First Two Batches of Eggs

Hey everyone,

We got a melanoid male on Thursday of last week and it seems he wasted no time getting to know our females a bit better. I now have an estimated 500 eggs from two females (and possibly some more being laid right now).

I am planning to begin removing the eggs from the tank in a few minutes and I have read that it is fine to remove them using your fingers. Can someone confirm this for me or tell me what to use if not?

Also, I just got my plants to root so I am not super thrilled about the idea of ripping the plants out and putting them in some tupperware. I do have some plants that I could move into the tupperware, but I don't want to move the established ones. Is it safe to remove the eggs from the plants?

I'm pretty excited about this and once I get them moved safely I'll be posting most of them for sale. I want to try my hand at raising a few.

Thanks for your help!

I found an interesting egg. It seems it may contain triplets. Do I need to do anything special with it or be more careful with it? I set it in its own container so I can keep an eye on it a bit more.

Congratulations! When you're ready to sell I'll definitely be interested. With the egg with three inside, I'd assume just keeping it separate so you can watch it would be enough.
Emily

What ended up happening with the triplet egg? Just curious.