybe she has a headache?
    Maybe the male just wants a homecooked meal?
    Lol!
     
    MOD_Dawn, Feb 24, 2009
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  8. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    Well, I switched them a few hours ago and the new female and the male seem to be pairing. There seems to be less bickering so far then there was with the other one.

    Its always good to have a "backup" female on hand :)
     
    LemonDiscus, Feb 24, 2009
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  9. Anthony

    Anthony Active Member

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    The rebound Angelfish. :)
     
    Anthony, Feb 24, 2009
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  10. MOD_Dawn

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    :) Sounds like you have an overzealous male. Haha!
    Glad to hear the new pairing is working out better. ;)
     
    MOD_Dawn, Feb 25, 2009
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  11. Guidoman888

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    Great job.
    Now lets hope these wont eat the eggs!
     
    Guidoman888, Feb 25, 2009
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  12. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    Well, these were together for a while in the show tank and they did eat the eggs then which is why I paired the other female with him.... hopefully that habit will be over though.... if not, I can always raise them myself (dont really WANT to)
     
    LemonDiscus, Feb 25, 2009
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  13. Guidoman888

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    If they eat you will?
     
    Guidoman888, Feb 25, 2009
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  14. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    Yes, the next spawn... of course not the spawn they ate
     
    LemonDiscus, Feb 25, 2009
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  15. Guidoman888

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    Yeah, I found that out :)
    Good luck on it ;)
     
    Guidoman888, Feb 25, 2009
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  16. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    :)
    I actually watched the video with the music for the first time and it was hilarious! (at least to me).... most of the time the fish are moving to the song :)
     
    LemonDiscus, Feb 27, 2009
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