"Chris_S" wrote in message
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I've raised and sold about 300 angel fish in the past. You will need to
take the eggs out of the main tank and put them in a smaller tank. Start
your brine shrimp hatchery now. You will be very busy. If you are
serious
about raising the babies you cannot have them in the large tank. The fry
will require very special conditions, and doing everything you must to for
them is nearly impossible in the main tank.

It's a lot of work for little money. I probably sold $500 worth of fish,
but that does not even begin to pay for the headaches involved.
Constantly
raising brine shrimp is no fun. And you've got to do it for a long time.
You can't really sell them until after 3 months.

I did it for my 3 year old twins for them to get a kick out of. But I'll
never do it again.

Regards, Chris.



I think the majority do it as part of the hobby and not as a commercial
venture. As you point out successfully breeding Angels can result in
hundreds of fry and then the problem of trying to get rid of them. Also
depends of the area where you are and the number of LFS that would be
willing to take them. In my case I would have no problem disposing of
quarter size Angels. Now obviously you have done it however don't you think
that starting the BBS now prior to the eggs hatching will result in large
napuli. The Angels, depending on temp. will likely not become free swimming
until around day 5 and likely will not use up the yolk sac until day 7. BBS
should hatch out in 36-48 hrs depending on temp so I would start BBS on day
4 or 5 or order some Golden Pearls Artemia (decapsulated brine shrimp) from
www.brineshrimpdirect.com and forget about hatching your own.

Rick