I have a mated pair of banggai cardinals that have been laying eggs for a few months now. Everytime the male has either released the eggs early or eaten them in the first few days. I believe the longest carry was 5 days.
In the first months I thought that he was not well-fed enough and got to work fatening the pair up. I'm up to 3 feedings a day, with a variety of frozen and commercial foods but no live feeding.
After that I thought the clowns were running after them. So I removed the clowns.
I'm on the second or third spawn after the removal of the clowns. They were showing breeding behaviour yesterday but I can't tell if they got to lay the eggs. If they did the male has already eaten them.
What else can I do? Does the male get better at carrying over time?
In the first months I thought that he was not well-fed enough and got to work fatening the pair up. I'm up to 3 feedings a day, with a variety of frozen and commercial foods but no live feeding.
After that I thought the clowns were running after them. So I removed the clowns.
I'm on the second or third spawn after the removal of the clowns. They were showing breeding behaviour yesterday but I can't tell if they got to lay the eggs. If they did the male has already eaten them.
What else can I do? Does the male get better at carrying over time?