Breeder box?

[FroFro]

Can anyone recommend a good breeder box for angelfish eggs? I used petcos imagitarium one for my last spawn and my BN pleco got in it despite it being above the water line. I've tried the net ones and plastic hard hang on ones from amazon and none of them seem to be up to the challenge!

 

[DragonScales+Doubletails]

do you keep eggs in the main tank? or do you use a breeder?

 

[Colin_T]

10-20 litre plastic bucket or storage container. Put the item with eggs attached, into the container and have an airstone bubbling nearby. Keep the eggs underwater when you move them. Don't let the air bubbles touch the eggs.

It is preferable to let the parents look after the eggs and young so the babies learn fish behaviour and brood care from their parents. If the fish eat the first few batches, this is usually caused by adult fish that were reared artificially away from their parents. Given time, most cichlids will learn not to eat the eggs or young, and do start to care for them.

 

[ghyti]

These work.

Fluval Hang On Breeding Box Large

Easily attaching to the side of most aquariums up to 1″ thick, the Multi-Chamber Holding & Breeding Box provides up to 3 separate housing compartments for protecting fry, sick/weak fish or new fish that require acclimation. Multi-functional breeder box allows for 1, 2 or 3 separate housing...

kensfish.com

But you are better off with putting the eggs in a gallon jar or a small 2-1/2 gallon tank.

 

[FroFro]

These work.

Fluval Hang On Breeding Box Large

Easily attaching to the side of most aquariums up to 1″ thick, the Multi-Chamber Holding & Breeding Box provides up to 3 separate housing compartments for protecting fry, sick/weak fish or new fish that require acclimation. Multi-functional breeder box allows for 1, 2 or 3 separate housing...

kensfish.com

But you are better off with putting the eggs in a gallon jar or a small 2-1/2 gallon tank.

I've tried this box before. As for the jar I've thought about it but have no way of securing it to the tank

 

[FroFro]

10-20 litre plastic bucket or storage container. Put the item with eggs attached, into the container and have an airstone bubbling nearby. Keep the eggs underwater when you move them. Don't let the air bubbles touch the eggs.

It is preferable to let the parents look after the eggs and young so the babies learn fish behaviour and brood care from their parents. If the fish eat the first few batches, this is usually caused by adult fish that were reared artificially away from their parents. Given time, most cichlids will learn not to eat the eggs or young, and do start to care for them.

I have a mated pair with four other growing juveniles in my main community tank. I remove the eggs as a precaution to prevent intense fighting from the parents toward their angelfish tank mates. When not protecting eggs they ignore the juveniles 100% of the time. Plans to move the mated pair to their own tank is underway, but I'm still waiting on it to cycle properly. I just wanted to try and hatch the babies to see if I could save them instead of just destroying them. My angels actually show excellent rearing behavior already as they showed no inclination to eating the eggs and constantly fan/gaurd them. Even during feeding both parents didn't move from their eggs. I actually felt pretty bad when removing them this last time, as they gaurded and searched the anubias for a good hour or so after removal.