N. strauchii egg eaters?

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I have a group that recently started laying. The other night I saw a small bundle of eggs laid under a piece of slate. Today most the eggs were gone or repositioned by force, scattered through the tank.

To avoid the eating of eggs during breeding or egg laying I feed my newts every 2-3 days in very gracious amounts. Now I'm extracting every egg I see with a baster. As a precaution I put the males in a different tank.

Has anyone else experienced this?
 
That is most interesting. I have never seen any eaten. However, I have never left any eggs in the tank longer than 4-5 days. I feed them every other day.
 
I've never seen any egg eating among strauchii either, but it seems that some individuals learn this behavior, probably in any species.

I have noticed that dud eggs in the strauchii tanks tend to become detatched from their rock more easily than good eggs. Is it possible that they are coming loose on their own?

By the way, congrats on the eggs!
 
My group eat their own eggs, often before I get the chance to remove them.
 
Jennewt said:
I've never seen any egg eating among strauchii either, but it seems that some individuals learn this behavior, probably in any species.

I have noticed that dud eggs in the strauchii tanks tend to become detatched from their rock more easily than good eggs. Is it possible that they are coming loose on their own?

By the way, congrats on the eggs!
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Thanks Jen the breeding N. strauchii are eggs you sent me 2-3 years ago. I'm certain the eggs aren't detaching themselves. The eggs I rescued all seem to be fine and were well placed when laid. While scanning the tank for loose eggs I came across egg membranes and eggs well intact but with missing yolks. There were some eggs still hanging but without yolks.

Someone was being greedy. Hopefully the females keep laying and since I separated the males hopefully I solved the problem for the time being. I am now on a daily scout for eggs in the female tank.
 

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How are the surviving eggs doing Jaymes? Will you be raising larvae? :)
 
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