Well its kind a late addition ... hopefully this will help for the future.....My angels were preparing / cleaning the space up so we took out all the
other fishes from the tank (for the future its better if they are in an issolated tank with no gravel ) I could n't do it and did not feel like moving them
to another tank as they may get depressed and then nothing........
My Angel laid eggs on the Feb01, so in the main tank heavily planted ... they laid roughly about 400+ eggs, right after about 40 hours or so the batch
developped mold due to few unfertilized eggs and started Spreading, the pair waited for the night as they were getting distracted from us so in the night
they moved the salvageable eggs ( lost 30% ) on the sword plant and clean the place up so in the morning there was no mold in the tank (not sure what
they did.. eat it i guess)
Both Parents took great care of the wigglers -- Point to Note: Once the Eggs are laid Do Not Turn the lights off (for two + weeks) otherwise they will eat
them fearing other fish might eat them. Once hatched and become free swimmers (Don't feed them for first 2 days as they will still have yolks in the tummy
also I fed them "Hakaris First Bites" for the first 2 weeks as newly hatched brine shrimps were to big for them. Quite a few of the fry got stuck in the gravel and died -- felt really bad.
Also Just before the fry became free swimmers the female chased the male out of the picture (male's face was bloody and had to be removed from the tank)
The female alone took great care of the fry did not sleep and ate very little roughly after third week (free swimming stage) we started turning off the light but added a
side table lamp. Only roughly 25% (healthy and strong) of the fry survived.
once they are about 5 weeks from free swimmers (Mar 14th or so) we will move the fry out and female will be re-united with the male in an empty tank.....
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