Angelfish Egg

[amy1994]

My angelfish are in a community tank
I knew the night before that she was going to lay the eggs, but as i had know where to put them i just left them.
Got back today and saw that there were eggs and they were guarding them, so i thought i would try and save them as if they did manage to hatch they wouldn't stand a chance
I managed get a tank free, cleaned it and put some new water and some of the community tanks water in there.
I then moved the eggs and the angelfish in to the new tank, kept a watch on them for a while and they seemed fine.
Left for about 15 minutes came back and they had eaten all of the eggs
I have managed to save one though...
I have realised that it was probably the move that caused this, but i have done this before and they were fine..
My question is will the one egg hatch or not, if i keep it seperate
i would like to try and save it if i can.

 

[Westwood]

Next time don't move the parents, the stress would have caused them to eat the eggs. If You are just moving eggs, put methanol blue in with the water, this stops the eggs from getting fungus, then just air rate them gently. But the easer way I find is to,let the parents hatch the eggs and them move just the fry when they are wrigglers.
Infomation about breeding angelfish, i really easy to find on the internet!

Westwood

 

[mattlee]

it will take them quite a few times do adapt to parenthood and they will eat them to start off with especially if other fish are about otherwise the others will eat then in a com set up.
even when in a breeding tank they will take a few goes to get it right so be patient. when i bred angels they spawned about every 2 weeks laying 100's of eggs every time and after about 5-6 attempts they became excellent parents and raised them to free swimming fry. its a great thing to watch them caring for their young but to raise them you will need quite a large tank as there will be lots of fry and as you know angels get big and grow at a decent rate. if kept in a tank thats too small they will eventually become stunted.
ideally you want a smallish tank to start off with when they are fry so they arent searching too much for food and wasting energy etc but as they develop you will need a big tank to house lots of young angels.

what are your plans? do you wish to grow them on and sell them or keep them?

also if you do move any fish eggs then try to keep them in water the whole time. place a plastic tub in the tank and place the object the eggs are on in the tub so when you take them out they are still in tank water, then remove from the tub once back in a full tank. the parents will fan the eggs naturally but if raising them artificially then the eggs must have a constant flow over them thats not too fierce. use an air pump with a flow control and place the stone near the bottom of the egg batch to keep water moving around them. this will help prevent fungus growing on them and hopefully after a few days the eggs will hatch into wrigglers.
the wrigglers will still be stuck to the item they were laid on by their heads for a few days as they consume the egg sack then they will become free swimming fry. this is when they will need to be fed small amounts numerous times a day for them to survive, also keep the tank bare bottom so you can clean it and keep the water quality as high as possible as when young they are vulnerable to water quality and spikes etc. very clean water and lots of small feeds is the key until they get onto the next stage which is the size you might buy them at lfs, about a 50p sized body.

good luck

 

[Plecostomos Fan]

Mattlee thanks for the sharing your info, I have a pair which also frequently lay eggs in my community tank, its always the same as soon as I turn the lights out they eat their eggs.
I was thinking why they would do that, they always pick a different place to lay them and of course get aggresive with the other fish.

 

[amy1994]

I know it was my fault for moving them, but i thought i would try and save them as i have moved them once before and they were fine...
When i know they're going to have the eggs i will just have to move them before