What do I do after my cherry barb is done laying eggs?

Question

Hi, I have a 10 gallon tank and a 5 gallon tank. i use the 5 gallon when one of my fish is about to lay eggs. my cherry barb just layed some eggs in the 5 gallon and I put the male and the female together but the male keeps chasing the female ( the female layed a lot of eggs and i think she's done). Do I need to get them both back into the 10 gallon tank and separate them from the eggs? thx.

i dont have a heater or a filter in my 5 gallon tank

Answer 1

Yes, you need to remove them from the tank asap. They will eat any eggs or young that they can find.

Cherry barbs are a really fun fish to breed, if you need any further help with them feel free to email me.

MM