I now have two breeding pairs of German Blue Rams in a 55 gallon tank with 15 Harlequin Rasbora. That is the only stock. It is lightly planted with flat rocks that they have laid eggs on but both pairs which are young (4-6 months from what I can gather) have eaten their first batch of eggs before they hatched. They guarded them for a day or so and then slowly ate them. I hear that they usually take 4-5 batches to get it right. Is this true?

You can always seperate them from the eggs. Eggs will hatch. They pretty much live off there egg for the 1st week. Then you can feed them crushed up vegi flakes after that. Thats what I do with all mine.

I want them to display parenting, though because I want them to become good parents. That keeps my hands off of it until they get bigger. I also have to save up some cash to get a 20 gallon long to raise the fry in. Right now I have no spare tanks. So it would be good for them to raise the fry and it's a good time for me to let them try to raise them.

Just get a 5 gallon or a 10 gallon and a small spoonge filter. You can get all of that for like $10-$15

I say a 20g long. It has a larger footprint then the 10g and more water volume. I know they are bottom dwellers so the bigger the footprint the better. Plus a 20g long is just a great tank to have around.

You can raise fry in anything I was saying that b/c CS said money was a problem. They sell 10G anywhere you can't find a 20L anywhere. Just trying to make it cheap and simple. If you dont seperate them the parents could just keep killing the babies over and over again.

I work at PetSmart, so finding a 20 gallon long isn't the issue. We have three of them on stock. I just need the cash to put that together. I also have a while because they just laid eggs a few days ago. Hopefully when it happens again, I can be prepared!

So do you have any fry??

The first batch was eaten as eggs. I am going to try to let the parents raise the fry for 3 more batches or so and see if they start to raise them on their own first. Then I'll intervene and raise the fry on my own if they are not successful.

Well they are young. They should get the hang of it soon. Its better to let them learn to do it. Less work for you later.

That was exactly my thought process. That would be nice if they could catch on. Is it unusual for the female to be looking full of eggs again already? It hasn't been more than a week or two since they laid the first batch.

She could be. What are you feeding them?
Share pics of the next batch of eggs if you can