I didn’t think about her eating the eggs of the first batch...which might have happened...there are def eggs missing as there’s only about 40 fry.If your babies are turning out brown even from two blue eyed lemons you might want to try breeding with a different Male. Either that or the albino was the first to lay eggs but I think with the attention to detail you obviously pay, you would have known.
IME quite rare for a second female to lay eggs without eating most of the first batch, unless she didn’t get chance.
Females will often eat the eggs or even the fry of others to progress their own offspring.
The other male in the last photo above looks to have a hint of albino in his eyes rather than blue eye lemon? Although looking back wheeler does indeed look blue eyed lemon.
Never had anything other than blue eyed lemon from my fish although they are at least third generation which may be the reason they do not revert back at all.
Keeping some of the lemons from this batch and breeding them with lemons from a different batch should help ensure B E lemons going forward.
Thank you for the tip.Sorry for your loss.
Just a note, I too find that zucchini and cucumber tend to go slimy if kept in a fridge and then used in a tank. I keep any I want to use for the fish out of the fridge. However, I also use cooked carrots and blanched cabbage leaves or sprout leaves as I find these do not degrade like zucchini.
That’s quite some time! Your lucky.I can keep a zucchini out of the fridge for 1-2 weeks after cutting the end off but the weather here in the UK is cool and I store probably at 60 to 65 degrees max. However, I grow mini cucumbers and just cut off either what I need or the whole cucumber as I need them through the summer months which means they also don’t go in the fridge.