SAD! UNSUCCESSFUL ANGEL FISH BREEDING... 😔

A few months ago, I bought 3 angelfishes to be part of my community aquarium. I was expecting a pair to be formed from the three, but it took pretty long for them to pair up, so I thought maybe they were all females (since I can see their bellies bulging!) But, just a few days ago I saw a pair laying eggs on the corner of ths aquarium! I got so excited that I removed all the other fishes and left just the pair inside. Well, having seen a few videos about angelfishes being able to nurse their eggs and their young by themselves, it didn't really bother me. 

Wouldn't you be excited as well if you saw your angels doing this in your aquarium??? 😍😍😍 Well, unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. And I just found out that not all angelfishes act the same way as they do. Some of them actually have lost their natural instinct of protecting their eggs, having been kept and bred in captivity for a very long time. So what happened? Your guess is as good as mine. Not even 2 days have passed, when I noticed all of the eggs were gone! Yes! They gobbled up all their eggs!!! 😭😭😭

So now, I wnet back to Youtube and searched for more videos about caring for Angelfish, and their eggs. And I had to search for a local video, to make sure the approaches and techniques were more applicable to my location. 

Most of the videos would show a piece of tile, or a piece of pipe, which will be used as an egg collector. And what they would do is, as soon as they see that there are already a desirable amount of eggs, they would pull out egg collector, and place it in a different tank without the parents, or any other fish. And, ome important factor is an aerator, and a few drops of methelyne blue, to prevent the growth of fungi on the eggs.

So now, here is my new setup. I hope this pair will soon lay their eggs, and I hope to be able to care for the babies! 🥰

Wish me luck! And, Happy Fish Keeping!!!