well, that was brief

This morning I looked in the angel tank. The spawning leaves were very clean- no sign of fungus- but most of the eggs gone, only twenty or thirty left. I thought the four striped kuhlis had been at them in the night- parents looked very diligent, fanning and striking when Tiger and Sassy- looking suspiciously plump and hanging around on the driftwood below anubias- got close. I was getting ready to set my fish trap for the kuhli loaches- thought I would at least put them in the breeder box for one or two days, see if the wigglers would get to free-swimming stage without that threat- but when I came back downstairs, all the eggs were gone. Parents still approaching the leaf spot, inspecting it, fanning as if reflexively. Did they eat the eggs themselves, then?