Joey_Jojo Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I have two angelfish in my community tank. I never knew if they were males, females or a pair. They share the tank with a variety of community fish including swordtails, harlequin rasboras, a cleanup crew and two pearl gouramis. Sometime yesterday one of them seems to have laid a large clump of eggs on a great big Amazon sword. I wouldn't know what type of eggs they are, but for the behavior of the angels this morning. They are absolutely terrorizing everyone in the tank, particularly the poor gouramis. How long will be acting like this? Will these eggs hatch? Any advice for what to do in general? Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 The eggs will likely hatch if the pair doesn't eat them first. The terrorizing probably won't end until the pair gets their own tank. Do you want to raise baby angelfish? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey_Jojo Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 That would be an undertaking. Right now the community tank is a 54g. How much room would a pair of angels need alone? Could you do it with a 40 long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 20 gallons would be plenty, but 40 gallons would even be more wonderful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 In the mean time you could get a tank divider to separate them from the other fish while there in breeding mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) They will act that way until the eggs are removed. Remove them; do a 20% water change and they will calm down. BTW what size is the tank ? Edited August 6, 2021 by anewbie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey_Jojo Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 Oh that's promising! It's a 54g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevesFishTanks Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) If you want to try to breed them I would suggest moving the pair to a 20 tall at minimum. If you already have a 40 long that would work too. https://youtu.be/txdMWsj0kfY Edited August 6, 2021 by s1_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey_Jojo Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 Thanks all. I will keep this in mind for the future. As for now, I went down today and all the eggs are gone. Looks like someone had a little snacky snack... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 You can also put the eggs you remove into a container with a touch of meth blue and an airstone and they will hatch. Of course then you will have wrigglers and when they become free swimming then you will have to feed them bbs 4 or 5 times a day and eventually you will get new angles; somewhere between 30 and 100. Not sure what you would do with a 100 new angels but .... In my case i kept 10 but eventually had to wittle it down to 5 (new ones) with the 3 old ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 @Joey_Jojoa proven pair of angels is a valuable commodity. Depending on the type you can get some coin for them. You can expect more spawns to come with the right diet and water conditions. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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