PLEASE HELP GOT SOME EGGS

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madfishdude

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I caught the female and put her in the breeder box and she spit out 27 eggs,wondering if i lost all the babies or if i did if i can save them.....shes back in the tank and the aggs are still in the breeder box is there anything i should or could do or do i leave them alone in the breeder box and hope they hatch out...neierieye :WHOA:
 
Mad, depends on how long we are talking here.

IF you have an egg tumbler you're good to go. If you do not, there are a few things you can do.

You can save them yes. Take that female out of the breeder box. Take some netting, strip it off a net you don't need. Make sure the net is enough to cover the slats on the base of that box. Secure the mesh netting along the base so that it forms a barrier that the eggs cannot fall out of the slats, but will allow air in.

Once you have secured the netting on the bottom of the box, put the eggs in there, and the box with eggs in the tank, hanging on the back. You'll need to make sure you have an air stone underneath the box to keep air flow. This is critical. No air flow, the eggs will fungus. I would add a touch of Meth Blue if you have, but if you do not, you can use a VERY low dose of Hydrogen Peroxide to help keep fungus off. But you need to make sure you have air flow from like an Air Stone or something underneath.

You want upflow of air to just have the eggs slightly bouncing, not all the way up the box and back down, just enough to wiggle them a bit.
 
i have no tumbler man and i dont even have an air stone and pump....wow this sucks,i think i ruined a batch it looks loke the eggs if you look close they have indents on a few of them but there are som enon egg shaped ones that look round they are orange in color.........
 
As long as the eggs are not white Mad, then they should be good to go, but you need to get an air flow over them, or they will be in high danger. You can buy some time for the night I think if you try like Meth blue or the Hyrdo. Peroxide. That's all I know of you could do at this point. I highly doubt you will get the female to take the eggs back in her mouth too at this point. I have had this happen to me a couple times, rare that it does, and I have yet to see the female take them back once she dumps the eggs.
 
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