Need help sexing my jag
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Hi guys thanks for the help. I brought the jag home from the petshop around 3 days ago. It has yet to start feeding and i had to get rid of my oscar that was badly harrassed by the jag.
Turns out it was a she, as evident from the hundreds of eggs that now cover my rocks haha. Quick couple of questions:
1) obviously having no male present and having bought her already pregnant, what should i do with the eggs?
2) now that shes laid the eggs im assuming she will become less aggressive and it would be safe to once again add tank mates? ( shes alone in a 125 galllon).
3) do jaguars tend to stop feeding during the pregnancy and should she be more readily acceptable to food now?
Thanks
Michael
Turns out it was a she, as evident from the hundreds of eggs that now cover my rocks haha. Quick couple of questions:
1) obviously having no male present and having bought her already pregnant, what should i do with the eggs?
2) now that shes laid the eggs im assuming she will become less aggressive and it would be safe to once again add tank mates? ( shes alone in a 125 galllon).
3) do jaguars tend to stop feeding during the pregnancy and should she be more readily acceptable to food now?
Thanks
Michael
0.) Please don't refer to a cichlid as 'pregnant'. They don't get pregnant.
1.) the eggs will not be fertilized unless you have something else in the tank that is male and is capable of of crossing with the jav (i.e. most central americans), in which case it may have fertilized the eggs. Fertilized eggs are brown/tannish. Unfertilized/damaged/diseased eggs are white. If they're mot fertilized, you can keep it there and the jag can eat her eggs to recoup some energy that she expended in the egg-making process.
2.) Depends on how much of a protective instinct she has, even if she sees most of her eggs going off she might still want to kill everything anyways.
3.) They may stop feeding, though it varies greatly based on the situation.
1.) the eggs will not be fertilized unless you have something else in the tank that is male and is capable of of crossing with the jav (i.e. most central americans), in which case it may have fertilized the eggs. Fertilized eggs are brown/tannish. Unfertilized/damaged/diseased eggs are white. If they're mot fertilized, you can keep it there and the jag can eat her eggs to recoup some energy that she expended in the egg-making process.
2.) Depends on how much of a protective instinct she has, even if she sees most of her eggs going off she might still want to kill everything anyways.
3.) They may stop feeding, though it varies greatly based on the situation.
My female only accepts food like twice a week no matter what. I would try to remove the eggs if you want tank mates. I wouldn't brush off her attitude due to this, they're EVIL fish lol. I'm trying to cross mine with a male JD and I don't think he's man enough to handle her and he's larger.
I have a female Jag in a 125 with a few tank mates, and when she is laying eggs is the only time shes aggressive. Otherwise shes fine, and they all know to get out her way once her tube drops lol
Heres a pic of her with a few mates, they all get along. No fights. Some gill flaring here and there but pretty much laid back
Rocksor,
I have never actually pulled her from the tank and measured her with a tape, so can't say 100% But my eye tells me between 7"-8". She's already laid eggs on a few occasions.
I have never actually pulled her from the tank and measured her with a tape, so can't say 100% But my eye tells me between 7"-8". She's already laid eggs on a few occasions.
She is one really nice looking female.
If you never mentioned that she laid eggs, I would have pegged her as a male.
Thanks. I guess I got lucky. She has definitely laid eggs on several occasions. I can always tell when its coming too. She gets the pms lol...she withdraws a little more, and becomes much more aggressive, which is out of character for her. She is really laid back most of the time. Her belly swells and she gets this bright golden base color. I considered getting her a male, but then I figured it would be more trouble than it would be worth. I don't plan on selling fry, and I don't wanna risk her being killed by a mate. Not to mention needing to rehome tons of other fish. So she will probably be single for life.
