Unexpected Angelfish fry

[cullywilliams]

We got a set of angelfish about a week ago. A day or two later, we saw eggs. After some quick googling, we thought they were orange and not going to progress. We left for a three day trip, came home, and the next day see fry. I have no idea what to do now. We have a spare 23gal tank that were working on setting up now in case that'd be beneficial.

 

Current tank is a standard 55gal that has two three-spot gouramis, a flame/dwarf gourami, two danios, a small pleco, a few coreys, a few otos, and the pair of angelfish. See attached pic for the fry and the two angry parents.

 

What do we do now?

[Tlindsey]

On 9/27/2024 at 8:08 PM, cullywilliams said:

We got a set of angelfish about a week ago. A day or two later, we saw eggs. After some quick googling, we thought they were orange and not going to progress. We left for a three day trip, came home, and the next day see fry. I have no idea what to do now. We have a spare 23gal tank that were working on setting up now in case that'd be beneficial.

 

Current tank is a standard 55gal that has two three-spot gouramis, a flame/dwarf gourami, two danios, a small pleco, a few coreys, a few otos, and the pair of angelfish. See attached pic for the fry and the two angry parents.

 

What do we do now?

Welcome to the forum.  Congrats the parents are not angry but instinctively protecting the fry. All cichlid parents will do that. I personally would leave the fry be. My main reason would be the plants in the aquarium. The fry will find tiny microorganisms to feed on. I suggest adding a sponge filter to your aquarium to seed it with beneficial bacteria. You then could use the sponge filter in a fry growout aquarium. @cullywilliams

Edited 14 hours ago by Tlindsey