removing the male? or use divider?

[Apollyeon]

I have a pair consisting of a female blood parrot and a male midas.first batch of eggs got laid and he turns on her,wont let her near the nest site so i removed both parents and placed airstone next to eggs,3 days later all eggs white guessing the male doesnt know what to do yet.returned them to the breeding tank and let them clean up the nesting site to try again and right now they are within maybe a week or so from spawning a second time.my question is should i just place a divider in the tank but leave the male on the side that has the eggs so that he will fertilize them? or do i take the chance that he does the job when they get laid and only remove him but leave the mother in there to tend to the nest?

 

[Deadeye]

You may want to try using a divider first. If it is unsuccessful try keeping them together and removing the male.
With the divider you still have a good chance of success, but you won’t have to worry about the Midas beating up the parrot while together.

 

[tlindsey]

The eggs will be fertilized during the egg laying process.

 

[Apollyeon]

The eggs will be fertilized during the egg laying process.

then im assuming he didnt do it for some reason,eggs were all dead at 3 days,,i possbly had the bubbler to close and damaged the healthy eggs i have no idea lot of them looked good at first

 

[Apollyeon]

You may want to try using a divider first. If it is unsuccessful try keeping them together and removing the male.
With the divider you still have a good chance of success, but you won’t have to worry about the Midas beating up the parrot while together.

so i can place the male with the eggs and divider and then i guess swap places after hes been over there for awhile

 

[Apollyeon]

i know this midas dad had same issue when first started to breed,flat out failed first attempt eggs engulfed in fungus.but he made the female stay there an entire 2 weeks until she could spawn a second time lol

 

[Deadeye]

so i can place the male with the eggs and divider and then i guess swap places after hes been over there for awhile

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure you can just keep them in a tank together with the divider separating them. They will fertilize through the divider.

 

[Apollyeon]

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure you can just keep them in a tank together with the divider separating them. They will fertilize through the divider.

ive heard mixed things with that.like you have to have the current just right and divider close enough to the eggs etc.think would be easier to do what i see ppl do with the flowerhorns they just stick him on that side for a few hours with eggs down before swapping sides to keep female with the eggs or could just take him out altogether

 

[Apollyeon]

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure you can just keep them in a tank together with the divider separating them. They will fertilize through the divider.

maybe will be different this time and doesnt go all psycho with eggs in the water,but who knows.makes it so much easier when they can both tend to the nest.im trying to get a fairly high return of fry from this.first batch always seems to be smaller compared to batches afterwards so hopefully this spawn is pretty decent size

 

[Deadeye]

I agree it would be best to leave them together, easier and highest chance for success.

If the male starts getting two mean you can remove him.

I’m dealing with a bp male (fertile-I think) and convict female breeding. First time the convict really roughed up the parrot, but they’ve gotten better. They keep eating the eggs though. I even do see fertile ones I guess the moral of that rant is that the pairs do settle after a few rounds.

Are there any dithers? Having something else to chase besides each other helps pairs be calmer with themselves.