I know this isn't a question with a universal answer, but I was wondering about the frequency for a flowerhorn female to drop it's egg tube for breeding. I have been waiting for some time now, as well as my Dovii, for her to come around and lay some eggs. If you saw my last thread I was getting excited about the behavior they began exhibiting which looked a lot like mating behavior, lip locking, shaking etc..., all of which they are still doing, just without ever reaching the egg stage. I am trying to figure out what the hold up is on her part and I have narrowed it down to a few possibilities;
1. She is infertile
2. She does not want to breed with the Dovii. There is a much larger Jd in the tank that I would consider most dominant, but the Dovii and Fh were separated with a divider for about a month with no progress.
3. She is being distracted by the other fish in the tank, like the Red Devil that is always working to slide in on her.
4. For some reason she isn't settled enough for beginning the process, or otherwise she does not breed as often as fish I am familiar with.
I have done a good bit of research on Flowerhorns since this all started and I have to admit I am still far from having a good grasp on the nature of a fish that has so many different genetic influences. Any info I could get from the members here would be very helpful. I plan on selling the Dovii soon, due to my favorite Jags soon to be graduation to the big tank, and am only keeping him so he can see this through. If this looks like a situation that will never come to fruition then I will probably start the process of selling the Dovii, but I don't want to give up on it if there is still hope. I have included a picture of the Fh if that helps people identify it's type and maybe can give some clues to it's general nature.
1. She is infertile
2. She does not want to breed with the Dovii. There is a much larger Jd in the tank that I would consider most dominant, but the Dovii and Fh were separated with a divider for about a month with no progress.
3. She is being distracted by the other fish in the tank, like the Red Devil that is always working to slide in on her.
4. For some reason she isn't settled enough for beginning the process, or otherwise she does not breed as often as fish I am familiar with.
I have done a good bit of research on Flowerhorns since this all started and I have to admit I am still far from having a good grasp on the nature of a fish that has so many different genetic influences. Any info I could get from the members here would be very helpful. I plan on selling the Dovii soon, due to my favorite Jags soon to be graduation to the big tank, and am only keeping him so he can see this through. If this looks like a situation that will never come to fruition then I will probably start the process of selling the Dovii, but I don't want to give up on it if there is still hope. I have included a picture of the Fh if that helps people identify it's type and maybe can give some clues to it's general nature.
