My green terror laid eggs

[PoopSmart]

I am pretty sure. It was either the GT or the blood parrot and the GT's breeding tube looked pretty female to me.


I don't think i am going to get fry though, but we will see.


Its funny because I have moved this green terror around so many tanks, and its maybe 3.5 inches now in my leaf fish tank with my one eyed blood parrot (20 gallon long). I thought the thing was going to die it would never compete with my other cichlids, but in this 20 long its always got its fins straight up and its always wiggling its butt when it swims to get the parrots attention and then flaring its gills at it.


This one used to have parasites as well.


If it actually hatches and the blood parrot was the egg layer then I will post pics in the hybrid section.

I just thought i would share that about my green terror since I seriously thought it was going to die more than a handful of times either due to aggression problems or parasites (a bolivian ram beat it up once so i kept it with guppies at one point).

I think it feels dominant because the leaf fish doesn't care about dominance and the blood parrot can't bite it so it feels indestructable.

 

[dyajz]

Congrats!..hopefully they do hatch..would love to see how they turn out =D

 

[elting44]

Correct me if I am wrong but aren't BPs sterile? Either way the eggs are duds correct?

 

[PoopSmart]

Correct me if I am wrong but aren't BPs sterile? Either way the eggs are duds correct?

If BP is male then high chance of sterile, if female then they can lay eggs just fine.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

Correct me if I am wrong but aren't BPs sterile? Either way the eggs are duds correct?

I have seen a proven breeding pair of BP's, but it isn't a common thing.

 

[itzacraze]

a fertile bp is wirth money and a proven pair is in the thousands there isnt a possibility for them to cross and the eggs should be quiete moldy by now... good thing because i couldnt imagine how ugly the fry would be lol

 

[FSM]

I foresee a batch of duds or a swarm of monstrous little mutated monstrosities.

 

[killerfish]

so most likely won't get fry if the green terror laid them then the most likely can't be fertilized if the parrot laid them i'm not sure a 3'' green terror would be old enough to fertilize them or if it would wan't to

just look and see which ever cichlid is the closest or is right above the eggs most likely laid them

 

[PoopSmart]

Well I think my female GT is very inexperienced because she still hasn't eaten the eggs


Funny though, she laid them on the bottom of a big pvc pipe with slate glued to it, and since she dug a pit in front of them standing pvc the BP got behind it and toppled it over so its a proper cave/pit.

THats dedication.