Am i doing more bad than good?

First of all I want to say that I had a good year in the breeding aspect of the hobby(patting myself on the back) lol, anyways, lately I have been having a problem with tank space and found myself mixing fish that I know dont belong togeather while I get tanks set up.
Problem- sometimes my fish interbreed. i.e. my venustus and steveni, burtoni and red empress, and others.

Solution- I've been stripping the eggs and dumping them into my all male show tank(snacks)

Question?- I usa my all male tank to hold my breeding males if most of the females are holding( a group of 8 females and if half or more are holding I prefer to remove the male, I think its easier) O.K. Back to the question, Is it bad to feed eggs to the males? Will it make them want to eat the eggs durring spawning?

Or maybe i should add salt and spread them on a cracker.lol

Give them to a Dempsey owner... Like me!

Of course, my Bichars would more than enjoy them as well... yum!

I don't see any harm. In the wild they eat the weak and deformed fry.

FishVixen wrote:

I don't see any harm. In the wild they eat the weak and deformed fry.

TRue, I use to let the fish hold and feed the fry but With limited space I cant afford to wait 3weeks. Im just worried the males will get an aquired taste for fresh eggs. I have a male moori dolphin that eats the eggs durring the breeding process. Now he is no longer alowed with the ladies. lol

That happens in nature also

I don't see anything wrong with it. As long as they hybrid eggs are getting taken care of.

Most male fish that are spot spawners and defensive have it hard wired into them to protect the eggs; so feeding them eggs that they are not protecting will not change their natrual habits. There are always a few exception to the rules aka your moori, but for the most part they are hardwired to breed and reproduce.