Hello all, I have a 29 gal. tank with two angels...one's a plain yellow one, the other is a veil tail. I've owned these two fish since last summer, and they never once fought each other. About a week or two ago, they laid eggs on my intake filter. I watched them do this, and the yellow one was "rubbing" his body along the tube and depositing eggs. Instead of going to fertilize them, the veil tail proceeded to eat all of the eggs. Ever since then the yellow one bites at the veil tail's body. What should I do? I figured they would soon forget and lay more eggs, but there seems to be no sign of stopping. Any help would be greatly appreciated as always!
Help With Angelfish
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Angelfish are very social fish. They are very particular about their mates, and usually like to choose one of their own. Sounds like you bought a young pair, and when they reached sexual maturity, maybe they discovered they are sexually incompatible. One or the other angelfish may deem the other fish "unsuitable" as a mate, which may result in, and explain the aggression, or the eating of the eggs. Sometimes younger breeders will eat the eggs the first or second spawns.
Unless the aggression get out of control, I would just leave them together. Is the angelfish getting severely injured? Unless they are a bonded pair, there will always be some degree of aggression between angelfish. They are cichlids afterall.
If they are getting out of control, then there is a possiblity that one fish will be injured or die, then you will have to seperate them. My angefish engage in a lot of posturing, challenges, and mock skirmishes, but no one ever gets injured.
I wouldn't count on any eggs if your fish are incompatible. You may not even have a true pair. I've seen two females engage in spawning behaviour, and of course without a male, the eggs remain unfertilized.
Unless the aggression get out of control, I would just leave them together. Is the angelfish getting severely injured? Unless they are a bonded pair, there will always be some degree of aggression between angelfish. They are cichlids afterall.
If they are getting out of control, then there is a possiblity that one fish will be injured or die, then you will have to seperate them. My angefish engage in a lot of posturing, challenges, and mock skirmishes, but no one ever gets injured.
I wouldn't count on any eggs if your fish are incompatible. You may not even have a true pair. I've seen two females engage in spawning behaviour, and of course without a male, the eggs remain unfertilized.
I have a small pair, about the size of a quarter in a 10gal Grow-out tank, Someones giving me an 80 gal Hexigon tank in the next few months, I have not noticed any aggression from them, interestingly enough, they have taken a likeing to my betta, they swim together. no biting or nipping from any of them. kinda cool actually
Sometimes angels do not make the best parents. Many times the angels need to try a few times to successfully spawn. A lot of the times one or the other of the pair (or both) eat the ggs the first few times.
I would wait it out for a few spawnings (it should happen again in the next 12-14 days). Give them time to learn how to be parents.
If they do not figure it out after the first 3-4 attempts, and you want them to breed, you might try removing one of the pair and introducing other potential partners. If a new pair results see what happens and keep going through the process. Sometimes a specific angel never makes a good parent.
I would wait it out for a few spawnings (it should happen again in the next 12-14 days). Give them time to learn how to be parents.
If they do not figure it out after the first 3-4 attempts, and you want them to breed, you might try removing one of the pair and introducing other potential partners. If a new pair results see what happens and keep going through the process. Sometimes a specific angel never makes a good parent.