Bolivian ram fry

So my Bolivian rams beed, surprisingly considering the male refused to pair with the female. He still hasn’t paired with her however, and pretty viciously attacks her whenever she gets anywhere remotely close to the eggs. In fact, he attacks her whenever he sees her. My tank is pretty densely planted and decorated around the bottom, so there aren’t many lines of sight fortunately. Tonight I caught them fighting for a minute straight, with their black spot and stripe particularly dark. They weren’t stress colored, and were pure white, while their black stripe and spot, along with their fin and belly colors were much brighter. This was also unusual because where the male is defending his eggs and fighting the female isn’t her territory, before this she’d keep to the other side of the tank. The male would go where he wants and chase her if he felt like it, jt she always had places to hide. Now she seems to constantly be trying to go near the eggs, and gets attacked. Anything I can do or should look out for?

 

Possibly remove the eggs to a breeder box or am empty tank? Or try rearranging the tank to break up old territories?

What's the other stocking in this tank and how big is it? I'm wondering if you could add more rams to spread out the aggression or a either/distraction fish life corydoras...

 

Possibly remove the eggs to a breeder box or am empty tank? Or try rearranging the tank to break up old territories?

What's the other stocking in this tank and how big is it? I'm wondering if you could add more rams to spread out the aggression or a either/distraction fish life corydoras...

So I have a breeder box on the way, I’d rather leave them in with the parent. There’s 6 serape tetras and a albino bristlenose, it’s a 29 gallon. The weird thing is, the dad does chase the serapes away if he feels theyre too close, but he’s more aggressive with the female. If he sees her from across the tank he will dart and chase her. There’s a log in the middle that’s supposed to divide it into territories and it has done a good job until now.

 

A lot of fish will eat fish eggs, even ones they've laid. My pleco sneaks around at night and eats anything my rams lay within a day. I think you're probably close to fully stocked and 29s don't have a big footprint so I personally wouldn't add more rams. You might check aqadvisor and see if you can get 5-6 smaller cories like pandas or (false) jullis.
Hopefully the breeder box gets there soon. Id expect aggression to drop once the eggs are removed, hatched, or eaten. If you've got any fake plants around, maybe put them in along the log to further break up territories temporarily

 

They seem to be wiggling around the nest. The pleco is juvenile and small enough that the Bolivian rams can more than easily fight him off. Interestingly enough they do take shifts guarding the eggs, but only at night. They work together digging a pit and guarding at night, but the moment a light that’s not blue comes in they're at each other’s throats all over again. I genuinely don’t understand why.