Is This True?

[fish are friends....]

Do Jewel Cichlids incubate their eggs in their mouth. I read it on the internet somewhere!
If this is true, would they still eat?

Megan!

 

[shroob]

Do Jewel Cichlids incubate their eggs in their mouth. I read it on the internet somewhere!
If this is true, would they still eat?

Megan!

Its false I think. They normally lay them on a flat surface. Quite a few africans mouthbrood, but the juwel isn't one of them.

 

[Zawiha]

Do Jewel Cichlids incubate their eggs in their mouth. I read it on the internet somewhere!
If this is true, would they still eat?

Megan!

Its false I think. They normally lay them on a flat surface. Quite a few africans mouthbrood, but the juwel isn't one of them.

Shroob's correct, my jewels never mouthbrood.
Their breeding is more like NW cichlids than africans.

 

[dthoffsett]

Do Jewel Cichlids incubate their eggs in their mouth. I read it on the internet somewhere!
If this is true, would they still eat?

Megan!

As everyone else said, jewels do not mouthbrood.

If you are interested, here's a great article on mouthbrooders. And no, when holding eggs they don't eat.

 

[Proud Texan]

no