angels again

Third time.  I suspected it was near. This past week my angelfish have been horribly skittish. Several times a day they crashed away into the walls when anyone walked downstairs, no matter how calmly we moved. My husband even paused in the doorway to let them see him before he walked past, but they turn ghostly pale and flee. Both Skye and M Beautiful sustained more scrapes, I was feeling so dismayed.

Then two days ago suddenly in the evening they had bold colors, and came to greet me when I approached, wiggling their tails eager. I wondered at the change, then noticed they were cleaning a leaf again- the same spot as before. I'm puzzled why they are so easily frightened when not in breeding mood. Maybe when spawning, it takes their minds off their fears? Anyway, they cleaned the leaf so vigorously this time, they knocked it off the driftwood. Rubber band broke and the new hold the plant had just made on the hardscape wasn't strong enough!

I didn't reach in to reposition the plant, thought they might do better in another location. On the forum I read that when angels lay their eggs near a sponge filter, some think the flow reduces the success of the male fertilizing, so there's more bad eggs. They chose a new spot on anubias in the center of the aquarium, happens to be farthest from each filter, so will see if that makes a difference for them.

The female laid the eggs on two adjacent leaves this time. She appears to be fanning them vigorously, more often than before.

Not entirely in focus- this was my first picture of the eggs yesterday-

Today already I see some are missing- the blank spot top left of the further-away leaf is where I saw one white egg yesterday- looks like the parents promptly removed it.

There's more eggs gone from the nearer leaf this morning, too. Not sure if the few kuhlis still in this tank ate some in the night, or the parents are being more diligent about removing bad eggs to prevent the fungus this time.