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ice blue

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My male eureka red male is swallowing eggs now whenever he spawns with my females. What can I do to stop it? Do I have to just get rid of him?

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Never really heard or seen this happen.Sounds like he hasnt got the hang of it yet.I wouldnt get rid he may catch on soon
 
He had successfully bred about 7 times. Idk what's wrong with him now though

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Are you able to 'induce' spawning through water changes, or has any of your substrate/decor changed since the last successful spawn? For me, when I see courting behavior, I do a 40+% water change and then am almost guaranteed to have a female holding within 24 hours. perhaps trying a larger feeding than normal within an hour or two of a water change could help?
 
No decor has been moved around or anything. He just eats the females eggs before she can pick them up. I don't really need to do water changes because the water level drops by approximately 30% every week from evaporation. So I'm constantly refiling the tank. I feed them pretty well, then I'll skip a day and feed again then the females will be ready to spawn after about 2 weeks of doing that. Also keep the temp around 76.

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ice blue said:
No decor has been moved around or anything. He just eats the females eggs before she can pick them up. I don't really need to do water changes because the water level drops by approximately 30% every week from evaporation. So I'm constantly refiling the tank. I feed them pretty well, then I'll skip a day and feed again then the females will be ready to spawn after about 2 weeks of doing that. Also keep the temp around 76.

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you do need to do water changes. the fish waste is not evaporating with the water so your water quality will just keep getting worse.
 
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