They can be easily removed from the spawning mop with your fingers. I placed the eggs in a plastic margarine dish filled with water from the spawning aquarium and added enough acriflavine to color the water yellow. The acriflavine is a fungicide which protects the eggs for the first two days. I placed the covered margarine dish on top of the breeding aquarium to incubate the eggs. Replacement of the dish on the breeding aquarium and recleaning every two or three days is the norm.
Incubation time varies with the water temperature.
The fry are free-swimming within 24 hours and can be fed live baby brine shrimp or microworms immediately. They can also be fed hard-boiled egg yolk as a substitute. For the first couple of weeks, I maintain the fry in the margarine dishes and replace their water every two days with fresh water from the breeding aquarium. Finely powdered Tetramin Staple food can be alternated with the baby shrimp. The rearing aquarium should have some type of filtration system and should be cleaned frequently.