Hello, new to the forums. I recently found one of my juvenile Allunacara is a female. I discovered this because it has a mouth full of eggs. It's an OB Peacock. There is one other male OB peacock in the tank with it. There are 13 other male Allunacara in the tank of various species. So will the fry be OB Peacocks, or could the female OB have mated with any other of the males? I didn't see the act so have no idea. If they are going to be cross- breeds, I'll probably just let them be eaten in the tank. If they will be OB Peacocks, I will save them. Any way to tell?
Breeding/cross breeding question
- Thread starter Unrealbill
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Thanks for your answer, that's pretty much what I figured. These guys all love women, so it could be any of them!
Since you already know which is the female, maybe move her to a separate tank so you can sell/give/trade her back to the store otherwise you will continue to have spawning accidents.
I separated the OB last night to keep her from getting picked on, so it's in a tank with only smaller fish now. She has eggs now and I don't really want the fry, but I suppose the other juvenile peacocks will eat them?
I just discovered I have another female that I previously thought was a male. This one is a Taiwan Reef. I thought it was slow to develop but still a male because it has fairly pronounced egg spots. Well I know it's female now because I watched it lay eggs on a rock and eat them in some odd solo spawn mission. I thought she was carrying them around at first, but nope, ate them. Nobody else was spawning with the fish though, it was strange.
I just discovered I have another female that I previously thought was a male. This one is a Taiwan Reef. I thought it was slow to develop but still a male because it has fairly pronounced egg spots. Well I know it's female now because I watched it lay eggs on a rock and eat them in some odd solo spawn mission. I thought she was carrying them around at first, but nope, ate them. Nobody else was spawning with the fish though, it was strange.
The OB hybrids can turn out really awesome sometimes. While I dont recomend selling hyrbids many OB hybrids are worth money to the right person since technically OBs are a hybrid already. Snake river cichlids has gotten some pretty neat hybrids and I've also seen some cool ones in the past. And in my experience usually the OB females will mate with any male showing red or orange, they arnt to picky.