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These two paired off just before tearing down my 95 Hex to move it upstairs. Their first spawn was in that tank on a Jungle Val leaf that I cut and pulled. It was very apparent early on the the male didn't do his job as almost nothing was fertilized. I suspected this as I watched her lay and he was too  interested in keeping others away than doing his job... He even came over to pose for pictures.

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Since then I have moved them to a 20 long by themselves, a few plants and a breeding cone.

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As I prepared to leave last Wednesday evening for a 4 day weekend I noticed they had spawned again on the cone. Being I was literally walking out the door I let the eggs stay in the hopes they would be there Sunday evening when I got home. I didn't hold out much hope as I wasn't going to leave the lights on over that time and they are still young. I wasn't wrong. No big deal, they will spawn again right!

Now as I prepared for another 3 day weekend I see they are getting ready again, 9 days later.

Male

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Female

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I was surprised to not see another spawn this morning. They are being fed well with spirulina flakes, black worms, frozen blood worms and live baby brine shrimp. Looks as if they will spawn again in the next 24 hours and who knows if I'll see anything when I get home on Sunday again. 

I'll continue to update their progress here. They were half dollar sized in March when I got the group of 5. No other pairs have formed to date. They are now all between 2.5" & 3.25" (body without fins)

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After 24 hours from discovery I was able to find a few wigglers. I am happy to know that although he might have terrible aim, my male isn't shooting blanks. Although I didn't have a fungus issue, most all others turned white. On the other hand, I will be much better prepared and hopefully around for the next batch, this one is most likely on me. 

I plan on getting a 5 gallon set up right next to their current tank and have a ready supply of RO water on hand for the initial move and subsequent gentle water changes.

I'll update if the few wigglers I could see come through and survive to free swimming. 

Any advice from others experienced with Angels I'm more than happy to take it. I've watched the videos, thank you @Fish Folk, now I just need to implement!

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Day two of wigglers in the breeder box. I cleaned out some mulm last night and counted 50. That is way more than I was expecting. Egg sacks are getting smaller. We will have to see what the survival rate is from wiggler day 2 to free swimmers. Very very hard to photograph on my phone. Here's my best.IMG_20210804_220845972.jpg.8e3a5aba619d54d9a4892b897e169e93.jpg20210804_221527.gif.0563b9dd5c96a14db569d767e356144d.gif

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Survival rate is looking really good. They can't be more than 48 hours from free swimming. Experienced breeders what do you think? Leave them in the breeder box with mulm for first food? Move them to a observation box with an air stone and feed green water? Stick them in the green water tank? Try out the new vinegar eels? Easy fry? First bites? LOL so many options on hand!!!

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I fed my angel frys bbs for the first 10 days or so then switched to powder. The trick is not to feed them too soon; even when they go free swimming they won't eat until the egg sack is used up - about 12 to 24 hours after they start swimming. After that it is critcal to remove uneaten food or dead frys. I used a ziss breeder where the uneaten bbs floated into the main tank and the hongsloi chumped them down. I fed them 3 to 5 times a day those first 10 days hatching new bbs every other day; then switch to 3 times a day for a couple of more weeks. Now they are bigger than their parents.... 

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Uh oh 😬😳

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The original pair.

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And a new pair in the singles tank. Looks like I need a few more tanks because these two are defending half a 75 and the other dozen angles in the tank are banished to the other side.

I was never an angel guy... Now I'm hooked. Absolutely loving these guys.

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Another exciting evening at the Outdoors household. 

Had another two angels in the co-ed dorm pair off.

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Pulled them to a new tank and clipped the leaf they laid on to another tank.

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We also had a pair I pulled last week lay eggs on the glass in their tank. I'm going to leave them in hopes I can get some of these pairs to raise fry in their own tanks.

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I dont have the space in my fish room to try angles right now unless I was to find a proven pair and then try from there.  To have to get 6-9 fish and grow them out and hopefully have some pair off then separate them takes alot of space...LOL

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