My Blue Rams Just Spawned And Ate All Of The Eggs

HI all,

My Blue Rams just spawned and then ate all of their eggs. The male is chasing the female around trying to breed again and the stress is causing her to become pale. They did this before they bred the last time as well. Is this normal behaviour? they also seemed to pick the most open and exposed place in the tank to spawn and guard. Is there a way to help them to choose a more desirable location? I have read that it may take a few spawnings for the fish to learn how to become parents. Has anyone had any experience with this?

 

I've had rams that ate every batch of egg/fry they laid for the first 5 batches, keep trying, do you have any dither fish in with them?

 

They are in with some very timid rasboras at the moment. Did you eventually have success?

 

Unfortunately not, but about to try again with a elec.blue and reg. GBR. What is your temp.,PH?

 

Temp is 80 and I measured last night and it was a little high. 7.6

 

But I just did a PWC and I am not sure the parameters now. My tap water is high pH and hard