What to do when your angelfish lay eggs!

[@MasterAquatics]

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[@coffebug]

MasterAquatics my angels have only been tank mates for 2 months and have tried breeding twice already this second time they have been successful I see a few wriggling is there any chance of keeping them safe? The parents are doing a good job of picking up any that fall off the leaf but they keep knocking them off. I don't have a spare tank is there any hope for them? I have bleeding heart tetras in the tank and panda/green corys and a whiptail. Any advice would be great. thanks first time fish mom.

[@MsDogMom]

“They’ll tired of taking care of Them … and they’ll eat them” Truer words have never been spoken! Lol

[@anitakatoch7290]

I was happy to learn today that my angel fish has laid eggs,so I just checked out your video,thank you for the information you provided.

[@raywells2858]

Thanks for the Vid! I just purchased a pair of very small Marble Angels about the size of a quarter three weeks ago. Apparently while I was having surgery they laid eggs. They were wigglers by the time I discovered my good fortune. I got the parents out today and the wigglers just became free swimming and are all by themselves now. Now I am scrambling to keep them alive!

[@Mrlongboarding4lif3]

Im super lucky i suppose, my angel fish has been taking such great care of her eggs and hasnt let a single fish near (even the daddy!). ty for the info! wigglers are so cute haha

[@priscillapace464]

Your video was really enlightening. It answered all the questions I had concerning the Angelfish egg laying process and the after effects of not removing and also removing the eggs.

[@davidhoover4063]

I used to think my angelfish were eating the eggs. Truth is they were keeping the babies in their mouth and spitting them out in the current of the filter to teach them to swim. They look for the ones that look ready to swim and pluck them. Then they would bring them to the top of the water and spit them out in the current of the filter. Amazing. My large male angel Neshetan is the best father ever! To this day he has protected a deformed one from the other siblings. The deformed one never leaves his side and imitates everything he does. LOL!

[@thejworks07]

Yes often times they only eat the babies due to stress

[@belzy]

At first I thought mine were fighting but then googled just incase and found a couple of videos of the fish breeding, now watching this one I’m all prepared!! Thanks so much.

[@hammad3180]

Did they breed?

[@belzy]

@@hammad3180 mhm! Now I have cute little angels

[@ScorpionReddz]

I woke up with a bunch of eggs on a leaf in my tank this morning, so thank you for helping me figure out what the heck this was

[@catherine231amazing6]

I was looking for exactly for Angelfish, and my fish laid them on the wall near the ventilator

[@emilyuxui]

Do you start moving them right away? I found the eggs on the filter a few minutes ago and i don’t know if I should start moving the eggs to the other tank. Let me know thank you!!!

[@alexlange04]

Same thing just happened to me

[@davemcblame]

maybe wait for a couple so they can get fertilized and then move them

[@courtneywallace739]

I know it's late but as soon as they are fertilized you move them.

[@stacegraham7463]

That was perfect. Just what I needed to know. Thanks!

[@FishForThought]

Very informative! Just found this channel by accident, subscribed!

[@MasterAquatics]

Fish For Thought thank you

[@kloudkat7706]

Me too

[@quadangle53]

Hey fish four thought im a big fan!

[@jayaprabhuramamoorthy9190]

Same here!!

[@JoseGonzalez-pj4dx]

Can the eggs and the free swimmers be placed together

[@johniwheeler2843]

Thank you for your videos MasterAquatics. I enjoy how educational and straight to the point they are. Although my Angelfish have paired up, they have yet to lay eggs. Could this be because I have all artificial plants in my tank? Thank you for your time!

[@voidbruhrowski3156]

This was exactly like what i needed to know,thanks!

[@RicardoJunqueira]

I just subscribed! Thanks for your content.

[@MasterAquatics]

Thank you. Means a lot.

[@SP-qs4yh]

MasterAquatics dude where are you?

