Brandon p Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) I have 6 breeding pairs of angelfish. Right now 2 have fry, 2 have eggs, one is clean a spot to lay and the last nothing. One pair is a double black, platinum pearl scale, platinum, marble, and one that I don’t remember. Platinum community PH: 6.8 nitrate:0 nitrite:0 ammonia:0 ( hopefully that will come up some I fertilized) Kh:0 GH:300+ (test kit doesn’t go higher) Fry even though it looks like algae this is the pair I don’t know what they are they were sold as blue blushers. best parents fry tank for the double black Edited August 12, 2022 by Brandon p 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 How adorable! Congratulations on such success. Cute mystery snail photo bomb 🤗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 He is running as fast as he can. Papa is defensive and chases them away. He was like the snails in the movie Turbo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 You know I’m a senior citizen child at heart. I seen Turbo with my niece and nephew when they were younger 🥰 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 It was sort of an old movie so I wasn’t sure if anyone would get it but I thought the picture was good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I get it 😆. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 So one pair, the unknown pair decided that me turning off the power head off was a bad idea. I woke this morning and no eggs. I guess I won’t turn of the power on the other side of the tank because that pair laid last night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 They keep you in your toes these angels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 What is going on here. She just laid and I when back by and she is eating them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anitstuk Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 12:15 PM, Brandon p said: I have 6 breeding pairs of angelfish. Right now 2 have fry, 2 have eggs, one is clean a spot to lay and the last nothing. One pair is a double black, platinum pearl scale, platinum, marble, and one that I don’t remember. All tanks PH: 6-6.2 nitrate:0 nitrite:0 ammonia:0 ( hopefully that will come up some I fertilized) Kh:0 GH:300+ (test kit doesn’t go higher) Fry even though it looks like algae this is the pair I don’t know what they are they were sold as blue blushers. best parents fry tank for the double black Fish fry are the cutest things on Earth! On 8/3/2022 at 9:38 AM, Brandon p said: What is going on here. She just laid and I when back by and she is eating them That's weird. Is there any way you could get a better view? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 Sorry she ate them so fast I didn’t have time to take better video. I with fix it up tomorrow better on the computer I think it is set on 240ppi and I cant that on the phone. The power is out right now and has been fore a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 I had to remove the fry from the platinum parents. I fell asleep about 7ish. And woke 9ish and when to check on things. The power is out so I’m in there with the the head lamp. The power being out is an everyday thing with the afternoon storms. A pole or transformer is bound to get hit. Most of the time it’s out 1-2 mins sometimes 15min but it was out at 5 and is just coming back on. So the very first tank I check is the the platinum tank. PANIC there is a dead fish. But all the fry are fine. I can see none of the fish look happy. And it shouldn’t be the power out. I just tested the tanks yesterday and everything was fine. So tested in the dark and the zeros of yesterday are gone. The nitrate and nitrites are very high. So emergency water change. Wait not power and I’m on a well. So I hade to 5 gallon jugs of water for the water machine. So did 10 gallons of a 75g but the fish look better and they are going to have to wait until the morning. I’m going to have to do a second water change tomorrow. So since I took the fry out I was going to take the makeshift divider down. No! The parents flat out attack the other two angels in there. So I m going to put one pair in a bin tomorrow that has guppies in it. So now I’ll be down to 2 angelfish in the 75. As soon as I finish the the lights come on. Now once the water heater gets some hot water I’m going to shower and lay back down. It was bad because it was one of those sleeps that you fall asleep for a few hours and wake up and think it’s morning. I think I know why thought. I ordered some food like I alllways do and they sent a new product to try. I feed some in that tank because it has some other fish that would probably eat it. I didn’t put much in but I noticed that there was still some pellets left. That’s the only hing I can think of. