I had a microworm factory going on in my fish room years ago when I was breeding wild angels. You have to keep on top of the cultures and split them regularly, which can get tedious, but otherwise they are a great source of highly nutritious live food for the little ones.
I picked up 6 of the corydoras sterbai. I liked the pattern on them a lot and I was surprised to find a tank full at AP. I think they just got them in and I had stopped at the right time.
Have you tried PetSmart? If memory serves they were only about $1.50 each; they were small-ish but healthy. When I was stocking up I typically bought 6-8 at a time.
Ive visited the ones in Tacoma and Lakewood. Found the Chinese and golden algae eaters, no SAE.
Mine all came from PetSmart in SIlverdale, where they seem to get a new batch in every week. You could try giving them a call...
The price is good. AP WAS $6.99 each and I think Wet Spot is $6 each and the Reticulated at $7 each.
I recognize that postThis is a cut-and-paste from a message that I posted nearly a year ago for another FishBox member whose angels had recently spawned, and was asking 'Now what?'...
Now comes the hard part. Angelfish fry are more sensitive than just about any other cichlid- possibly with the exception of discus- and fry mortality will be high, even under the best of circumstances. There are two main issues. (1) Diet. The little angels are tiny, too small to eat newly hatched brine shrimp, so infusoria is the food of choice early on. Culturing infusoria is easy (search online), but it takes some time. Start now. Microworms are the next option; you can buy seed cultures on eBay. (2) Water chemistry. Little angels are extremely sensitive to dissolved metabolites, more so than just about any other freshwater fishes. The optimal setup is a bare tank- no substrate, no decorations, nothing- and at least 50% water changes every day. When I was raising angels I did 50% water changes two or three times every day. It sounds radical, but experience has shown that's what works best.
For the best yield of viable fry, removing the eggs from the parents early on and raising the fry in bare, pristine tanks is the way to go. But there is nothing quite like watching an angelfish pair raise their fry, and seeing the little angels sprout their wings is magical.
Don't expect to succeed the first time around. But in all my years of fish keeping, there is nothing quite like raising your own angels. Good luck.
This was my favourite pair of F1 angels, raised from a tank-raised black male and a wild-caught Peruvian female. Black progeny reappeared in the next generation, as expected, but they were as aggressive as wild-caught fishes, which was not expected.
. Yup, eggs and wigglers are easy. After that good luck.
I thought it was you, lol.I recognize that post
You have two females. Female angels are notorious for pseudo-spawning behaviour in the absence of males.
Previous to this the larger leopard angel would eat the eggs of the marble that would lay them. The larger leopard angel never has laid eggs for me or dropped tube to really be able to sex it. But now with this unfertilized batch of eggs I have confirmed proof of female. Appreciate all the info along the way @sir_keith, your experience with angels has been a great help.