[@Ser_Arthur_Dayne]

So I am thankful to watch your video but so upset right now. Long story... I'm about 40, I've had fish since I was around 10 (off and on) ... as a kid, all I wanted was my fish to have babies, but neither my goldfish tanks (my real passion) or any of my tropical tanks ever did. Currently I have (among other things) a 60-gallon "Community" tank in my bedroom... it's got a bunch of different, small Tetras, a very small and kinda-small Angelfish, a handful of Tiger Barbs (who are amazing, they're the best, they literally play all day, never bother anyone else, just chase themselves and play in the Bubble streams...I think there's about 8 of them), a few Plecos, and 2 big, beautiful Angelfish. Yesterday, I came in from lunch and realized that one of the 2 big Angelfish was mercilessly bullying the other fish... she was turning herself sideways and "dive-bombing" all the other fish, she basically sectioned off half of the tank, and wouldn't let them cross... this went on for 30 frantic minutes while I'm Googling etc. and some people had posted that it might be mating / spawning behavior... Then I noticed, sure enough, it did in fact look like one was trying to lay eggs and the other was trying to fertilize them- but nothing happened - .... So just about 30 more minutes, I'm making the decision, "I have to get them out of there, even if they don't survive ... It's not fair that 2 big bullies kill potentially 20 other peaceful fish..." and so I decide, "They have to go into one of the other tanks, no other option..." and I walk over to the tank and , it's a Miracle! One of my largest Anubias plants is COVERED in eggs! I missed the actual spawning but, woohoo! Finally, it happened! This is awesome! And then the fish stopped being aggressive and literally took turns "fanning" the eggs, it was literally right out of Wikipedia, I thought, "This is amazing!" ... I was so happy, I thought, FINALLY! And I'm going to have a whole bunch of amazing-looking baby Angelfish... WOOHOO!!! I even briefly considered removing the Anubias plant and putting it into a 10-gallon I have (that is not set up right now) ... but I thought, it's not set up, so I might shock the eggs or introduce some problems etc. They look fine, I fed a lot of food to keep everyone happy, we'll be fine.... BUT THIS IS WHY I CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS in life... Well, I woke up this morning, and Mrs. Angelfish was just finishing the act of eating *every. Single. egg.* All gone. So I went from absolutely psyched last night to just dejection . I wish I did something last night. And the worst part is, the two fish in question are beautiful, and I could only imagine the offspring. The male is a HUGE silver and black-striped , similar to yours, and the female is black and gold with some silver highlights. I am so disappointed, but I will try to take your advice if there is a "next-time" and separate them immediately.

[@BruddahSam]

The eggs we see in our tank is white and not clear, so we don't know for sure, but our koi angel fish are guarding it. Are all eggs the same?

[@Swampstorm86]

My angels laid more eggs and so far the fry just started swimming and the parents are doing good to take care of them. We only have 2 other angels in the tank and a few other fish but they keeping their distance

[@toriannamaguire2895]

I have 3 angelfish and the pair was relentlessly bullying the 3rd one. Removed the odd one out and boom. Eggs within an hour.

[@dexkani9993]

Leeeeeemaaaaaaoooo, they were horny horny

[@gunjac86]

Just laughing at the part where you say “they’ll get tired of the babies and eat them.” It’s so true and we all just get tired of them laying eggs.

[@summersternlicht7788]

I had angelfish eggs with no experience and they died and then I just recently noticed there are more I put them in the same tank I don’t know if they’re gonna make it but if there’s any tips that for beginners with small tanks let me know because I need a lot of help because I am very new to this thank you!

[@northernpunx1978]

One thing, angels get large eventually so you'll need a big tank to keep them happy, I have a 50 gal for 3 angels. breeding is new to me. Good luck!

[@emilygrech3655]

The babies are so cute 😭

[@litoloco4fish]

thanks for all the great info..you did a great job explaining everything 👍🏼 helped a lot!!

