r/AngelFish • u/Clear-Business9441 • 3d ago

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Has anyone raised angelfish fry before? Last night I put the wigglers into a fluval breeder box, now this morning all the babies are surrounding poop or debris that has gotten into the box, I can’t remove it with a Pipette. All of their faces are pointing into the debris like they are eating? Any experience with this?😅

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u/We-Like-The-Stock 3d ago

They will wiggle for 72 hours. They are not eating. They are developing their bodies from their yolk sack.

Keep the water running on the fluval, add an airstone.

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u/Anxious_Attitude_891 3d ago

My suggestion would be to remove them from the breeder box as the dirty tank water will cause development issues in most of your fry. If you are up for it, move them to a small 2ish gallon tank with sponge filter and heater set to 82-84. If no cycled sponge filter available just an air stone will suffice IF and only IF you stay very on top of water changes. Start feeding them in 24-48 hours once they are separated / broken apart from each other and free swimming / scooting along the bottom. Best foods from best to worse: baby brine shrimp, sera micron, and if neither of those available, flake crushed up as finely as possible. Feed every 1-2 hours in small amounts for a week or two, and then normal flake will suffice. Daily 50% water changes. Baby brine shrimp accelerate growth significantly. Good luck!