How can I stop my egg layers eating their eggs?

I'll I can think of is setting up some sort of netting/grill below so the eggs can slip through to the bottom of the tank where the fish cant get to them?

I know you can get breeding traps with the slanted edges do the eggs drop down, but cos I have a shoal it's not so easy.

Any ideas?

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King of the Datnoids

hi Peter is it a bare bottom tank you are using?

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hey jon

no its a graveled bottom lightly planted with ornaments.

but these fish (golden barbs) even after they've just eaten, anything moves in the tank they want to bite/eat it!

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King of the Datnoids

not sure you will stop them mate to be honest, if it was a bare bottom tank they recomend using marbles as a base for the eggs to fall between!!! see what the other guys say on this!

sorry i cant be of any more help.

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na jon its cool mate, the marble idea is a good one... might whip them otu and into a bare bottom tank. sounds like a sound idea

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get fish that guard the eggs (cichlids) LOL

in all seriousness, i think it must be darn difficult to stop egg-layers eating the eggs or the other fish eating the eggs (unless like i said there is some protection going on)

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LOL

well if you see them eating the eggs or you suspect, try giving them a stern talking to, see if that helps

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Either very heavy planted, marbles on the bottom or some sort of mesh to stop the eating the eggs.

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