[@christinegayle-nelson5734]

Thanks for your videos I enjoy watching them very much

[@НораФендер]

Will the aggression stop after the eggs are completely removed? The mother is guarding them, and Papa is getting very defensive, too. I wish I could keep it, but unfortunately, I can not

[@monibushan6714]

Same scenario here and certainly a good question.

[@thejworks07]

​@@monibushan6714yes

[@thejworks07]

But will only keep happening trying cooling the water temp slightly bellow 81​@@monibushan6714

[@cheryllindskog9225]

Thank you! Video very helpful. First time going thru this??!!

[@Maxy-bu6lh]

True you said 'omg i dont know what to do' that is what im saying and i just bought 1 girl angel fish and 1 boy angel fish and its my first time buying a angel fish

[@Mama_emzz]

My angel pair keep eating their babies and I did wonder if it’s easy enough to raise them myself. Thanks for the content I will defo try it myself :)

[@katelinj3682]

Love the beginning. Lmao noo no dirty on my eggs!!!

[@billymcmeans7154]

I purchased 2 angelfish about 2 months ago. Just noticed a bunch of eggs on the heater. I’d say close to 100 eggs. I wash shocked. Didn’t even know I had a female as the store said they had no way of knowing. Lol

[@ShillDozer]

I put mine under my pillow.

[@MasterAquatics]

lol!

[@Deon0026yickadee]

Haha

[@glendabelgrove63]

Bore Hog lyar

[@localfishingtv6525]

Same

[@carolynholman667]

@@MasterAquatics hi I am just getting i to breeding angles My ? Is i has a nice buch of egg s they hatched Just stared to move around then they died whst did i do wrong.i love this please help.i am jeannie Ilove watching your video s thanks much. died

[@chloepage8527]

Did that angel fish just straight up eat that shrimp?? 😂

[@mrgachatuber6097]

Chloe Page yup

[@gammelfleischparty9066]

If it fits in they're mouth , it's food. I've seen this at my full grown angelfish and my neon tetras. It worked for years no one had been eaten so i decided to get a few more new tetras for a bigger school. Long story short one of the new ones only found theire way in his mouth. And it was an adult size

[@deborahhopkins9044]

Very informative! Thank you so much sharing!

[@ade-1772]

Great video and what do you first feed the baby angels on

[@claire_dabear]

I just found some eggs right now!!!!! I have a 20 gal. Tank too

[@forgotpants8324]

thanks for the info I'll just got my first successful angelfish pair they laid eggs

[@quadangle53]

What to do when angel fish lay eggs -watch this tutorial

[@MiguelG0690]

I bought some Angelfish from Petsmart and I love them but I wish they weren't the ones with huge tails because they're struggling to swin now.

[@northernpunx1978]

Be careful at PetSmart when dealing in fish. they have questionable breeders and bad water methods.

[@firewill56]

My angels laid eggs on my Anubias plant leaf and I was wondering how to go about moving the leaf and eggs to my fry tank. Should I cut the leaf and affix the leaf to a slate? And as for the air stone, do the bubbles from the stone need to be in direct contact with the eggs or just in the general proximity?

[@saltlifegirl1518]

Can I keep two angelfish in a community 20gal high tank?

[@Redheadedlesbo]

if they are small yes but they are rapid growers and you will need to upgrade the tank. I had 2 angels in a 20gal (they were not even 2 inches long) and they grew to 4 inches within 2 years and had to transferred into a 40. as they get older and bigger they need more space or they will get territorial and aggressive towards eachother and any other fish

[@ceciltheminiaturejersey6531]

Will API Fungus Cure work in an egg jar? The M. Blue is not in my local pet stores. Thanks!

[@brenw3064]

I'm here after doing a water change, I realised 2 angels got agitated when I started, realised there's eggs on the back wall of the aquarium, luckily I bought a 240lt 2 weeks ago so the rest of the fish are going to a new home and the angels stay there

[@nicohendricks2240]

I have 2 Angels with my koi and gold fish in tank with 100 watt heater they happy

[@martinpotocek3797]

Hello My angelfish layed eggs today i want to raise up the babies Could you please tell me what should i do?

