happy_pitbull
Jun 25th 2007, 08:58 PM
So... my angelfish bred... again.
History of my pair: They would breed very regularly, then the male would panic and eat the eggs whenever the lights went out at night... then the female would freak and attack him. I think this lead to the pair bond becoming unstable, as she no longer trusted him and she fought with him all the time. I had to separate them over and over again, and the last time they were separated for a few months.
So... I decide to put them together again. Again they breed.... but this time I left the lights on all night long ;) It worked !! 2 long days and bright nights later, they hatched !! They moved them from the piece of wood they laid them on, to the intake of a filter... right onto the pre-filter sponge. They lost a few from this filter... thats all right though, as there are tonnes of them ! I tried turning the lights out that night, since they had hatched, and the male was a good boy ! He tended to them fine, and the female was paranoid at first and tried chasing him away... but when she realized he was only being a good dad, she left him alone !!
Today... they moved them from the filter intake to a piece of driftwood. They are 3 days old if I remember correctly :)
Wrigglers:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3867/fryresizedbo7.jpg
Dad:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2760/maleheadshotmr1.jpg
Wrigglers with Mom watching
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/32/resizedfemmb5.jpg
Wrigglers again
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4459/resizedfryof2.jpg
Dad with mom in background :
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9374/ressizedmaleyb0.jpg
Oh, by the way, I borrowed my sisters 5MP camera, and what great pics it can take ! I love it !!
I also moved my bolivian rams out of this tank today as they were very stressed from having to live in the tanks corners ! :- They now have their own 20g tank :)
Min
History of my pair: They would breed very regularly, then the male would panic and eat the eggs whenever the lights went out at night... then the female would freak and attack him. I think this lead to the pair bond becoming unstable, as she no longer trusted him and she fought with him all the time. I had to separate them over and over again, and the last time they were separated for a few months.
So... I decide to put them together again. Again they breed.... but this time I left the lights on all night long ;) It worked !! 2 long days and bright nights later, they hatched !! They moved them from the piece of wood they laid them on, to the intake of a filter... right onto the pre-filter sponge. They lost a few from this filter... thats all right though, as there are tonnes of them ! I tried turning the lights out that night, since they had hatched, and the male was a good boy ! He tended to them fine, and the female was paranoid at first and tried chasing him away... but when she realized he was only being a good dad, she left him alone !!
Today... they moved them from the filter intake to a piece of driftwood. They are 3 days old if I remember correctly :)
Wrigglers:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3867/fryresizedbo7.jpg
Dad:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2760/maleheadshotmr1.jpg
Wrigglers with Mom watching
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/32/resizedfemmb5.jpg
Wrigglers again
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4459/resizedfryof2.jpg
Dad with mom in background :
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9374/ressizedmaleyb0.jpg
Oh, by the way, I borrowed my sisters 5MP camera, and what great pics it can take ! I love it !!
I also moved my bolivian rams out of this tank today as they were very stressed from having to live in the tanks corners ! :- They now have their own 20g tank :)
Min