So this is the 3rd time my pair has spawned. First time the male carried the newly hatched eggs/fry for aboit a week and apparently swallowed them.
2nd spawn the parents didnt pay attention.to the clutch and fungus took over.
Now im on spawn 3, thought 3rd time was the charm. Apparently not. About 36 hours after laying a fertile batch, i woke up at 230am to piss, checked the tank.... only 20~ or so eggs remain on the slate of the 350++ eggs laid. I had checked them at 1130pm and they were fine.
The male had been very protective of the eggs, always pushing the female out of the frame in all the times they spawned. Im geussing the female ate them as the lights went out.... but that's an assumption at this point.
Any suggestions for next spawn? Im thinking of removing the female in the future and leaving the male to tend to the eggs. He mouthbrooded the first spawn, so im geussing hell be carrying the future wrigglers as well.
Anything helps.....feeling hopeless ughh
2nd spawn the parents didnt pay attention.to the clutch and fungus took over.
Now im on spawn 3, thought 3rd time was the charm. Apparently not. About 36 hours after laying a fertile batch, i woke up at 230am to piss, checked the tank.... only 20~ or so eggs remain on the slate of the 350++ eggs laid. I had checked them at 1130pm and they were fine.
The male had been very protective of the eggs, always pushing the female out of the frame in all the times they spawned. Im geussing the female ate them as the lights went out.... but that's an assumption at this point.
Any suggestions for next spawn? Im thinking of removing the female in the future and leaving the male to tend to the eggs. He mouthbrooded the first spawn, so im geussing hell be carrying the future wrigglers as well.
Anything helps.....feeling hopeless ughh