[@FishRfun]

I have a phillipino blue zebra angelfish mate with a mutch larger tricolor angelfish that looks very similar to yours. They're defending the eggs and eat an egg here and there. I was hoping to get some fry to survive to see what colors they'd produced, but that's a 55g and other tank is 15 gallon with guppies and Celestichthys Choprae so they'd be eaten in there as well. I defending don't need anymore fish as I'm already overstocked but I run 2 seachem tidal 110s so the water is great. I guess the water is good if they're breeding, right?

[@vb3833]

nice video !, where did you get this green breeding cone ?

[@anthonygreiner6260]

I have a single angelfish in my aquarium, it laid a ton of eggs on my water filter. Are they viable to hatch, or should I just clean them off?

[@Pokefan000000]

Anthony Greiner yeah if you know what you’re doing; and you could make a small profit from the fry

[@wingerrrrrrrrr]

One female angelfish wouldn't work, there has to be two to tango-

[@Semper.Reefing]

What if I made a little attachment on the same tank next to the air stone? And move to a bigger tank if it actually works?

[@heartofmusic9663]

Omg it's like abortion vs keeping the eggs. I discovered my laid eggs I thought it was aquarium salt stuck to the Algae scrubber and I didn't know until it was too late

[@emilyfigueroa5372]

Once we romoved the eggs we can just lay them in the new tank and wait?

[@aidaperez7957]

Thanks so much for the info! Blessings

[@Bluhawk1995]

My angle fish just layer and there in a community tank and we want to raise them. Shut can't move them till tomorrow . Should we leave the tanks light on or turn it off?

[@x24reptiles46]

Thanks alot that was really helpfull

[@darrenmak512]

can the eggs survive without parent around after saparated in different tank?can they hatch themself ??

[@samrudder1874]

Can females lay eggs without a male in the tank or do they only lay eggs after pairing up? Great video

[@sparkyjones560]

Sam Rudder they pair up. It's possible two females pair and try to lay eggs but the eggs can't be fertilized and will all turn white.

[@Blck_Stallion]

Male and female will pair up. There’s no transgender in angelfish world so no female and female pair up. Hahaha

[@ragheedsamuel7429]

Hi how r u My question When I have to start moving the eggs After they laid them on the leaves

[@shortynat]

How do you get the tanks from getting brown algae? Having rocks in the tank ok or is it better not having rocks?

[@GeorgeSmith-ze5vk]

So… my angles had babies…. They laid eggs and they hatched…. I also have gold fish in with my angles.. and the goldfish didn’t bother them… they laid the eggs on my heater top .. I am planning on getting a 10 gallon tank when my wife gets home from work… when I also did was took my big net and scooped it under the edge of my heater all the way up to the top where the babies are.. now I did see the mom ( I’m guessing it was the mom scoop up some babies in her mouth.. then spit them back out.. I know cichlids are mouth brooders but are angles? Also I know they are in the cichlid family.. but this is all new to me.. I used to raise cichlids and I had 125 gallon tank for them… lots and lots of flat rocks stacked like a pyramid so the babies can get in and hide from the bigger ones… We had to move so I sold the tanks and fish… 10 years later my son wanted to get into fish hobby cause he saw all my pictures of tanks but he wanted angles…so this is new to me what to do with them…what they eat so on and so on… any suggestions would be awesome…

[@katelinj3682]

He got so mad at you taking them :(

[@northernpunx1978]

She...lol

[@girloncloud9949]

I brought 2 angelfish then i noticed the one is pregnant. How long will I wait for her to lay the eggs? Brought them 2 weeks ago.

