Flame Angel Mating?

kayak385

kayak385

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I have a nice size flame angel, 3 green chromis, and a coral banded shrimp.
I have a 75 gallon tank and I have read a little about flame angels and I was wondering if anyone knows about getting them to mate.
My flame seems to be very happy running around eating and everything. I saw a very small flame that was about 2 inches while mine is around 3 and I was wondering what type of conditions do they need to mate and what the success rate is.
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ryanhayes9

ryanhayes9

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i know that they do not take to other angels well. it is very hard to do. What I heard was like to have a tank (rather small so no territory established) full of that angels. then look for 2 to pair up
 
nicetry

nicetry

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Originally Posted by xDave
They have never been bred in captivity.
Yes they have. Flames and a few others have been succesfully aquacultured in Hawaii.
The chances of getting them to breed in a basic home set-up are probably next to nil.
 
kayak385

kayak385

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I have a rather big angel, and I found a smaller one, but if two females are in the same tank wouldn't that cause problems between the two?
 
kayak385

kayak385

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Originally Posted by Bang Guy
A male and several females is needed along with a lot of space.
How big of a tank?
 
kayak385

kayak385

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Originally Posted by peckhead
you should be banned from this message board. its annoying to read anything you post
who?
 
kayak385

kayak385

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anyways, Has anyone tried/heard/done this before?
Mating flame angels would be awesome and i'd love to see if it worked!
 
xdave

xdave

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Originally Posted by nicetry
Yes they have. Flames and a few others have been succesfully aquacultured in Hawaii.
The chances of getting them to breed in a basic home set-up are probably next to nil.
Any links to that info? I'm not sure that aquacultured and tank bred are the same thing. In the food fish industry aquaculturing refers mostly to artificial fertilization. A lot of ornamental fish places use the terms tank or captive raised in reference to the collection of fertilized eggs or larval fish in the wild that are then raised in captivity. There's a lot of aqucultured live rock available and I'm very sure you can't breed rocks.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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A few years ago someone had success with the whole ball of wax. They spawned Flames, collected eggs, hatched them, and raised them. For food they use freshly collected micro zooplankton.
I believe there was an article sometime in the summer of 2003 either in Reefkeeper or Advanced Aquarist. That's as much as I remember.
The good thing about pigmy Angels is that they spawn every day if they're well fed. The downside is feeding the larvae.
 
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