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This makes for BAD news and GOOD news. The bad news is the male ate the eggs! The good news is the injury to the female did not prohibit her ability to spawn with the male. It also appears he did not abuse her this time around either. The other good news is you know you had fertile eggs and the hatched. So, the next time you remove the female once the eggs are safely in the nest. Once you see you have wigglers with tails and they begin to drop from the nest I would immediately remove the male. The other thing that may be true is you have a very immature male and he may or may not eat the eggs the next time around. I wouldn’t take the chance the next time around. Once you have your initial successful batch of fry growing up and might consider trying to leave him in the tank. Good luck and hope you have a complete success the next time around!