PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: an installation method of an egg-laying bed allowing a specific fish using a reef or a peripheral area thereof as an egg-laying place to lay eggs easily; and an egg-laying bed.SOLUTION: Recesses 21, 22 and 23 are formed in a panel 11 so that one egg mass comprising a plurality of eggs laid at one time by a specific female fish can be pushed inside and simultaneously attached to the periphery of an opening (position of an alternate long and short dash line). The panel 11 is installed on the sea bottom or on a structure on the sea bottom so that the inside of the recesses can be seen from an upper side through openings of the recesses 21, 22 and 23.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3