Clowns destroying clutch

[Worldwithin]

So for some time, I have had a pair of clowns that have been breeding. They have been rather reliable with thier egg laying, but recently, they have been destroying the entire nest the day after they lay it. This has occured at least 4 or 5 times in a row. Prior to this, they took care of them all the way through hatching.

I have checked all my parameters and everything seems normal. There haven't been any known swings in anything as far as I can tell. They appear to go about their daily routiene as they have before.

Anyone know what may be going on with them that is causing them to destroy their eggs the day after they lay them??

Thanks!

Andy

 

[Nagel]

Are there any changes in the environment OUTSIDE the tank? i.e. more foot traffic, more people, new pets, etc?

 

[Worldwithin]

No, not that I can think of. The tank has always been in the living room, and the house occupies the same number of entities (pets included).

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[Siklid]

could be there ****ed that there last bunch disapeared, so there trying to stop that from happening, by, animals are animals there is no real telliing why they do things

 

[Worldwithin]

One thing that I noticed today as they were stripping yet another nest, a good portion of the eggs were cloudy and whiteish. My belief is that they are bad eggs as I recall seeing a few of the previously stripped nests having some of them as well. I have heard that they will remove the bad eggs, but what could cause them all to become bad all of a sudden when the previous batches were perfectly healthy?

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[stykthyn]

I read somewhere that they will remove bad eggs also. this could be the reason they are doing it.

 

[David M]

Any changes in adult feeding/ nutrition? That would be my "go to" thought, they are undernourished. Still, I'd think they wouldn't lay at all rather than lay bad nests and then destroy them. Find an asian market that sells masago (capnelli roe) and offer that to the adults. If they want to eat eggs, might as well get nourished while they're at it

 

[Worldwithin]

I guess they now have a fondness for caviar....

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[Juck]

What's the O2 level? I discovered the hard way yesterday that an improperly aerated nest dies very quickly (a few hours) ,, and they all were milky-colored.

 

[Worldwithin]

The tank is at saturation levels. Granted the dad does need to be fanning the eggs (which in the past he has been rather good about). Since there isn't much time between the laying and the removing (overnight), I am somewhat unable to notice if he is doing his job.

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