Male flowerhorns, fertile or sterile? Both? My experience and need your input

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bgolfer88

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So far I have tried...

-ZZ Male x Blackbelt female - Spawned about 7 times - NO HATCHES
-Red texas male x Parrot female - Only spawned 1 time (so far) - All eggs now white (approx 60-70 hours after spawn)

Do I just have bad luck finding fertile FH's? I seen and read many success stories but I cannot seem to get it to go. Anything I might be doing wrong? They are DEF paired (not a female randomly laying) and she fans them constantly.

I assume there is a certain percentage of FH males that are sterile and fertile; ANY IDEA WHAT THE RATIO MIGHT ACTUALLY BE???

Does this have to do with where I purchased my FH? I have heard wholesalers will sterilize batches of fish before they send them out. I got the ZZ at Animal Jungle, VA Beach (It is not a chain but will put ANY chain aka. Petsfart to shame), the Red texas I did buy at Petsfart... don't judge. \

Please someone respond!! I haven't been getting hardly any responses from posts lately. Thx.
 
Zz flowerhorns are usually fertile. Your red texas is likely a kamfa if you got it from petsmart, and a high percentage of them are sterile. The fact that the females laid eggs says that they are fertile.
Size is also a factor, how big are the males?

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Many factors,

Many fh males take much longer to reach sexual maturity, this is mostly but not only in kamfas.

The red tex from ps is prop a kamfa, as reading all the ps red tex threads I havent seen any true rt.

How big are your guys

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He is sitting right at 7". The ZZ was about the same size, maybe slightly smaller. They both are/were about the same age too, prob around 1.25 years old.
 
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