Moving Eggs

[unkle_billy]

Hopefully there is a simple answer to this question one way or the other. Here is the scenario: I want to cross breed a heart shaped blood parrot with a flowerhorn to put to rest if the parrots are surgically altered or if there is a possibility of them being born into this deformity. I suspect if they have a heart shape gene it could be possible to pass it along. Nothing definitive I know but it's worth a shot.
So the heart parrot lays eggs frequently like any other parrot but I do not want to have her in the same tank as the flowerhorn or use a divider. Question is can I move the eggs from the parrot tank soon after they are layed to the flower tank and expect a possibility of the flowerhorn fertilizing them. One more factor is the male flowerhorn is housed with two females so might he think they layed the eggs and fertilize them?

 

[ceeej31]

if you give the flower horn the eggs from the parrot it will eat them, and i believe it has already been confirmed that heart parrots are created through a surgical procedure

 

[thesamas]

try putting him in the parrot tank

 

[unkle_billy]

The flowerhorn is too volatile for the parrot and it's tankmates. If I place the eggs on the other side of a divider with a bit of space beneath it the flowerhorn could still fertilize them yet be unable to eat them?

 

[crisgaston]

The eggs need to be fertilized in a matter of seconds or at most a minute or so. Once exposed to water, the eggs harden and the male's sperm can no longer penetrate the eggs. The female takes several minutes to lay the eggs in batches and the male has to alternately fertilize each batch immediately after being laid. You may have a problem there.

 

[unkle_billy]

Excellent and insightful answer thankyou