melawii

GRR... coresean keeps eating her eggs, everytime I check there seems to be less and less I tried feeding her often, I dunno what's wrong this time!! I don't know what to do...

melawii

I just watched her eat one, ahh im stressing....

Jacko

How long have the eggs been there? Either they hatched and are currently little tiny wigglers she is moving around by shoveling them into her mouth or she has realized that they are not viable. How old is she? Is this her first time?

melawii

this is her second time, she ate the first batch on the second day too... it's been just over 24 hours since she laid them... and by viable do you mean fertilized? I seen them spawn together, male was totally involved. There are about 15 eggs left that i can see, I'm trying not to bother her at all... I put her to bed an hour early tonight, hopefully she'll just sleep.

melawii

okay after lots of reading about how kribs can eat there first couple of batches until the parental instincts are right, I've decided that if by tomorrow she is still continuing to eat the eggs I'm going to move the remaining eggs. This is IF she keeps eating the rest.

Do you all think this is a bad idea and just let her eat them? Or could I possibly setup a small 10g with bubble sponge under the eggs to provide water movement? I don't know if they can even survive without the parents but I mean if she's just gonna eat them I feel like I have nothing to lose but try. What do you all think? any suggestions for an emergency setup that could save these eggs?

COBettaCouple

i'd say it's worth a shot to try it if it turns out she's going to eat them anyway.

melawii

I decided this morning not to move them, okay so there are about 10 eggs on the ground now in the pot... and she keeps sucking them in her mouth then spitting them out, shes been doing this all day. Do you think they are duds? she hasn't eaten them.... what color are fertilized eggs supposed to be?

melawii

WAIT A MINUTE... eggs on the ground have tails sticking out of them and there wriggling!!!!!!! but there's only less than 10 eggs.... I have little egg wigglers eeeeee!! is she gonna eat them because there's not very many? Oh I love them Is it possible for a female to only raise a tiny group of kribs? ohhh sooo cute, i hope she dosent eat them!

COBettaCouple

well, i'm new to cichlids but i think if she's not eaten them, she's not planning to.

FishnFry

When eggs are not good/unfertilized they will also eat them. But they only picked the bad ones though and they'll keep tending on the good ones. It happens a lot of times.