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woke up this morning to found some breakfast ready for me .......................... eggs.............................. from my GBR.................



they are such bad parents ~ it's in a planted community tank and they would both leave the eggs....... :(
hopefully i can get some wigglers and put them in a grow out tank.....
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Nice! I have a pair of GBR's that I am half expecting to do this, but are also in a community tank. Are they really that bad of parents? They certainly aren't that aggressive towards other fish so far as I can tell.
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from what i read online and other forums - most of the wigglers will be eaten by the parents if not taken out. hopefully i get some free swimming. if it goes pass 3 days ~ and there's still fries in the tank...take them out.
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Darth Nandopsis replied the topic: my morning surprise

Are the eggs white or a tan color? White = no good, tan = fertilized.
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tehmole replied the topic: my morning surprise

last time i checked they were brown...
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Over easy please!!
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Big-Ken replied the topic: Re:my morning surprise

GBR are notoriously bad parents

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tehmole replied the topic: Re:my morning surprise

bad news ~ eggs are gone. hopefully they will spawn again and i'll remove the eggs
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tehmole replied the topic: Re:my morning surprise

Part 2 - they just laid eggs again.

@bigken- should I remove the eggs or see if they are good parents once again?
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tehmole replied the topic: Re:my morning surprise

Forgot to add. The eggs are brownish color. So in hoping I'll have wigglers in a day or two.
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