blood parot breeding ?! WHAT? lol

[CanadianKeeper]

Ok so I always assumed that they were infertile, couldn't breed and it would never happen.

My gfs cat killed her flower horn, she wanted another weird fish so I got her this blood tarot, It was in a tank with an absolute monster of another blood parrot.

So we have been gone all weekend the blood has been very skid-dish ever since we got it. Came home and EGGS !

So they are not fertile correct ? There is no male to fertilize the eggs, im assuming that it needs to and they dont come out fertile?

 

[Chrisplosion]

Fertile females will lay eggs but with males being all sterile they can't fertilize the eggs. Best to clean them up before they muck up the tank.

 

[Grandcandy123]

Yes, as said above, females CAN lay fertile eggs. Male Blood Parrots are infertile, so as long as there is another fertile male cichlid (breed that is used to make a blood parrot) it is possible to have fertile eggs. I know you said that there is just another BP in there, so no, the eggs arent fertile.

 

[CanadianKeeper]

ahh ok ! Take the eggs out? Will they not jsut eat them eventually ?