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Posted by Gary K. on August 13, 2005, 11:29 am
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Thanks Kay-Bee. I guess this is not so unusual with the africans,then.
I've never seen anything similar with the various south american cichlids
that I've kept.
Gary
> I've got a trio of female blue dolphins (crytocara moorii) and have
> discovered two of them holding eggs before without having spawned with a
> male. Not exactly sure why.
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> They normally held the unfertilized eggs for about 3 or 4 days before they
> presumeably ate them. My largest one has done that twice (on about a
> 30-day cycle) but they haven't done so since I moved them into a larger
> tank with other fish.
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> kay-bee
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>> Hi,
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>> When I noticed that my yellow lab was carrying eggs, I moved her to her
>> own 10 gallon tank. After she released the fry, she was kept in another
>> tank in which she is the sole occupant to build up her strength. I've
>> been feeding her well for about eight weeks with some cichlid flakes and
>> occaisionally some frozen bloodworms. I recently noticed that she has
>> apparently "spawned" on her own, and is now carrying a mouthful of eggs!
>> The poor soul has been dutifully carrying her eggs for several days now.
>> I assume that the eggs will eventually decompose as they're infertile.
>> Has anyone seen this behavior before with african cichlids? Any
>> explanations?
>>
>> Gary K
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> When I noticed that my yellow lab was carrying eggs, I moved her to her
> own 10 gallon tank. After she released the fry, she was kept in another
> tank in which she is the sole occupant to build up her strength. I've
> been feeding her well for about eight weeks with some cichlid flakes and
> occaisionally some frozen bloodworms. I recently noticed that she has
> apparently "spawned" on her own, and is now carrying a mouthful of eggs!
> The poor soul has been dutifully carrying her eggs for several days now. I
> assume that the eggs will eventually decompose as they're infertile. Has
> anyone seen this behavior before with african cichlids? Any explanations?
>
> Gary K
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