Shawnie

Here's a vid of curly laying her eggs and protecting the ones she has laid..I haven since put a divider in hoping they will survive and hatch!! daddyo did his job and they are fertalized..lets jest hope the second time around wont be a snack!!

Butterfly

No matter how many times I see that it's just exciting. Good Luck!
Carol

DarkRevoultions

Your not having a problem with the angels laying eggs are you Shawnie?

If I were you I'd be lucky to have those eggs. I could have baby angels coming

You do know they make good money, and it could be difficult to raise, or it could be very fun to raise them.

Shawnie

no problems laying they just snack on them after so hopefully not this time

COBettaCouple

I should seperate ours after they lay eggs.. love the vid, it's always fun watching them.

Shawnie

well I kept mom n dad in there just separated all the others....and I also am keeping the lights on as you suggested dave in hopes that they dont mistake them for a snack...so far so good...but next time, if they snack them, ill put mom n dad on the other side of the divider

kieley

thats so cool! lol nice tunes too!

COBettaCouple

Look for one of those blue LED night lights at a store like target or walmart. I put one of those on an extension cord so I can hang it down over the light fixture and it gives night lighting to the eggs but leaves them darker spots for sleeping.

How are they doing with this batch?

Shawnie

well, I got up on day two, and the eggs were gone...so before work , I took out the divider...I went to feed them before I left, and the buggers didnt eat the eggs, they moved them~!!

So I rushed to put the divider back in hoping not to freak them out too much, and here we are on day 5 with wigglers...sorta LOL ...if you look really close on one leaf with the green gravel pebble on it and the one right under it, you will see hundreds of lil wigglers ...I have kept the divider in with the lights on 24/7 and seems to have made a difference...you can even see dad feeding them a bit of food on this new vid...I still keep hoping !!

Lucy

Love videos! Good luck with the little ones.

Shawnie

keeping my fingers crossed for sure!! I cant stop peeking and I hope they do well..at least they werent gone in hours like my last batch... thanks lucy!

tetrafan123

NICE VID!

Shawnie

well carol, I thank you so very much for your help..and as I was going to move the eggs out, I freaked cause they were gone again!!! I looked everywhere and nothing...well there was nothing cause as you can barely see in the vid, they are all free swimming now LOL ....sooooooooo ...do I leave the babies where they are and move mom n dad? do I leave everyone aLone as theres plenty of hiding spaces? theres no way im going to be able to catch these tiny babies....I need a calgon moment I think!!!!!

Shawnie

A better vid of the fry...theres tons of them..as well as dad n mum having a discussion with mr gourami! LOL

Butterfly

If there are other fish in the tank besides the angels I would move the babies but if only the angels are in the tank I would move mom and dad. Now let me tell you the easy way to catch angel fry... siphon them out into a bucket I usually leave mom and dad a few so they don't freak out even though they usually eat them.
Carol

Shawnie

well the tank is divided and mom/dad/ kiddos are away from the others..I have probably a day more before a tank will be ready for them..bad me never expected them to get past snack stage for mom n dad so im pushing the cycle hard! I was wondering if I could syphon them out without injury..thanks a bunch carol!!!!!!!!

Butterfly

Yep, I siphon fry into a white bucket all the time
Carol

Shawnie

that will be my plan tomorrow if I can pray hard enough for a full cycle tonite LOL....ill ignore the other eggs and work on whats there

Butterfly

The other eggs may hatch by themselves
Carol

Shawnie

lordy I cant imagine if they all survive..theres gotta be a hundred or more LOL

COBettaCouple

Wow! I'm jealous.. i'll have to play those vids for Fred & Wilma Congrats!

Our best batch was 81 wigglers and I'd say we have at least 3 dozen of them with none lost in almost 2 months.. They're about 5 months old. So you may end up with quite a few adolescents if they do well and looks like they certainly will.

Shawnie

I Hope so ..right now I have some babies in a breeder net and left some with mom n pop...I left the lights on for a full week and a half until they were free swimming....not sure if that made the difference but they didnt eat them!! I also put up a divider so no other fish was near the fam ...got pics of your 5 month babies?

COBettaCouple

I'll be taking some pics this week since I have to find them new homes at the fish auction Friday. They're just getting too big now. I'll have to post them as soon as I get the chance. Can't wait to see pics of your little ones. They are so cute and I love watching them grow.