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angel wigglers with have porblam

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QUESTION: i wana ask you i have angles fishes breeding pears
i have porblam dinot here have baby brain shrimp egg what  food can feed angel fry my some beaches died  this porblam with.
2nd question is when i hatch eggs 3 gl tank in all angel wigglers born just 20 egg will unfiltrrised i know its normal but when wigglers born they have porblam  fungues like cotton fuzzy every day died  3 to 5 wigglers i tried use methlene blue it does not works so what have soulation this porblam please repliey me faster becuse this sundey will start fry free swim thanks you bye



ANSWER: Hello,
Fry must be fed baby brine shrimp.  You may buy this frozen at the pet store or you can hatch the brine shimp yourself which is cheaper.  You must feed the fry 4 times a day, and make water changes everyday for them to grow faster, and be healthy.  This way there is no ammonia in the tank.  Ammonia is the number one killer of fish.  Fry should have a much bigger tank.  3 gallons is not enough to keep them alive.  You need at least a 30 gallon or more if you want to breed Angel fish.  
If the parents do not care for the fry, and you have to do this yourself, you must have water flowing over the eggs constantly, and blue methlene in your water.
Sometimes Angel fish do look after their young, and when they do, you don't need blue methlene.  Sometimes the pair do not get along, in this case, either the female, or the male will look after the eggs.  It is lots of observation.
The problem is that your tank is much too small.  I have bred Angel fish, no two pairs act the same way.  Some are good parents, some eat the eggs, sometimes one of the parents will care for the fry.
They have quite big spawns.
First you feed them baby brine shrimp, then when they get bigger you put them on dry food.  Buy a good flake, and crush it so that it looks like powder, and feed them with that for a while until they are big enough to eat normally.  Usually in two months they are ready to be put on the market.  
Breeding Angel fish is not easy.  Observation is the key, and if you must do this yourself, make sure that there is water flowing over the eggs.  When the parents take care of the fry, they fan them constantly until they are free swimming, so you must have water circulating over the eggs to prevent fungus, so that the eggs will hatch.
Hope this helps
Lynda

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QUESTION: hello this 3 gal  tank have for hatching eggs i said eggs all good when have  angel larva then have start problam fungues like cotton on wigglers i tread with MB and HPits not wokring what have another treadmant for save fungues i said you we here not avalable  brine shrimp eggs another what thing can feed that was my question thanks you.

ANSWER: Hello
Acriflavine..1 drop per liter (4 drops per gallon) will prevent fungus

Tetra Fungus Stop is also effective.

Angel Fish should really have live brine baby shrimp to start off with, but since you can't find it,  Pet stores, sell special dry food for Angel fish fry.  You will lose fry though, as they should really have baby brine live shrimp to start off with.  
Hope this answers your question, and that it will help
Lynda


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QUESTION: hello lynda i wana say thanks you so much you gave ans my question i know its not your porblam i was try alot save bach angel fish but its not any one fult my heart is broke now  becuse this kind madcine not have in my country and dinot and any fry food avalable here what can i do nothing i am going now broken heart with throey all tank. thanks you so much bye now

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Hi Junie,
I am so sorry I could not help you more with your Angel Fish.  I know it is heart breaking when you cannot find the right medication or food.  It is sad.  Try leaving the eggs with the parents, they might take care of the fry next time they spawn, then you would not need fungus medication.  You could also take the food you give the parents, and grind it down to powder to feed the fry.  It might work, give it a try, you never know.  
Maybe if you asked the store manager he would order you some, and medication.  I don't know if he can do that, but you could ask him.
I am truly very sorry.
Lynda