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Seems like I keep my tank at the proper temp for breeding, LOL. It’s hard to keep my tanks below 80 as I keep my house in the high 70’s (shh I’m cold and it’s Alaska, with over 3 feet of snow on the ground and still counting, but this temp is usually year round anyways, LOL). So my tanks tend to sit around 80 with a heater in them (the betta tank sits in the mid 70’s but it’s near a window). I would probably allow my angel’s to raise their own young, as I would love to see how they act, I love watching my fish and seeing what they do on a daily basis, some of them are very amusing to watch. I have filed away all this info for later in case I do decide to breed my angel’s Amber
Raymond Wetzel wrote: > > Hi Bill, Noticed you’re directing these two questions to \Steve//, > and while he may well be able to add to this, I thought I’d throw > this at you in the meantime, as one who used Methylene Blue almost > daily — until I switched to Acriflavin finding it to be much more > effective. I wasn’t aware you were into Angelfish breeding though, > although such topics can be interesting even if you’re not needing > the info at this time. > > While generally recognized as being a funguscide of sorts, a main > purpose of using it with Angelfish eggs (as is the thread here), is > to darken the water preventing much damaging light from reaching the > fish eggs. Many breeders preferring to use this product just add it > to sight, until it gets to a shade they feel would be most > protective. As I said, I used to use it for many years (still keep > it on hand) until finding Acriflavin to be much more effective as an > egg funguscide — but while this is mainly to prevent any > infertile/fungused eggs from spreading the fungus spores to other > eggs, most any fertilized eggs will not develop fungus anyway. > Still, the more one can keep fungus of the infertile eggs to a > minimum, the better the immediate environment of the developing eggs. > > The amount of Methylene Blue to be used for this purpose will vary > from breeder to breeder as they find what’s most effective for them, > depending in part upon their water. You’ll find recommendations/uses > from 2 or 3 drops per gallon up to 9 drops per gallon (which > is “overkill” and totally unnecessary). Part of this equation too > depends on the solution strength which was often marketed years ago > as up to 10%. > > There are fewer firms that market Methylene Blue lately, from what I > see, although Kordon remains as one of the main sources, offerring > their product simply as “Methylene Blue.” Their solution strength > has remained at 2.303% from early on. When using it, I’ve found that > about 5 drops per gallon were sufficient for my use. Kordon > recommends 1 tsp per 10 gallons (3.0 ppm), which comes out to 60 > drops per 10 gallons — or 6 drops per gallon, not much different. > > “Assuming regular water changes;” You would only be performing PWC’s > if you were allowing the breeding pair to raise their own fry, and > then, it is redundant to do so as the parents’ care will preclude > fungusing of fertile eggs (and they will be removing any infertile > eggs). If hatching the eggs away from the parents to rear the fry > separately, its not at all needed to perform PWC’s as there is no > bioload to control. The Methylene Blue will retain its strength in > the time needed for the eggs to hatch — 3 days, @ 80 o F — and will > be seen to weaken (slowly lose color) afterwards but the fry will > have hatched by this time. No additional dye medication is required > during this hatching period, and before the fry are free-swimming, > its beneficial to remove this dye. Happy New Year, Ray > > — In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > , bill1433 wrote: > > > > Hi \Steve// > > > > Questions here about the “methylene blue added” ? > > First, how much per gallon? > > Second, assuming regular water changes, continue with the methylene > blue to the PWC’sIas the new water is added keep dosage the same)? > > For how long? > > > > Happy New Year To You! > > > > Bill > > > > — On Wed, 12/31/08, Steve Szabo wrote: > > > > From: Steve Szabo > > Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] Angelfish laying eggs > > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 11:05 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is not unusual for angel pairs to eat their eggs, even several > times, before they get it “right” and understand that making caviar > of their young may not be such a good idea. If there are other fish > in the tank, it is quite possible someone snuck in at night and had a > feast also. If the eggs were not fertile, they may also be eaten by > the parents. > > > > If you do want to breed them, your best bet may be to place the two > of them in a 40 gallon tank or better for breeding along with the > appropriate pieces of slate and roughly vertical broad leafed plants > (real or artificial) to give them a choice of spots to lay eggs, and > cross your fingers they do not decide to use the heater, or the > filter siphon tube instead. Then, if you want to ensure the eggs > stick around, you may remove the surface they were laid on to another > tank with methyline blue added and an air stone strategically placed > to provide water movement. Alternatively, you can move the parents. > > > > \Steve// > > > > > —–Original Message—– > > > From: AquaticLife@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:AquaticLife@ > yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of > > > Amber Berglund > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:42 PM > > > To: AquaticLife@ yahoogroups. com > > > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Angelfish laying eggs > > > > > > Replying to myself again here guess no one knows anything about > > > breeding angel fish or they’re all busy, LOL. > > > Anyways, the eggs are all gone today since I didn’t get an answer > last > > > night if I should remove the leaf or what-not. I figure one of > the fish > > > had a nice meal over night Maybe my angel’s will go for > another batch > > > later or something. > > > > > > Amber > > > > > > Amber Berglund wrote: > > > > > > > > I forgot to say that the 10 gallon with fry is guppies, with > one female > > > > that’s been popping out babies. > > > > > > > > Amber > > > > > > > > Amber Berglund wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Okay so my 2 angel fish apparently decided they really like > each other > > > > > recently. They were fighting a bit more lately, and I figured > something > > > > > was going on but didn’t think they would start laying eggs and > > > > > fertilizing them. One (grey/black striped not sure what kind > it is > > > > > precisely) is laying the eggs while my Koi angelfish comes in > and is > > > > > apparently fertilizing them (I can see a slight cloud coming > out as he > > > > > hovers over the leaf that the female laid eggs on), and the > two of them > > > > > are definitely guarding the leaf. My question is this, how > likely is it > > > > > for these babies to actually survive in a semi-aggressive > aquarium with > > > > > a few “passive” fish as well? I could get a tank divider if > it might > > > > > help somehow, wonder how much it will cost at my LFS, > afterall it’s a > > > > > 125 gallon tank, LOL. On a side note it’s nice to see that > they are both > > > > > very happy in their environment. All of the fish have > increased in size > > > > > and color since I moved them into the bigger tank. > > > > > I currently have a 10 gallon set up with 4 fry and an > expecting female > > > > > (well I think she has laid the 4 fry in there and there are > more to > > > > > come, but I could be wrong, LOL), could I just cut the leaf > with eggs on > > > > > it off of the plant and put it into the 10 gallon or would > that be a bad > > > > > idea? > > > > > > > > > > Amber > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ———— ——— ——— —— > > > > > > Please, DELETE this line and EVERYTHING below it when replying, > Thank You.. > > > ·´¯`·.¸¸.>.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸> ¸.·´¯`·.¸. , .·´¯`·..> ((((º> > > > PLEASE, when you REPLY to a post, DELETE all TEXT that is NOT > important to the reply & if > > > CHANGING the TOPIC of the original message MODIFY the SUBJECT > LINE -> i.e.. “new > > > subject (was re: old subject)” > > ((((> > > We Thank You in Advance for Your HELP in this matter.Yahoo! > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >

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