Angelfish eggs on my intake!

[urtooshady]

Hi,

I just acquired a breeding pair of angels and they have just spawned!!

But take a look at this

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1158.snc4/150065_520712471234_36300645_30703373_7954920_n.jp g

they spawned on the unattachable part of the intake..

i want to remove the eggs, and dont want them eaten over night..

i heard u can take a razor blade and scrape them... anyone else have any suggestions?

thanks

[nguyendetecting]

take the whole tube out and transfer it. Go to a different filter. That's if you're really sure you want to take the eggs out. If not you can always take ur chances and leave em

[urtooshady]

hmmm i do not have another filter for my 75 gallon! :( im in a bit of a mess

[Cerianthus]

I would say leave them along as Angels are very good parent, provided this is not their first spawns and not too many harrassment from tankmates..

Scraping may cause more damages on the eggs. Next time, provide false intake tube/broad leaved plants, even unused heaters, etc, etc, for easy removal

If you really want to try, I would unplug the filter, cut and remove the small piece of tubing with eggs attached. Now you dont need another filter, just strainer will be bit higher from gravel than before.

Suspend the tube in rearing tank. Remember, parent cleans the eggs all the time thus you may have to simulate such with pipette/turkey baster in rearing tank to remove fungused/unfertilized eggs in order to minimize the losses as fungus will spread fast.
Aeration/circulation near eggs but not on the eggs. Look into Methylene Blue.

I would still wait couple of days to make sure majority of eggs are fertilized!

Good Luck & Congrats!

btw, keep the eggs submerged during transfer

[urtooshady]

hmm that sounds like a plan... i will remove them once all unfertilized eggs have been removed and i will try to create an in tank hatchery near the out flow of the filter for circulation...

will try not to damage my intake

[Cerianthus]

No rearing tank? If not, I would just leave them as is. sUsing hose, suck them out gently (gentle flow) as frys are gathered at the bottom somewhere upon hatching, provided they are not all taken in by tankmates.
Try setting simple hatchery tank, not intank hatchery asap.

If all goes well, number can run in hundreds.

[urtooshady]

ah wat i did n it seemed to work.. i waited untill all the angel's non fertalized eggs have been picked off, then i vaccumed the eggs into a bucket and transfered them :)

hope i get hatchers :)

[Cerianthus]

Pics of intank hatchery with eggs possible?

[mugzy]

looks like a lot of egg, 2 females?

[Cerianthus]

looks like a lot of egg, 2 females?
Ive seen more than that from 1 breeding pair.


btw OP,any frys yet?