Angelfish Care

By Jenna Williams

Community Tank Opinions are wide a varied regardingthe compatibility of angelfish with other fish. As a general rule angelfish are compatible with gouramis, platies, tetras, danio, loaches, plecostomus, mollies and swordtails. In addition, the volume of the fish tank can determine how well your fish get along. Crowded fish are stressed fish and usually are more aggressive.

Diseases in Angelfish Maintaining excellent water quality is the answer to preventing sickness. This is not tricky if performed on a standard schedule, and your angelfish will thank you. Normal water changes will lessen the possibility of any outbreak that may take place in your aquarium. Also, the most frequent reason why angelfish die is due to elevated levels of ammonia. The reason for high levels of ammonia is due to a crammed full aquarium or from haphazard water changes. Make normal water changes and your angelfish should be healthy.

Fin rot, dropsy, worms, mouth rot, constipation and hole in the head are common angelfish diseases. All can be treated with appropriate medications. But maintaining high water quality will prevent most of these diseases from ever infecting your angelfish.

Angelfish Breeding Breeding Angelfish is not overly difficult and can be a truly amazing experience. A fish hobbyist's success in breeding angelfish is dependent on many factors, including the fish themselves. Many angelfish have been so inbred that they have lost their natural ability to rear their fry. This often results in parents eating their young.

Angelfish can lay between 400 to 1100 eggs in a average spawn. The amount will vary based on a number of circumstances. After fertilized you should observe movement in the eggs at about day 3 and fry will develop in about 7 days.

There are a number of variables that ought to be weighed when attempting to breed angelfish including aquarium size, water temperature, water condition, environment and lighting. Successfully breeding angelfish requires the appropriate blend of multiple factors that mimic an angelfishes natural ecosystem. If you find yourself to some extent puzzled in how to bring together the necessary requirements there are a number of first-rate sources accessible to the fish hobbyist that will provide you the indispensable tools and information to successfully breed angelfish. - 32381

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