[Too much BBS?]

Do you hatch the eggs in meth blue? 

[Angelfish bloat or eggs?]

After some serious research in my fish med books and online. I’m fairly certain that it is dropsy. The signs being bloat and possibly pop eye. I suspect I dropped the temp to much during the water changes recently and caused stress to the fish and she got it from a bacteria that is as I understand it always in aquariums. The info I’ve found says a qt/salt bath tho, I think I’m past that point. It also recommends Erythromycin and if it is a gram negative bacteria to use Amoxicillin and I can’t get that locally (chewy has it online) And I really don’t know how to tell if it is gram negative? But hopefully this info will help someone in the future searching for answers about bloat/drop set. And anyone with experience with curing this or info please feel free to respond as to what or how to tell if a bacteria is gram negative. 

[Angelfish bloat or eggs?]

Hello, I wanted some opinions of this angelfish’s health.  I checked the water and everything is reading o ppm before and after the water change. But she is very swollen and doesn’t seem to be eating. But she also haven’t laid eggs in at least three weeks. Also odd as she was spawning every 14 or so days. And I’m starting to think she has pop eye but I’m not real sure, I put some salt in the tank at 2 tablespoons for the twenty gallon. And have been feeding frozen brine and bbs to try and she if it is bloat. Any ideas? 

[Apisto breeding in 'harems']

Yeah, it’s fairly easy to tell when they have eggs, what species? 

[Apisto breeding in 'harems']

I tired a trio and the dominant female just bullied the other female and I didn’t get any breeding action. I eventually moved the single female and paired her with another smaller male. The trio was a heavily planted tank but it didn’t have a large foot print so that may have been my issue. I typically divide a 20 long so I can get to pairs in a tank 

[Drilling an Anqueon 40 Breeder, is this one tempered?]

Normally it’s the bottom you can’t drill 

[Let see YOUR favorite fish, that YOU own.]

My blue Smokey angelfish 

[Dry / powdered food for picky fry.]

North fin fry starter, angels plus micro feed. And golden pearls. I mix them and just feed that. I have good success with rams,rainbows, on that mix. And those are very small fry to feed. Vinegar Eels for live food if the fry will venture to the top of the tank.  

[Shellie grow out tank]

I just colony breed them with pvc, and I can attest that the pvc makes so much easier to collect them. I did hold a small group in a tank with no shells for awhile and it didn’t seem to adversely effect them. But I didn’t have some Java ferns on wood. 

[New tank set up]

@Rhonda moving plants over will help kick start the system. If your tank has a sponge filter or maybe a sponge in a hob filter, just get some mulmy water off that as if you were cleaning it and add that water to the tank. But honestly moving some plants will be enough. Just be patient with adding livestock and don’t overload the system prematurely. 

[What’s Your Go-To “Basic” Dry Fish Food?]

For the price this is hard to beat. And my LFS sells it so I buy it with angelfish fry 

[Broken fins]

So this is going to be a hot topic response but I have seen mentioned on angelfish specific resource forums in the past. That if it is genetic and you cut the fin back it will not regrow correctly. But if it is from poor water conditions, or a small tank if you trim the fin it will grow back correctly. Now I’ve never seen this done or know how far back to trim. Nor do I have an opinion on that ethics of this. Just giving you the information. 

[Ziss egg tumbler]

@s1_ what was the issue feeding the fry, and I put a air stone on the bottom of the line so that couldn’t happen to me. I don’t know about the issues mentioned about the fry during in the foam, I normally don’t move them to the jar till they are free swimming. And I don’t worry about the bad eggs, because I put the jars in 29gal and even with three jars going I’ve never had an issue with water problems, I actually put a bladder snail in the jar with the fry to clean up 

[Ziss egg tumbler]

I don’t think it would work out well for the above mentioned issues, the best way I’ve found to raise angelfish eggs is in a jar. And then when they hatch move them to a grow out tank or use the angelfish breeding jar from angels plus

[Master breeder Dean's egg and fry grow out system??]

Here’s my version of it, I don’t use any airlines. 

[FULL MOON: ARE YOUR FISH SPAWNING?]

I had rams and angelfish spawn 

[72 bow front angelfish tank]

@HardeepTheLondoner yes it is but it’s actually rooted and just growing like crazy. The plant on the left Hygrophila Angustifolia. There are some crypts, buce, jungle Val and Anubis. as well as marble queen sword and the plant in the back middle is Rotala Rotundifolia but it’s not very red. All very easy to grow. I use easy green once a week if I remember. 

[72 bow front angelfish tank]

Hello, I just wanted to share my 72 bow front angelfish tank. I wanted to have high coverage Koi angelfish in it for along time so I decided to get 6 juv fish, grown them up and breed them and pick from that first pairs spawn for this display tank. Here are the results. It’s kinda a jungle mess right now but I didn’t wanna trim it today. I may add a group of rainbows but I’m not sure just yet.

[How to breed Red Neon Blue Eyed Rainbowfish/ Paskai Rainbowfish/Psuedomugil Luminatis?]

They should take any water, they will lay eggs daily with a spawning mop. I would recommend getting vinegar Eels as a first food. But you can do without. I breed all kinds of rainbows and they are super easy just have to get a pair. Any questions feel free to ask I will answer to best of my ability. Granted I haven’t bred these but most rainbows grow very slow and require clean water. 

[Male and Female or Two Female Electric Blue Rams]

Looks like a pair to me 

[Angelfish Egg fertilization rate.]

I can confirm that having the pair in a small area with a sponge filter had a negative effect on the fertilization rate.

[Fry care : C.regani fry with parents or move to ziss breeder box or rack system?]

Well done I’ve never seen anyone breed those before! And have heard the pikes are very difficult to breed. So well done, but I would sneak in with a siphon and suck out a handful of them and leave the rest. 

[Trying to breed Apistogramma Agassizzi]

You could try and separate them if possible and put a mirror in front of the sneaker male and see how he/she reacts. Only use the mirror for a short time and you’ll know what I’m talking about when you see it. But I think you have two males but I’m no expert. 

[Why do iPhone pictures load upside down]

Well I guess I can just auto edit the photo and that should fix the issue. I’ll have to try it out. Thanks @Cory

[Trying to breed Apistogramma Agassizzi]

A little late to the party but I think they’re both males, typically that purple stripe on the back is a sign of a male, and you’ll see that much earlier then the typically color change and large fins of a male. But I had a pair spawn like crazy for two months, moved them into a larger tank and it stopped. And they haven’t spawned for me in months at this point. So if you did in fact have a pair. They may just be stubborn. A lot of times the biometric pressure and the amount of time the light is on also can effect them.  I’d try some cold water changes maybe shorten the lights on time, you could also use a mirror to try and stimulate the male. I’ve heard of this working from lots of research but it hasn't done me any good yet. And lastly let me start by saying I do not recommend it unless you’re on the more experienced side. But You can allow the water level to drop and the water quality to go down and then do a water change. I know this tactic has been known to work by some well known breeders.