Help !!!

[Larryfish]

Okay. So I'm breeding vieja fenestratus. And the female has laid eggs. We are now on day 3. Some of the eggs are white in color. From what I've read online. They're. Dead. But some of the eggs have like a black on them. Any idea what this is. I'll post pictures.

 

[Larryfish]

Here

 

[tlindsey]

Here

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Most of the eggs look fertile but don't have any clue about the ones having black on them. Are the eggs close enough where you can use a magnifying glass to view them?

 

[Larryfish]

I could but I don't have one. I can try and zoom my camera in !

 

[tlindsey]

I could but I don't have one. I can try and zoom my camera in !

Thats even better you may even see movement in the eggs.

 

[Larryfish]

I can't get a good picture this is frustrating. And. How do I go about removing the white eggs that are dead ? Should I even remove them ?

 

[tlindsey]

Congrats btw Is this their first spawn?

 

[tlindsey]

I can't get a good picture this is frustrating. And. How do I go about removing the white eggs that are dead ? Should I even remove them ?

No the mother normally will eat the bad eggs but she is learning.

 

[tlindsey]

Don't get frustrated relax. Are the parents guarding the eggs?

 

[wild bill]

The black you are seeing is probably the spine of the developing fry. Just let the parents do their thing and you will soon have hundreds of free swimming fry. You can then syphon some out if you want to raise some of them.