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How do you remove Angelfish eggs from the side of the fish tank carefully without harming them?

I found out that my third pair of angelfish have hatched a newly batch of eggs on the side of the fish tank. I would like to hand raise them, but I don't know how to remove them from the fish tank itself. They are laid on the side of the glass in the corner and I would love to raise them by hand. I have three separate breeding pair and so proud of my success, but I don't know how to remove them carefully from the side of the tank or is that even necessary or should I wait until they are free swimming then remove them with a small tube by sucking them out of the tank?

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  • Dan M
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    You don't. Angels are cichlids with adhesive eggs and razor blading them off (which you can do with thick shelled Corydoras catfish eggs) twists and tears the eggs.

    This is why some angel breeders who want the maximum production from a pair use a spawning slate of a ceramic clay cone, so they can lift out the eggs.

    Although it can take a new pair a few tries to get it right, if they can protect and tend them until they are free swimming you can dip the fry out with a plastic jar. I use one of those big square mixed nut containers, cutting off the top so I can run the jar right along the side of the tank.

    Why a jar? You don't want to lift small angels out of the water. Doing so can cause deformities or even death.

    Siphoning them out with a tube does work for many other fish species, but angels lack the streamlined torpedo body shape and so the turbulence inside the siphon hose is often too strong for them.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    your could the two do away with the mothers and fathers or the toddlers, or you ought to get a breeding capture and placed the toddlers in there that way the mothers and fathers can stay in the comparable tank as them, you will additionally could feed the toddlers, you will get a infant fish formular from a physically powerful fish keep and likewise in the adventure that your weigh down up some flake nutrients they're going to consume that, you additionally can supply them newly hatched brine shrimp, microworms and so on, i'm hoping this helps. good good fortune.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    you should wait until they are free swimming. you should prepare your next fish tanks that have ceramic plates around the aquarium so that whenever your angelfish hatch again, you could easily transfer the eggs.

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