torren

i have heard female angels pick the biggest males to breed with in wild, but in cap. they just make do with what theirs my pair have started laying and guarding but the male don't know what he's doing i do have a pair one has a club and one has spike, i think the male maybe alittle over weight and his gut stickes out both sides would this make him firer blanks? he is the biggest and strongest of the males i have hes 1 year old

Butterfly

Many angel pairs don't get it right for several spawnings. The males size won't have anything to do with whether he is able to cover the eggs. I think their just inexperienced.
Carol

torren

ok but the male is really fat is this over feeding? looks like eaten 2 marbels same with one of my discus

Lucy

It could be from over eating or constipation. Have they been 'going' ok?

agabr123

how much are you feeding them?

torren

1cm cube of bloodworms a day. well the males angel has rapid gill movement, i have put an extra air pump in the tank and did a water change but still got rapid gill movement any help?

midnightwolf

try to feed him some peas in case its SBD then fast him for a couple of days and see how he does.

Edit: a symptom of dropsy is that your fish may be bloated other symptoms are raised scales and loss of color so you may want to look out for these signs. good luck.

Shawnie

rapid gill movement is a sign of ammonia do you have your readings for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates?

torren

peas?? what kinda peas fresh or frozen im not sure my fish will eat it ill give it ago.

i never test water i think their a waste of money, i just do 25% water change 3 times a week in all 3 of my tanks, i use 50% RO water and condition and age the water i put in. never lost a fish and i have 9 discus 5 angels 3 cory 5 neon 3 guppy banzo catfish and 2 plecos. all my tanks are bare so easy to maintain

agabr123

either fresh or frozen are fine as long as you remove the shell and defrost the frozen ones. you'll want to cut them into small pieces as well.

torren

after the water change and extra air pump his colour has came back and breathing return to normal, but they won't eat pea's and he has a huge gut still lol =D.

torren

my angel fish eggs actual hatched what do i do, atm the pair are eating them and spitting them out at top of tank. the temp in tank is 27.7c im doing 2x 14l water changes a day got some NO10 in the tank so its abit bluie =D slowing been taken out =D water change have waterlife 6.5 buffer in it should i stop using it now as they have hatch and make water hard? when do i have to start feeding them help me please =DD so happy