Our pair of GBR laid eggs yesterday (and watching their little ‘shimmy’ action was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my aquariums) and the male and female have been tag teaming all afternoon defending their pot.
This is the first time they’ve bred together and I’ve heard it is fairly typical that they will eat their babies the first 3-5 batches they produce before they get the hang of parenting.
My question is…
Provided the eggs actually hatch (both this tank and my QT have a ph of roughly 6.8) would I be best served to remove the pot now to the QT if I want the babies to survive or how should I handle this?
If I do remove the eggs or the babies, will it stress my GBR and will keep them learning proper parenthood?
Thanks in advance!
This is the first time they’ve bred together and I’ve heard it is fairly typical that they will eat their babies the first 3-5 batches they produce before they get the hang of parenting.
My question is…
Provided the eggs actually hatch (both this tank and my QT have a ph of roughly 6.8) would I be best served to remove the pot now to the QT if I want the babies to survive or how should I handle this?
If I do remove the eggs or the babies, will it stress my GBR and will keep them learning proper parenthood?
Thanks in advance!