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Question: White debris in late stage eggs

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Hello everyone, I have a clutch of about 25 eggs in the late stages of larval development. As a matter of fact, 4 have already hatched; perhaps prematurely?

Anyway, a good number of them remaining in their egg have a white debris with them. It looks as though one spilled yogurt on a floor - splattered, white substance. The larvae inside are in quite late stages - you can see their eyes, gills and internal organs with a naked eye.

I read that any cloudiness or fuzziness indicates they have died :<
But that doesn't quite fit what I'm seeing, so I hope it's a different case. Photos to follow --
 
Here are some photos of the white debris, and cloudiness that several of my eggs are exhibiting.
 

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I'd separate the cloudy ones, and if the larvae are still moving within the egg...just wait and see. If they get worse with no movement then probably they have died....
 
It appears the majority of the eggs with white debris worsened, grew cloudy, and the larvae inside deteriorated.
 
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