cichlidcasey
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So I had a group of 8 convicts. I raised.them till they paired off then sold all but one pair... What I thought was a female pink and a male black. Though the pink.had the elongated fins and orange color I believed it was female. The black seemed to have shorter fins but still orange. They had laid eggs before but I never witnessed which one laid the eggs. Now a days its hard to sex convicts due to inbreeding and mixbreeding of the species.
Yesterday I noticed the black convict whom I believed to be a male was holding eggs. At some time today she laid her eggs and the pink convict previously thought to be a female is paired up with the black.
Question is....if there both female (which I doubt) would one let the other near the eggs?
Would another female help protect the eggs?
They spend equal time in the cave/nest
And it is possible that I was mistaken on the sex of these fish and that I sold off the wrong fish but luckily still ended up with a pair.
Yesterday I noticed the black convict whom I believed to be a male was holding eggs. At some time today she laid her eggs and the pink convict previously thought to be a female is paired up with the black.
Question is....if there both female (which I doubt) would one let the other near the eggs?
Would another female help protect the eggs?
They spend equal time in the cave/nest
And it is possible that I was mistaken on the sex of these fish and that I sold off the wrong fish but luckily still ended up with a pair.