Hybrid egg laying female question...
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Is the texas a hybrid, if not then try to get ur hands on a bigger and manlier male for her.
I think the female is not letting the male get near the eggs when she is laying.
There's this trick these breeders use to breed with overly aggressive females but I don't want to give it out since these guys used their imagination to get it done.
Try to figure something out. I gave you the problem so I'm sure you can come up with a solution, Good luck
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I think the female is not letting the male get near the eggs when she is laying.
There's this trick these breeders use to breed with overly aggressive females but I don't want to give it out since these guys used their imagination to get it done.
Try to figure something out. I gave you the problem so I'm sure you can come up with a solution, Good luck
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Thank you both for the luck and chiming in. I have watched these two swim together for hours. Their chemistry is very good. The male is a regular store bought carpintis that has had fry before(I know because I got him from a friend that bred him). He is definitely in charge of this relationship... He sometimes spazes out and attacks her but it only lasts for like 5 seconds(but sometimes its hard enough to knock some scales off). I guess its a dominance check thing he does but they do fine after that.
So yesterday I watched them with tubes out rubbing all on the pot taking turns going in and out the pot for like 2 hours waiting for the eggs, but missed the actual spawn. Now I know I missed the actual spawn but they were still alternating going in and out the pot when I came back to see them. So she definitely let him in there.
The only thing I can think of is his timing for letting his juices flow are not in sink with her laying the eggs. I've seen pre spawn behavior but this session seemed extra long and I was watching like wow you should be laying some eggs already. So maybe he didnt/couldn't hold out!?
Dude remove the female and male from the eggs .... because till yesterday night my eggs were good my female is fanning them but today mrng i cant even see one eggs in my tank... they have been eaten by the female so remove the parents and let the eggs hatch by them self... then ur wish....
If your eggs were good then your female might have moved the wigglers to another area of the tank but your eggs looked white so I'm guessing she ate them to clean up for the next spawn. Either way good luck with your project.
As far as what I have going on... Moving unfertile eggs won't help the situation at all. I've raised fry without the parents so that's no biggie(check out my youtube page/signature). I had a bp and a carpintis paired and after 2 spawns of the bp eating the wigglers I decided to start snatching their eggs. Matter of fact this second female that I'm showing in this thread is from the bp that always ate her wigglers. The first female was from the superbowl thread.
More eggs were white this morning so I'm pretty sure this was a failed spawn but I will know for sure by tomorrow if any were fertile/fertilized.
Man Crush you have done all I suggested and from the pics of this last spawn i think you may be right on this girl for now at least. I know some on here have seen way more spawns of these hybrids but those eggs look off in shape and size to what i get from my fish. Also that has to be the loosest spawn i have ever seen, they cover halfway around that big pot with gaps everywhere in spawn. Again all my girls and many from others belonging to friends are in tight grouping with most touching each other even on my biggest spawn of over a thousand.
Also just because your male proved fertile in the past it does not mean he is not shooting blanks right now for whatever reason. Now that they have accepted each other as mates you might separate them for a few weeks to a month till she is good and full of eggs.
Also just because your male proved fertile in the past it does not mean he is not shooting blanks right now for whatever reason. Now that they have accepted each other as mates you might separate them for a few weeks to a month till she is good and full of eggs.
Here is day 2 and day 3(yesterday) updates...
Day 2
Day 3
The last pic will be like the last pic of her in a spawn because she is also going into retirement. She might come out of retirement if I keep her but for now I have to keep it moving and find this male another mate.
Day 2
Day 3
The last pic will be like the last pic of her in a spawn because she is also going into retirement. She might come out of retirement if I keep her but for now I have to keep it moving and find this male another mate.
Yeah her eggs were spaced out. I've had that happen a few times with a bp and the fertility rate is lower because of that but not 0% lol. Although I did not get her a flat rock as you suggested... I know the eggs had plenty of current with or without her fanning them so that wasnt the issue either. But thanks for seeing the situation to be more her fault. I have youtube vids of my first female with her failed spawn also and the eggs became white just as fast. Well Im tired of wasting energy/time on them so on to the next project...
