Hi Marie,
The eggs were laid on sept 30... The last movies were yesterday oct 14th...so basically 2 weeks have gone by.
baby angels can be away from their parents from the point they are free swimming. The angel parents do guard and protect them..But angel fry are not fed by their parents. I could have pulled these fry and hatched them from eggs without their parents and they would have been fine..
Generally when I have a good pair of angels that parent raise...I'll leave them for 2-4 weeks.. depends on the size of the spawn. most of my pairs of angels parent raise...I have some stubborn but beautiful albinos that prefer having them for breakfast...
This batch of frys angel parents are awesome fish...the best parents I have ever had....and the most aggressive..They'll bite my hand if I go anywhere near their fry ...they also will pretty much kill any other angels...I tried splitting them up before...I have a couple of blind angels as proof. Besides... I still want fry from them... Just not so often or so many!
glad you liked the big angels... They are special.
-al