Question about fertile female flowerhorn?

[fsirico]

What do people mean when they say is she fertile? do they mean has she layed eggs before?

 

[Jory]

it means that when she lays eggs, are they able to actually become fish.
ferility: Biology. the ability to produce offspring; power of reproduction

 

[Mattyou]

Laying eggs is an indication of potential, fry is PROOF.

 

[fsirico]

ok but how do you know the eggs are fertile eggs? people might think they have a sterile male. is their a way to tell?

 

[Jory]

scientific method.
try different males that you know are fertile. truthfully, ive never actually seen an infertile female, but that doesnt mean its impossible.

 

[fsirico]

I thought if she lays eggs and their not white eggs then she's good or the eggs are good anyway. Anyone else got info on this?

 

[Jory]

even if the female is infertile, when she lays the eggs they are going to be brown at first. after about a day or so, they will all turn white around the same time. if they stay brown and become wigglers and eventually fish, both parents are fertile.

 

[fsirico]

is their any out their that had a proven fertile male and a female with sterile eggs?