After I set up another few tanks we picked up some more angels. From these we ended up with 3 new pairs to go with the existing pair we already had, plus some singles. As usual, the angels didn't agree with us as to mates and fought so we moved them around between the various tanks. So we now have a marble-gold pair, a marble-koi pair, paired marbles and paired golds. The blushing and dusky angels are still too small to pair off.
Two of the new pairings have already spawned but ate their eggs within a day. I'm used to that with young pairs. The gold pair has done so twice in two weeks.
My oldest pair, the marble(m)-gold(f) couple, spawned yesterday. This is their fourth spawn together and her fifth one. The male marble didn't fertilize the eggs this time, he just gobbled down the eggs as fast as the female laid them. She joined in with the loose eggs that didn't stick and were swirling around. I'm not totally bothered since we had the pair in one of our community tanks at the time and there is no way a spawn would have survived. But the fact that the male didn't release his milt does bother me.
Two of the new pairings have already spawned but ate their eggs within a day. I'm used to that with young pairs. The gold pair has done so twice in two weeks.
My oldest pair, the marble(m)-gold(f) couple, spawned yesterday. This is their fourth spawn together and her fifth one. The male marble didn't fertilize the eggs this time, he just gobbled down the eggs as fast as the female laid them. She joined in with the loose eggs that didn't stick and were swirling around. I'm not totally bothered since we had the pair in one of our community tanks at the time and there is no way a spawn would have survived. But the fact that the male didn't release his milt does bother me.