[@alanh8101]

Nice video where do you buy those green angelfish slates I need two and guy on eBay sells them and only shippes in US not CANADA.. Alan

[@ceceliacarden6770]

Hi My new Angel's have laid eggs on my filter intake tube. The eggs are now fertile. How can I relocate them?

[@wendyreiland6186]

My Angelfish laid eggs and I transferred them ,now they are free swimming. My angelfish laid more eggs can I put them in with my fry?

[@EyesOfTheVulture]

Thank you for the information

[@anastasiabecker8169]

Do you have a link for the green slate/wall?

[@emilygrech3655]

How do you stop them from breeding? Mr puffer is gonna have lots of snacks ina few days

[@MasterAquatics]

You gotta separate the parents.

[@christinegayle-nelson5734]

Can cuppy fish live in the same tank as angel fish and spotted gold fish

[@ayishanourin317]

Should we change the parents from the tank ????

[@sujitraikwar2149]

i really want to breed angelfish!!!!

[@A37-u1h]

i have 17 of them i dont know which laid The egg and which is The male help me please

[@ejfishes7610]

Mine laid eggs on a Amazon Sword leaf...if I cut the leaf & put into own aquarium how would I keep those from getting a fungus?

[@a.y3075]

I have 2 month old fry with their pair. I'm going to keep them with their parents for as long as possible.

[@kyliesorensen6084]

What would you feed the babies

[@ofbexperienced5078]

Thank you for the advice

[@Barca4274]

Your turkey paster is connected with what? That is sucking egg the egg?

[@PamelaGREEN-n8j]

My Angle fish has layer eggs on mt intake tub ,how do I move them this will be my 3 set of eggs

[@minepika3173]

lots of tips Thanks!! but feeding them Baby brine Shrimps where do u store the eggs. fridge or Room Temperature

[@MasterAquatics]

Minepika eggs can be kept room temp. Baby brine shrimp once they hatch you can freeze them to save them.

[@minepika3173]

MasterAquatics ok thanks a lot! btw Loved the beginning of the video it was funny 😂😂

[@paulcarter9238]

Minepika O

[@robertfong-mow7235]

How do you stick eggs to green tile after you remove with turkey baster? I know the eggs that are fertile have a black centre or something? The infertile eggs are totally wnite. Is that correct? Thanks.

[@AnandKumar-qr4vb]

Really very useful 👌

[@sotheateschea8407]

How did the egg are attached to the green blade ?

[@Dimples9one6]

So I've had an angel fish for about 2 years. With 2 big gold fish. But only 1 angel fish. What happens to the eggs?

[@lifewithabiologist5471]

This was really helpful, I am about to be removing my angelfish from the breeding tank and placing them back into my community tank to allow the fry to survive! This was a good video, thank you! Consider giving me feedback on the video about angelfish breeding I just uploaded. Thank you again! So helpful.

[@MasterAquatics]

i dont see the video

[@gilmiggy876]

Good day folks,,, what should I buy to take care the fish eggs,, everytime they hatch few of them wil die

[@RC-mc6rc]

Hey master aquatics We have a community 60 gallon tank with 5 angel fish and a few other fish. They have been together for about 5 months one of them appears to have a growing belly? Does this happen before they lay eggs????? I have looked for breeding tubes and other signs you have spoke about in your videos but I don't see any of them. I really enjoy your videos! Thanks in advance for your reply or anyone's else that can answer my question🐠

[@sparkyjones560]

Yes. That happens. The female gets visibly wider at the stomach when it's breeding age, although it can also be a bad sign of bloat. Little known fact. If you feed freeze dried foods like tubifex worms, saturate them in water first, reason being the freeze dried foods expand when they get wet and if the fish eats a big bite of it while it's still expanding it can block their intestines they get backed up and they bloat up and it can kill the fish. It's not referenced much but you'd have to dig on the Internet to find it. The fish would be obviously distressed if this is the case though swimming bad and looking like it's dying. When female angels are old enough lto breed they get wider at the stomach than males.

