Dolphin Moori blue patches

[Irecruitfish]

She is mouthing eggs, no question about it. The eggs will for almost certainty all be dead, and dropped over the next few days.

Thank you so much for confirming. So glad I didn't use the meds.

 

[Grinch]

There won't be any fry.

+1. After looking at the video, gotta give you props... good spot on the holding from the still pic!! Very subtle bulge...

 

[Irecruitfish]

She is mouthing eggs, no question about it. The eggs will for almost certainty all be dead, and dropped over the next few days.

edited to add - if by some rare chance fry are produced, please grow them out!

I'll certainly keep a close eye on this situation and will capture any fry. Extra tank is ready to go.

 

[Irecruitfish]

I'll certainly keep a close eye on this situation and will capture any fry. Extra tank is ready to go.

Quick update the eggs are gone and so are the stress patches. Her behavior is back to normal. I have zero experience with eggs/fry but I'm assuming the only way I'll be successful is if the next time she's holding eggs I'll have to catch her and put her in a separate tank?

 

[J. H.]

I'll certainly keep a close eye on this situation and will capture any fry. Extra tank is ready to go.

It's a joke you know. you have add good of a chance of fertilizing those eggs and producing mermaids as that acara has of of creating acara x moori . someone on here had their male gt cross with their female front, so I would believe they mated, but obviously no fry were hatched of their union.
RD. I thought I had finally got you making a really stupid mistake, but after that video I must admit you are right as usual. BTW, some female riftlake cichlids will lay and hold eggs with no male at all markstrimaran had a dragonblood peacock hold when it was the only fish in the tank.

 

[RD.]

No, just leave her in the main tank. The eggs will with almost 100% certainty never hatch, even if fertilized by your male Acara. It's a hybrid mix that generally does not work.

BTW - I make lots of mistakes, just ask my wife.

 

[Irecruitfish]

No, just leave her in the main tank. The eggs will with almost 100% certainty never hatch, even if fertilized by your male Acara. It's a hybrid mix that generally does not work.

BTW - I make lots of mistakes, just ask my wife.

Makes more sense now. Thanks everyone!

 

[Cichlid215]

I grew this dolphin cichlid as a fry in my 29 gallon for over a year and now it graduated to my 125 gallon. Well I added it to the 125 over 2 months ago but just noticed its behavior is way off today. Water conditions are perfect even though I didn't change the water in 2 weeks. I missed 2 days worth of feeding.

Usually it's very aggressive at greeting me expecting a feeding. It's hanging out at the bottom of the tank and hardly ate. No clue what's going on but maybe another fish attacked it? I didn't notice any sparring today.


Here's more info
PH 7.5
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20

Tank is understocked with juveniles
3 inch dolphin cichlid
5 inch electric blue acara
4 inch leopard bush fish
5 inch African knife fish
6 inch Senegal bichir
7 tiger barbs
5 black skirt tetra
4 inch opaline gourami
3 syno catfish about 3 inches

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Definitely A female holding fry or eggs. One of the blue dolphins is male one hundred percent

 

[danotaylor]

Definitely A female holding fry or eggs. One of the blue dolphins is male one hundred percent

And the fry are now 8 years old