NanosotaAquatics

Update. It’s now 3 days later…. No eggs have hatched. I see a bit of fungus on some of the eggs and the parents don’t seem as interested. They do occasionally go over and fan them and guard them but not near as intensely as they did originally. You guys think the eggs still have a chance? Should I give it a little longer or just pull them? I’ve heard they take as little as 36 hour to as long at 60 hours to hatch. They where laid around 5-8pm on 10/11.

Thank you guys for the great answers again! I did watch Lowell’s video and continue to go back to it, and the goal is to have rams that are more successful at raising there own fry, also I have a small light that keeps the tank dim but not dark enough for panic to set in. Hopefully that stops most of the fry eating.

@Fish Folk @Guppysnail thank you for the advice. However I did wanna see them raise the fry up, rather than raise them myself. If I observe him eating more eggs I will remove the eggs but it may be too late as they prolly will be hatching by the time I get home from work. Hoping he was just picking off the infertile ones. After this spawn I prolly will start pulling the eggs myself. I just really wanted to see them parent them themselves.

I recently had a pair of German blue rams start spawning for me, but upon watching the footage, I noticed the male has picked some eggs out and eaten them. Now I’m worried and I’m wondering should I remove the male? Is there a reason he ate those other eggs? Should I remove both parents?