Phoenixtx01 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Ok this just happened today... What’s next??? Tank is a 90 gallon with 2 Angels 20 Black Neon Tetras 15 X-ray Tetras 14 Cherry Barbs 10 Peppered Cory’s 2 BN Pelcos - who are also having spawns ( 10 pelco fry currently) Will the Angels eat their eggs? They look to be protecting them right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 If they are young fish and it's they frist spawn that might eat the eggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixtx01 Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 Yeah this is their first one and I’ve been raising them since they were small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 They could eat the eggs, especially since its their first spawn. But, if they don't, once the eggs hatch and you have wrigglers all the other fish in the tank will be attracted to the fry and will make a quick meal out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 They will eat the eggs if they are not fertilize. It can take 5 or 6 tries for them to get it right. Make sure they are actually fertilizing the eggs - as sometime a pair of female will go through the motion but the eggs will naturally never fertilize. If the eggs hatch you will end up with wrigglers (non free swimming angels) and then several days later they will begin to swim. In a community tank like yours they will have no chance so if you actually want to raise the frys you will need to remove them in the egg or wriggler stage to a sep tank or container. When they go free swimming about 24 hours later the egg sack will be depleted and you will need to feed them. bbs is a good diet 4 or 5 times a day (the bbs is only nutrtious for about 48 hours after hatching). After a week or 10 days you can probably ween them to powder food like hiraki first bite or ground up flakes. - It is critical the water be pristine for frys (this means removing all uneaten food and frys that die - i use a turkey blaster) as the smallest amount of ammonia will kill them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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