Unexpected Angel Spawn

[The Equillibrium]

I have 5 adult angels in 1 heavily stock 46 gallon community tank. My largest specimin who I took to be a male was theoritically(staying with)this other unsexed pearl angel. This "pair" hung out for about week and nobody in the tank gave signs of a soon spawn.

I just came home from school to find the my big angel is indeed a male and has spawned ON THE HEYER of the tank with the most shy angel in the tank. The breeding tubes are out and there are some sloppy straight lines of eggs on the heater. The amle seems to gaurd them heavily and once in a while eat one(please don't tell me hes will eat all of them).

I wanted to move them into a spawn tank for spawning. The spawn tank was cycled, and then it died. I am recycling it now. Of all times to spawn, they choose when there is 5 ppm of ammonia in the spawn tank.


Waht do I do?!

Help!

Thanks!

 

[Ben L]

Are all of the eggs on the heater? Because in my experience this is bad news as the heat from the heater will kill/damage the young. If you are going to save the eggs i would suggest unplugging that heater and leaving it in the tank and putting in another on to heat the aquarium, with a bit of luck it might not have turned on yet and thay might be ok.

 

[Tolak]

At times angels do tend to spawn on objects that are difficult to remove, heaters and filter intakes seem to be favorites. This is a good reason to keep spare parts on hand. The heater is way too warm.

They may eat them, especially if they feel threatened by other fish. Not to worry, they will spawn again in a week or two. This should give your spawning tank time to cycle. I never pull the first spawn from a new pair anyway, you get a lot of infertile eggs. It's a better use of time to wait a week or two, and get twice as many fry for your work.

 

[The Equillibrium]

The male did et some of his eggs, which I did not see him fertilize, albeit a bit slowly. One of my dwarf gourami ate about 80 % of the eggs.

Why does my male angel(biggest fish I have ever owned) defend and attack by making another fish flinch and ot actually bite them?

I have bought ammoina for my spawning tank. Not sure but is it if you see 0 reading then something else that is off the chart reading? Mine did that...good thing no fish are there.

Tolak, my biggest worry was if the fry hatched, What I would do wit them. Do you know in case thaey go again?

Thanks everyone.

P.S. some eggs fell on the gravel in an isolated spot. They will probably fungus and die right?

 

[Tolak]

The male attacks to protect the eggs, and to make their territory known. A seperate tank is best for the fry if the parents don't raise the fry.

The eggs that fell in the gravel probably will die, but you never know.

 

[The Equillibrium]

Since thst spawn onfriday, the female has always hd her egg tube out. All other fish do not have a breeding tube emergered. Is this normal?

 

[RRasco]

i have one angel in my tank now, when she was in the 20 gallon she laid eggs on the filter intake, i thought they were bubbles so i got a straw and bumped them, she then attacked the crap out of the straw. so i knew they were eggs at this time, although i didnt have a male to fertilize them. she then proceeded to eat the rest of them over the next 2 days.