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matt&his_cichlids  Fingerling Posts: 43 Kudos: 47 Votes: 2 Registered: 10-Jan-2005   | i have a pair of rainbow cichlids.. and was wandering why the spawn and lay a gazillion eggs but no fry hatch. is it possible i have 2 female fish (they do court) or is there somthing more sinister at work.:%) Last edited by jason_r_s at 11-Jan-2005 01:21 |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26 |     |
Jason_R_S       Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001   | how big are they? it is possible they are 2 females but it could also be that they are too young. the males may not have reached maturity which means of course that they wouldn't be capable yet of fertilizing the eggs.  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26 |  |
| jpulcher Small Fry Posts: 1 Kudos: 2 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jan-2005 | well maybe you do maybe your pet shop is rubbish at sexing |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26 | |
| matt&his_cichlids Fingerling Posts: 43 Kudos: 47 Votes: 2 Registered: 10-Jan-2005 | jpulcher thanks for your reply, but it appears that your barking up the wrong tree. considering you also purchase fish from the same lfs. and yours dont got problems. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26 | |
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