Angel Fish Eating Eggs

[djvant]

I have a pair of angel fish that keep laying eggs, initially in a community tank, but they ate them all after about a day, so i relocated them to their own tank. They have continued to lay eggs in the new tank and eat them after about a day, any ideas as to why (some of the eggs went white but not all)?

[alanmin4304]

If you want to breed them I promise you they will not eat them if you remove them and raise them in another tank.

[raewyna]

Mine eat their eggs more often than not (I'm sure it's him). Occasionally they get it right and having babies growing up with parents is a joy. It's down to what your objective is. If you want lots of baby angels then you might have to separate them out. If you are just into the pleasure of letting the fish do their thing, then it might be worth waiting it out to see if they do finally get it right.

[Peter McLeod]

My angel fish bred every 10 days. Most of the time they looked after them at least to start with like discus. I realised the sooner I got the eggs out the sooner they would lay more. I used a small length of pvc downpipe on a slight angle. Once the female had laid the eggs I removed the pipe and placed in a fresh one. I then put the eggs on the pipe into their own tank with a airstone at the base on a gentle setting to get water (Oxygen) flowing over the eggs. Worked fine most of the time.