Its been a little over 3 months since it was established that i had a proven pair, and about another 12 rounds of egg laying and eaten before they had time to hatch. I was considering swapping the female over with one of the others, or even maybe placing wire mesh over the eggs, but figured they may have been eaten after they hatched anyway, but i persevered.
The pair started feeding better over the last month or so taking beef heart and the pallets i offer them daily. They laid a nicer clutch of eggs a few days ago, and i was surprised to see they had hatched and the fry transferred onto the sponge filter once more.
Hopefully this time they make it....Lucky i have patience...Fingers crossed.