Hemichromis bimaculatus

[Wade91789]

I have a pair of Hemichromis bimaculatus and they have laid eggs twice now and they guard them like crazy for 2 days and then when I get home on the third day all the eggs are gone. I guess they are eating them.. Why would they do that?

 

[icydeath]

Maybe they get tired from guarding them and give up, letting the other fish eat them? Or they have poor parenting skills.

 

[Wade91789]

They are the only 2 fish in the tank

 

[icydeath]

They probably have poor parenting skills or the eggs aren't fertilized so they eat them.