[@samsmisree634]

Hi, why my angel fish dropping eggs in water rather than laying on leaf or cone. Couple times it was on leaf, cone then filter intake. But this time she is dropping it in water! Thanks

[@taraleaah.x]

Hey, I have a communal tank about 5 ft. My pair of angelfish have recently layed eggs that have hatched and are free swimming. The only fish iv had to remove were my silver dollars as they were constantly being attacked and that was in turn making the parent angelfish exhausted and were starting to look sick (they bounced back within an hour of removing the silver dollar pair). The Angelfish pair so far have been surprisingly amazing parents, very attentive and protective. I have 3 neons which have been in the tank agers with no issues, I also have 2 small salmon catfish, 2 feather fin catfish and 2 small bristlenose. My question is what are the chances of any of the baby fry surviving if I leave them in my current set up as is or is it likely they will ALL be eaten? As it stands the parents have been amazing so far. I'm not sure about any of the catfish being an issue as they generally stay grounded in the bottom., however I have seen one fry been eaten by a neon so far =( again the parent's are very attentive at the moment and even though the fry now are mostly spread out within a small half of the tank they are constantly being looked after and regrouped which I think is beautiful. Your opinion on leaving the fry in my current setup and the chances of survival would be great. This is my first experience with something like this. Thanks so much.

[@booyaaka7768]

Tara Patricia your kinda cute..... 😐

[@capric0rpse]

Did you ever find out?

[@x24reptiles46]

And also love your videos there asomme keep doing what you do.

[@zerixful]

What temperature should i keep the eggs in??? Please answer i found out the eggs today and i separated them from parents...

[@ezzathanna1]

Thank you, are you able to force Angel fish to pair ? I mean if I know for sure that I have a male and female can I just put them in separate tank and force pair ?

[@thejworks07]

Warmer temps and brine shrimp with cool water flushes monthly

[@MongrelsCycling]

Hi, very informative video. I've recently notice white eggs on my live plant and decided to cut leaves off and isolated them in baby nursery plastic tank (small with filters and air stone) attach to my 30 gal community fish tank. Is that ok to do? Listening to your video seems like I am doing everything right but want to make sure. Also, just notice them today, will I see some movement in couple days? That fast and what should I feed them? I have flakes and brine shrimp (frozen good stuff). Thanks for advice

[@sparkyjones560]

Hue Chau they should hatch in about 60 hours after being laid at 78-80 degrees F. If they are white they probably weren't fertilized and probably won't hatch. The viable eggs are sorta clear to brownish / yellowish. After they hatch they are wiggles with an egg sack. They don't need food at that stage. Once they are free swimming, about 10 hours after, you feed for the first time. Baby brine shrimp is best sometimes the baby angels need a bit of movement to trigger eating and you can switch to flakes once they get used to the idea of small things in the water are food. Newly hatched brine shimp is best though for growth. The less travelling they have to do to eat the faster they grow. If they have to swim across the tank to eat a bite, they may burn more calories than they take in. Feed the frequently and clean the tank of uneaten food and waste frequently and they will grow quick.

[@ameerhamzamosaheb6897]

Very useful! Thanks

[@davidsenger7694]

My angelfish eggs survived in my community tank

[@kariskitchen7562]

how do you do water changes with out sucking up the fry

[@shirleygraham4128]

Can you put baby angel fish in a bio tank on there own with a eater

[@bjspartyhousee]

I have small shells at the bottom of a holding tank. Can I leave them in there with the eggs? It seems unfair to take the eggs from the Mom, she's guarding the beautifully....Wil she eat the fry once they Hatch? What to feed them?

[@stepstar3704]

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[@yoonchingleo8]

Should I put a heater on it when they hatched? I put the eggs in a plastic bucket filled with clean water. Plz answer me

[@Tromboneisepic]

my angelfish just laid eggs! bad thing is that the female a gold marble female keeps picking at them but only at the white ones? what does that mean