Clown laying eggs but male eating them

[bubbaque]

As the title says. I see my female clown laying eggs but the male is eating them all. Is this normal behavior?

 

[Jason_MrFrags]

Their first clutch?

 

[bubbaque]

Not sure, maybe they have always ate them. I thought it was just the male eating them buts it both of them. First time I noticed them laying though.

 

[Tahoe61]

Eventually they will get it right, it's pretty common with new breeding pairs. Unless you have the set up and time to raise the clutch then they would have been eaten shortly after hatching anyway.

 

[pickupman66]

It might also be a nutrition deficiency in the pair as well. what are you feeding them? Mine seem to do quite well and lay very regularly when I switched over to a mix of PE mysis and LRS breeding frenzy.

 

[bubbaque]

I feed frozen exclusively. Roughly 6-8 cubes of larrys reef frenzy and mysis shrimp.