I was almost a dad only for 24hrs - Now all Gone

[dangerousd]

Hmmm ... So Guido spotted these eggs on the pipe yesterday, Mom and Dad seemed to be loking after them well ...

At about 11 last night eggs looked good - Now this morning ALL gone

First time them have spawned- is this natural? for all the eggs to go
What is the best way to play this - I think they will spwan again

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If you want to see the take and fish check it out here : http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?5039-New-Very-Large-Tank-%29/page3&highlight=large

CURRENTLY in the tank...

15 Giant Danios
10 Red Line torpedo barbs
12 Congo Tetras
6 Angels (scalare I hope)
30 Red Eye Congo Tetras
5 Clown Loaches
4 Blue Ram
1 Butterfly Cichlid
2 Upside down catfish
1 Raphael Catfish
10 Golden Apple Snails

OH ja and - 1 lemon Algae Eater

[jedigenie]

Those angels are amazing, love the red eye wild caught look.

Really sory for the loss but it might be a good sign for things to come. Unfortunately most of your tank inhabitants could have been responsible for eating the eggs. Might be time to look at setting up a breeding tank?

Good luck

[dangerousd]

Those angels are amazing, love the red eye wild caught look.

Really sory for the loss but it might be a good sign for things to come. Unfortunately most of your tank inhabitants could have been responsible for eating the eggs. Might be time to look at setting up a breeding tank?

Good luck

I think you right about the tank inhabitants - red line and giant danios.... Hmmmm

[Equinoxe]

Hi, it is better you place them in a seperate breeding thank. Sometime they do eat their own eggs if they are stressed. I was lucky to have some fry out from my comunity tank without having to take the pair out... I had to leave a small bulb on for 24 hrs. Which is not recomended. After which I build a seperate tank and once they start they don't stop and you will have plenty of them.

[dangerousd]

Hi, it is better you place them in a seperate breeding thank. Sometime they do eat their own eggs if they are stressed. I was lucky to have some fry out from my comunity tank without having to take the pair out... I had to leave a small bulb on for 24 hrs. Which is not recomended. After which I build a seperate tank and once they start they don't stop and you will have plenty of them.

I see.. thask for the info

Why the light on for 24hrs ? Someone else also told me to do this

[A Bauer]

So that the angels can watch over their eggs, other wise the nightshift fish sneak in and eat them.

[freerider]

I've had the same problems with my rams and their eggs. I suspect the cories and the BN's have been eating the eggs while the lights are out.

[Zoom]

Any eggs in a community tank stand pretty much zero chance. If you want them to spawn and raise their fry, put them into their own tank. It sometimes takes a few times before they realise that by eating the eggs, they not producing fry. But they should eventually get it right.

[dangerousd]

Any eggs in a community tank stand pretty much zero chance. If you want them to spawn and raise their fry, put them into their own tank. It sometimes takes a few times before they realise that by eating the eggs, they not producing fry. But they should eventually get it right.

NOTED - read a bit about this and you 100% right... So LUCKLY my angels laid more eggs and EVEN more luck they were laid on the cleaning magnet so super easy to remove....

Now I have them in a hatching aquarium just by themselves - HOPEFULLY might see some babies tomorrow :-)

[Equinoxe]

hello found this on youtube the other day, quite interesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBF4CfUCVpY hope this will help.

[Zoom]

NOTED - read a bit about this and you 100% right... So LUCKLY my angels laid more eggs and EVEN more luck they were laid on the cleaning magnet so super easy to remove....

Now I have them in a hatching aquarium just by themselves - HOPEFULLY might see some babies tomorrow :-)

Sorry to be the bearer of more (possibly sad) news. The parents usually pass over the eggs constantly and fan them with their fins. This keeps any fungus and parasites at bay. If you get this message in time, maybe put an airstone under the magnetic cleaner... I have heard of people successfully hatching eggs this way, however the success rate is extremely minimal. Gavin and Zeegal use to frequent out forum a while back... they were one of the best angel breeders I have met to date, and they didn't even try doing it in an "incubation" tank. (i.e. away from the parents).

[Equinoxe]

Try to put some methylene blue for the fungus and as Zoom sugested you need to put an air stone to ventilate the eggs. Should come ok. I usually do this whenever the parents eat the eggs. Also may I suggest that if you see that there are some white eggs or non fertilized eggs, i.e they are not transparent, take a pipette and suck them away, else they will rot and fungus will attact the rest of the eggs.

[dangerousd]

Thanks for the advice guys.... I actually did loads of reading on this

I had them in the hatching aquarium

Meth Blue in the water
Air Stone Under the Eggs
Small sponge filter going
Water was same temp / and same php as big tank (took the water from the big tank)

and THEN disaster struck... the bloody side table that the hatching aquarium was sitting on gave way... Don't think there are any survivors

BUT I think I'm going to put the angelfish pair in a seperate tank and let them do their thing