Things You'll Need:
- Ground beef heart
- Live or frozen brine shrimp
- High quality dry food
- Conditioned and functioning aquarium
- Aquarium filter
- Aquarium heater
- Aquarium thermometer
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Step 1
Obtain fresh beef heart. Most supermarkets and meat markets can get one for you.
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Step 2
Clean the heart by removing all the fat, connective tissues and visible blood vessels from the heart.
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Step 3
Run the meat through a meat grinder or food processor to chop it finely.
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Step 4
Let the meet drain for about 10 minutes on a paper towel.
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Step 5
Put all the meat together and roll it out till it is about 1/2-inch thick.
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Step 6
Cut the meat into 4-by-6 inches.
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Step 7
Wrap the pieces of meat and place them in the freezer.
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Step 1
Feed the fish three to four times per day.
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Step 2
Give them all the food they will eat in about 3 minutes. Do not overfeed so that uneaten food remains in the tank.
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Step 3
Cut the beef heart into small, "bite-size-for-angelfish" pieces using a knife or razorblade and drop them slowly into the tank, making sure the fish eat all the meat.
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Step 4
Alternate the foods you give the fish, but give them some of each every day. Brine shrimp, young guppies and high quality dry food are all needed. You can also give them frozen or freeze dried fish food.
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Step 5
Remove any uneaten food and droppings each evening by siphoning them from the tank bottom.
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Step 6
Watch the fish. When the female's body gets swollen just in front of the anal fin and her ovipositor becomes obvious, spawning should soon follow.
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Step 7
Decrease feeding amounts after the fish spawn because the eggs and young are susceptible to infection from overfeeding.
