Kribensis/ Angel fish problem

[Deano46]

Hi,
Been keeping tropical fish years. A few months ago we brought a 5 foot tank, fluvial filter. Set it up correctly, brought over the fish from a smaller tank, all fine. No loses, few fish additions but the problem is........ 2 kribs paired up as have angels ( have 3 but 2 paired up, the other most of the time stays away)
Looked this afternoon and we had literally hundreds of eggs laid on the fluval filter tube.
Assume eggs were from the angels but by the time I saw them there was an all ensondary of egg eating. Angels were trying to protect the eggs as it seemed were the kribs. Manic fighting by both and a speedy wife taking eggs out by net and into a tank with tetras in.
What is best to do if/ when this happens again?

 

[Colin_T]

Hi and welcome to the forum

If you want to breed fish, put the breeding pr in their own tank so they don't have to worry about other fish eating the eggs or babies.

The first few batches normally get eaten anyway, either by the parents or other fish in the tank. After a few goes the parents start to take better care of them.

 

[emeraldking]

Hi and welcome to TFF to start with...
Best thing to do is to separate those two species in order to have both breeding without any fights.

 

[jaylach]

Welcome to these forums.

First off I know nothing about breeding either fish but, many years ago, my mother bred angels so this would be my mother's advice, not mine as I have no knowledge to give advice. Once the eggs hatch do NOT do water changes until the fry are too large to fit in the parent's mouths. With Angels any disturbance can trigger a protective instinct where they try to protect the fry by taking them in their mouths. The problem is that their mouths are not large enough to hold all the fry so they swallow what is in their mouth to make room for more. I remember one case where eggs just hatched and a cousin came over and started tapping on the tank. Parent's instincts took over and the end result was that my mother lost probably $500.00 in sales and that was a lot of money in the very early 1970s. Just do nothing to startle the parents, even move slowly when feeding.

BTW, I have never understood why so many people want to tap on a tank. I mean would they want someone coming up and tapping on their window?