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if eggs leave the tank do they still live how long can they stay out of water

Best to keep them in the water, but you might get away with moving the rock from one tank to another.  If possible, carry the rock with the eggs in a container of the tank water to the new destination.

well i know that much at least it was that i did know they where there till when i was checken on there status in the new tank the mother convict that is