[David Jones]

Well, two hours after the photos of the intact eggs in the canister were taken, they are now missing. The change happened while I was away from the aquarium, so I was not able to observe what was going on. So, either the eggs were moved by the male (possibly due to disturbance of adding the leaves, ect. to the tank (preferable) or eaten (not preferable). The third possibility – even though the eggs did appear to be viable and stuck to the bubble nest, perhaps the too high conductivity rendered them inviable. However, while the female swims casually up front, as always, the male is nowhere to be seen, who also like the front of the tank before spawning, so maybe he is guarding them somewhere amongst all the new spaces..??