Egg's

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i Found out my egg's are not fertile.. it has been 6 days all the egg's are white and she's not eating them and is still protecting them.. and wont let any other fish around.
 
Well if they are yellowish brown then they are fertile. I they are white or have white spots they are bad eggs. It sounds like she is a first time parents witch 9 out of 10 spawns fail the first few times. Sometimes it takes one spawn some up to 4 for them to get it right.


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well all the egg's are white..this is her first time so its a fail.. will she eat them and in how long??..after egg's are gone will she not be as territorial towards the male? will she spawn in the same spot next time.?? how often will she spawn.
 
What kind of fish is it? Being that is her first time no she probably won't but I wouldn't pull the eggs cause that could make the male go ham on her. She just being a mother. They won't start working together till the eggs hatch. She might spawn there again if she is most comfortable in that spot.


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she is a Jaguar Cichlid about 4 1/2 inch. i also have another female that is 3 1/2 inch and a male the is almost 4 inch.so she wont eat her eggs? just leave them or will they rotten and mess with my water.? she hasn't paired with the male only semi aggressive toward him and the other female.
 
she probably laid in hopes of pairing with the male who showed no interest in her or the eggs. If you can separate them one male with one female or just let them pair on their own. As far as I know no the eggs won't mess with water conditions but if you want you can pull them clean what ever she laid them on and put it back in the same spot.


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as long as the egg's sit there she is gonna protect them?? whats the best way to go about this..? how do i get him to pair with either female. the male's contantly hidding.
 
Yup she will protect them till the end. I use a net to block the fish from bitting me and just take out the rock out wash real good to make sure you cleaned the eggs. You could try to remove the male or divide him for a week or so let the females get comfortable them let him out. Watch them very close for aggression divide them again if it gets too violent. You could also pull one female and just leave a female and male together.


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