Little white eggs stuck on rocks

travis · 07-19-2010, 03:06 PM

i was started to clean my tank today and i happen to see tons of little white eggs stuck on my rocks, Could these be fry eggs? The reason i amasking is i ahve a red devil that seem s to be protecting them hard and i only have 1 red devil in there. I have 3 other chiclids in there that are the same but they want nothing to do woth the eggs. Or could this be a parisite? I took pic but they are kinda hard to see because they are on a whit rock. any help would be great

gretchup · 07-19-2010, 05:02 PM

those look like eggs. and i have heard that fish can store sperm for months, and also some can re-use sperm to spawn multiple times. pretty gross. im guessing thats where the mystery dad came from.

travis · 07-19-2010, 05:22 PM

Well i had a fry of red devils about a year and a half ago. my other 2 devils ended up dying about a year ago. I wonder if they can really hold sperm that long. She s the only one protecting no fish are able to go to that side of the tank. I have 3 jack dempsys i wonder if one of them could have had the eggs and the devil took over

travis · 07-19-2010, 05:23 PM

Well i had a fry of red devils about a year and a half ago. my other 2 devils ended up dying about a year ago. I wonder if they can really hold sperm that long. She s the only one protecting no fish are able to go to that side of the tank. I have 3 jack dempsys i wonder if one of them could have had the eggs and the devil took over. Also if they are fry and i put them in a diff tank do i have to put the mother in with them

dave in Iliamna · 07-19-2010, 05:31 PM

If they turn out to be fry and you want to keep them I would take them out. You don't need to move the mother but you can if you like.

I wonder if they are fertilized though because with my Jack Dempseys only the dead eggs turn white. But I'd say it worth watching and see what happens.

travis · 07-19-2010, 05:38 PM

Well i had a fry of red devils about a year and a half ago. my other 2 devils ended up dying about a year ago. I wonder if they can really hold sperm that long. She s the only one protecting no fish are able to go to that side of the tank. I have 3 jack dempsys i wonder if one of them could have had the eggs and the devil took over. Also if they are fry and i put them in a diff tank do i have to put the mother in with them

susankat · 07-19-2010, 07:11 PM

The fry could either be hybrids, or the eggs aren't fertile. Cichlids don't normally store sperm. Even if there isn't a male in the tank she could still lay the eggs and try to protect them. If they are fertile I would actually let nature takes its course, but thats me I don't like hybrids.

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travis Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 4 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Little white eggs stuck on rocks Well i had a fry of red devils about a year and a half ago. my other 2 devils ended up dying about a year ago. I wonder if they can really hold sperm that long. She s the only one protecting no fish are able to go to that side of the tank. I have 3 jack dempsys i wonder if one of them could have had the eggs and the devil took over. Also if they are fry and i put them in a diff tank do i have to put the mother in with them

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