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 The double black Angel’s are doing great. They have more fry doing well. What a power pair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Those double blacks be are a good looking fish. Nice to see them being so productive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 4:58 PM, Flumpweesel said: Those double blacks be are a good looking fish. Nice to see them being so productive The best thing is I don’t have to worry about the fry. They don’t eat the fry and keep them close. I’m so happy to have a pair this good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Sorry about your crappy Tuesday! I'm sorry you lost a fish but I'm glad your fry all survived. It got me thinking about getting a more robust battery backup solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) On 8/6/2022 at 6:04 PM, Patrick_G said: Sorry about your crappy Tuesday! I'm sorry you lost a fish but I'm glad your fry all survived. It got me thinking about getting a more robust battery backup solution. I have a good one on that tank. If failed Tuesday. It’s a few years old and since the power goes off an on almost everyday from may to September is hard on the backup. I think it worked for a few minutes when it should have lasted 30mins. And since I only have the one air pump for the whole fish room is should last longer than the 30mins. I do have a battery powered air pump but that would be very cost to have one for every tank. Most battery backups I have seen and I’m no expert, have be short run times basically giving you time to shut down computers and like devices. The less wats you use the long the run. If I only had a few I think I would invest in one of the usb charged air pumps. I think I’m going to buy one this month along with some heaters to test how it works and see if it is better than the old bait air pump I use now. The food and no air I think was the cause. I really blame the food because they have been with out air before. Edited August 7, 2022 by Brandon p 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 I removed the fry from the double black breeding tank. The group was slowly getting smaller so I removed about 20 to the fry tank Side note: my L-333 King tiger plecos are in the same tank and I final saw the male blocking the female in the cave. This is good because the female has been off on her own lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 Well I guess I have seven pairs now. I removed the platinum pair that laid in the 75 gal community and there was two angelfish left but they neve seemed like they would pair up they sort of didn’t like each other. I was in the room 20 mins ago and nothing. Now eggs on the heater. This is the 3rd time the angelfish have laid on this type of heater. This I the first time this pair has breed so we will see how it goes. I had to rig a Barrier like last time with the lid. It worked well last time . Time will tell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Two different hatches there are 3 in the grow out. How many can go in one grow out?They are not easy to get photos of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) I baffled! I posted a few days ago and there where eggs. Next day gone. Now wriggler are there after a few days. After the egg were missing to took down the make-shift barrier, because I thought the eggs were eaten by the parents. I was surprised when I when to feed tonightNow this is a different a pair but in the same community tank that the Platnums came from. I moved those to a breeding tank and these are the only angels left in this tank. I’m not sure the fry will make it. This is the first clutch for this pair and they are not as interested or aggressive went getting close as the others. I with probably move these out much faster than with the double black or the other pairs. Here are the parameters in this Community tank. PH: 6.8 nitrate:0 nitrite:0 ammonia:10 KH:0 GH:0 This is how I keep track when they breed I test. These is not from the tank we are discussing here but it was the most convenient to take a photo. It the numbers are 0 I tend to leave the blank. That is for the double back tank which after removing the fry a few days ago they are preparing thank you lay again. to translate the parameters Ph:6 nitrate:0 nitrite:0 ammonia:10 KH:0 GH:300+ Edited August 12, 2022 by Brandon p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 On 8/12/2022 at 12:57 AM, Brandon p said: baffled! I posted a few days ago and there where eggs. Next day gone. Now wriggler are there after a few days. I’m curious. I have never kept angels so don’t know much about them. Do they ever move eggs? Or do you think the fry were hiding somewhere? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 On 8/12/2022 at 5:47 AM, Guppysnail said: I’m curious. I have never kept angels so don’t know much about them. Do they ever move eggs? Or do you think the fry were hiding somewhere? Yes they do I had never seen it before and would have answered this question differently a few days ago when it happened. Since then another pair of angels laid eggs on a pice of driftwood. The next day I saw them moving the eggs to the slate . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 That is remarkable. Also part of why I love this hobby. Just when you think you know about a Duluth they surprise you with something fantastic like that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) Babies all over. 6 of of 7 pairs have fry or eggs. Edited August 14, 2022 by Brandon p 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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