Many Changes
Following the death of my old male, I went to aquabid, looking for a replacement. This guy was overnighted about 1000 miles, and did not look very good when he arrived. He was disoriented, sluggish, had some fin rot, and his swimming was labored, to say the least.
But 24 hours later, he had pulled through. Another 24 hours and the fungus was gone from his fins. I knew he looked tough; that's why I had to have him.
Meanwhile, in the adjacent 10 gal, the female was up to her old routine :icon_roll .
I decided that a 10 gal was not going to be a large enough breeder tank for these two (as they are quite large, even for angels), so I went and grabbed a 20g long to fit beneath the 30g grow-out tank.
After a week, I introduced them to this tank and they immediately started fighting
. They really were going at it. Locking lips and shoving each other around; taking shots at one another continuously. I don't have any photos of this battle because I was too preoccupied making sure that one of them didn't gain the upper hand. They were both so vicious, yet evenly matched, that if one of them would have got the other running, it would have all been over quickly.
So, you can imagine how elated I was when after 3 hours of sparring, they started to fight less....and then even tolerate one another.....and then start cleaning the spawning slate together
:bounce: !!!
The female's "schedule" will have her laying eggs this weekend. I'm going to let them raise the eggs themselves. Both parents are proven to raise fry, so I'm optismistic. But, more importantly, I want them to bond.
In other news, my LFS tore down their display tank and gave me a [smaller] breeding pair of gold angels. They are no where near as big as the other pair, so they may get by in a 10 gal for now. But this is by no means and ideal setup, so I may be looking to aquabid to find them another home soon. First I need to make sure that the silver angels successfully spawn
.
Oh yeah, and the rams are making babies again, now that all the angel fry are out of their tank. No where to raise em right now though.
Update to come this weekend if any spawning takes place....