Hey MFK members so I have had a female Midas cichlid for about 4 years now and she is about 6 or 7 inches long give or take and is a solo member in the tank. The tank is about 75 gallons ( I know definitely not large enough). Now the interesting part; she has recently laid eggs and they hatched into free swimming fry! As of now only two babies remain and they are easily distinguished as cichlids. The only problem is that she has not had a tank mate for over 2 years now and the last mates were a Jaguar cichlid and a red devil cichlid. My question is how is this even possible for not having a mate for 2 years and all of the sudden just this month she has had offspring?
Midas Cichlid asexual offspring
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I don't see how that is possible without a male fish fertilizing the eggs? Someone else please chime in I'd like to know if that has happened to others
I have read before that is possible for cichlids to change sex overtime but I don't believe it is possible to fertilize their own eggs
Hermaphridite fish maybe lol...
Can't be right, you got a convict hiding in your filter?
Can't be right, you got a convict hiding in your filter?
Are you certain it's fry? Females will act and spawn as if there's a male around even if there's not.
Some fish can change sex. And some livebearers can store sperm from a single breeding for later.
But Midas are not capable of doing either.
Unless there has been a new discovery I'm unaware of.
If you can post some pictures of the fry it may help determine what's going on.
Some fish can change sex. And some livebearers can store sperm from a single breeding for later.
But Midas are not capable of doing either.
Unless there has been a new discovery I'm unaware of.
If you can post some pictures of the fry it may help determine what's going on.
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I remember reading somewhere, but cannot find the article again, about a cichlid doing this at some university a few years ago. Apparently the fish was used for some type of project for a while but was always kept solo. After the project was finished the fish and tank were moved and forgotten about for some amount of time. When the tank was "rediscovered", there were multiple fish of the same species in the tank including fry and fish in other stages of development. Since nothing was observed, nothing could be proven, but it was still an interesting read.
In other news, a shark in Australia apparently did this and was documented. Pretty cool stuff.
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep40537
In other news, a shark in Australia apparently did this and was documented. Pretty cool stuff.
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep40537