I guess I need a male...
A clutch of yellow acara eggs...
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I think she can fan them all day to no avail on helping them hatch
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no... she's the only cichlid, and honestly I thought the fish a male... it was originally pretty brightly colored, and seemed to get darker, when going into this tank with the black rocks, which it's been in for a little less than a year... it was originally tried in a multi cichlid tank, but was too bossy, she got moved to a 10 gallon temporarily, until I got this 30 long fired up... I was going to try to buy a couple more, but this variety has been challenging to find...
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so yellow acaras are available again... I asked if I could specify a male ( they haven't replied yet ) if this one is laying eggs with no one around to fertilize... would she most likely accept "a" male, or will I likely end up with WW-3??? this female has always been tank boss, if there were other cichlids around
Oh Man ! You HAVE to get her a mate and raise those ! That’s a cool cichlid .
Several challenges here. First, relying on a supplier to select a male in a species that doesn't manifest marked sexual dimorphism until mature. Even then, it can be perplexing. You yourself thought that your she was a he. If you did land a male it would be best if he was mature and larger than your female, as most Aequidens metae males are. Then I would suggest a new setup for them, one that she doesn't already claim as hers. Failing that, I'd remove her from the current tank and change up the scape so there's nothing there she recognizes as her old home. And provide cover. I'd introduce them to each other via a tank divider and see how they respond to each other. If that goes well, I'd remove the divider and monitor closely.
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@Magnum Man sexing fish is a skill you need to cultivate . With some you sit and stare at them for days and weeks on end and then you see something . Sometimes you don’t but that’s part of the fun . Why keep fish if you’re not going to watch them ? Watching them is the best part of the hobby to me .
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well it's too early to tell, but after adding the 2 smaller new fish, no one has died ( she has been pretty intolerant of tank mates since day one ) I tried tank dividers, and they kept pushing things around, and all going to the same section... there is still a lot of chasing around between the smaller 2, and big momma chases around the medium sized one, when it chases the smaller one... this is a terrible picture, as the smaller turned toward the camera when I clicked, but big momma and the smaller one were just sitting in the shade, under their monstera leaf... now I'm just waiting for world war 3, or to see if I got lucky enough, that one of the new ones is male...
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