BlackAndRedLipstick
05-03-2019, 03:49 PM
so i've had my breeding pair of golden melons for about 3 months(ish). After about 6 weeks they started to lay eggs. first batch of eggs they just ate them( i expect as much i had to do some major filter work that day and i know i stressed them out a bit). second time they got the eggs to hatch but then ate them again. and now ive got them laying eggs every 6 days on the nose but every time they spawn and the eggs hatch roughly on the 5th day the fry will not leave the cone. At first i thought maybe the batch was still born or that something wasn't right. I keep them at 6.8ph, temp 84, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20. As weird as it is the first day they ever laid eggs it was a day where i had no RO water so i used 100% tap and so since then i use only tap and go a 30% water change every 2 days in a 30 gallon tank. I feed them a beef heart recipe and pellets. Any ideas what it could be or what i should maybe change? should i maybe try taking out the fry and raising them without the parents?