Pleasant surprise

[RickP]

After a very busy week with several major crises at work which impacted the tank maintenance, as you can see in this shot, I came home tonight to find that my Angels were spawning for the first time. It was an even better surprise since I had not seen the ovipositors on either fish and I somehow managed to get a male and a female with just two fish.

:headbang2:

This is the proud poppa to be diligently guarding the eggs which were laid on a Tetra internal filter. Oops, I forgot to rotate the image before uploading it.

[rinmouse]

awww. you're going to be a daddy :)

[fisharemyfriend]

congratz

[petluvr]

Congrats:) I would recommend removing the eggs if you want the fry to hatch. Angels can/will eat their eggs. Mine spawn regularly and have been for a year or so and they still eat every egg. Good luck:)

[gustavo85]

yup remove the eggs. had some once that layed eggs like three times, ate them all when the lights went off.

[Star_Rider]

congrat,
ahh..tho it is possible< since you didn't see the ovipositor, that you may have 2 females..
;)

[lucy42083]

Congrats! May I ask what type/color angel that is in the pic? I am not well versed in angels but eventually want to add them to my stock when I upgrade, and that is probably one of the prettiest colored angels (IMO) I've seen.

[Fishkeeper71]

Congrats on the spawn. I fear alot of people are still favoring removing the eggs. In my experience they may eat 1 or 2 spawns, but that is directly affected by the environment outside the tank in most cases after the 2nd attempt. They usually get it right and will do a far superior job at raising the fry than any of us could. A simple action as turning on a light in the room or coming up to the tank to observe or walking by could cause them to panic and eat the entire spawn. I always use cardboard pieces to cover the glass sides and front at 1st sign of spawning and have never had any problems. Of course some pairs though they spawn might be a bad match as they eat the spawns in this case it's best to seperate them and try the pairing process again. One last thing I always use a sponge material on the intakes as egg layer fry are notorious for getting sucked out thru the tube. Remember most Pairs will eat 1 or 2 spawns until they get it right....after that outside forces are usually the culprit or they could just be a bad pair <You'll know when you try the cover routine>.

[rich311k]

Congrats!

[Star_Rider]

Congrats on the spawn. I fear alot of people are still favoring removing the eggs. In my experience they may eat 1 or 2 spawns, but that is directly affected by the environment outside the tank in most cases after the 2nd attempt. They usually get it right and will do a far superior job at raising the fry than any of us could. A simple action as turning on a light in the room or coming up to the tank to observe or walking by could cause them to panic and eat the entire spawn. I always use cardboard pieces to cover the glass sides and front at 1st sign of spawning and have never had any problems. Of course some pairs though they spawn might be a bad match as they eat the spawns in this case it's best to seperate them and try the pairing process again. One last thing I always use a sponge material on the intakes as egg layer fry are notorious for getting sucked out thru the tube. Remember most Pairs will eat 1 or 2 spawns until they get it right....after that outside forces are usually the culprit or they could just be a bad pair <You'll know when you try the cover routine>.
I actually let the parents raise the fry to freeswimmer and remove fry as the parents get closer to spawning again.

[jere1558]

Congrats on the spawn. I fear alot of people are still favoring removing the eggs. In my experience they may eat 1 or 2 spawns, but that is directly affected by the environment outside the tank in most cases after the 2nd attempt. They usually get it right and will do a far superior job at raising the fry than any of us could. A simple action as turning on a light in the room or coming up to the tank to observe or walking by could cause them to panic and eat the entire spawn. I always use cardboard pieces to cover the glass sides and front at 1st sign of spawning and have never had any problems. Of course some pairs though they spawn might be a bad match as they eat the spawns in this case it's best to seperate them and try the pairing process again. One last thing I always use a sponge material on the intakes as egg layer fry are notorious for getting sucked out thru the tube. Remember most Pairs will eat 1 or 2 spawns until they get it right....after that outside forces are usually the culprit or they could just be a bad pair <You'll know when you try the cover routine>.

Question...would one continue to turn on/off the lights until the eggs hatch? Thanks

[cam191919]

congrats, lets hope they survive

[Star_Rider]

Question...would one continue to turn on/off the lights until the eggs hatch? Thanks
I do and it doesn't seem to matter much

[Draal5]

I to prefer to let the parents raise the fry. but in this case they spawned on a filter that will suck them in one they become free swimmers I would remove the eggs as soon as they reach the wiggler stage.

That or turn off that filter