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Posted by MC on October 2, 2007, 6:54 pm
Please log in for more thread options >I have 2 lovely angelfish - 1 is golden yellow and silver with black spots
> and the other one is dark marbled. They surprised me the other evening by
> laying over a hundred eggs on the side of the filter. I watched the
> marbled
> angelfish swimming over the eggs ( was this the male fertilising the
> eggs?)
> and both angelfish were guarding the eggs, seeing off the tetras if they
> got
> too close. I also have a 6 inch Synodontis and a 8 inch plec in the
> tank -
> a Juwel Rekord 70. Unfortunately the next morning all the eggs were gone.
> Could the angelfish have eaten their eggs ot could the plec have hoovered
> them up? My angels are not fully grown yet. Also which angelfish is
> likely
> to be the female?
>
> Can anyone advise on this?
My money is on the Plec. I've seen it happen. They normally launch night
time attacks and no amount of harassment or violent attack from the angels
would make the plec bat an eyelid.
Could also be the Synodontis to blame of course but I would still back the
Plec as the culprit.
MC
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>Could the angelfish have eaten their eggs ot could the plec have hoovered
>them up? My angels are not fully grown yet. Also which angelfish is likely
>to be the female?
>
>Can anyone advise on this?
>
>