My macmasteri red mask pair has spawned with no success for 4 times until now (from what I saw). First 2 egg-laying happened inside the coconut cave, the hole has big enough for the male to enter, he drove the female outside the cave and "taking care of eggs" (after 2-3 days the eggs was gone, in that period the pair was not eating, after that everything back to normal). I changed the cave with one with entrance small enough only for the female, but ... surprise: the female spawned on the exterior of the cave, around the cave entrance. Same scenario, male chased the female away from the eggs and after 2-3 days... no eggs.
My next move is to take out the eggs and move them alone or with mum in another tank.
What can be the problem? Can I have 2 females or a pair with the male too thoughtful? If I have two females can them/or one of them spawn consecutively without a male around?
My next move is to take out the eggs and move them alone or with mum in another tank.
What can be the problem? Can I have 2 females or a pair with the male too thoughtful? If I have two females can them/or one of them spawn consecutively without a male around?