The Rose is swimming across the eggs in a rubbing motion while the Flowerhorn approaches periodically. Which eggs are fertile the white or clear and how long will it take for the eggs to hatch?
< The clear eggs are fertile and the white ons are dead and need to be removed by the female before they fungus up and destroy the rest of the eggs. They should hatch in three days at 80 degrees. Three days later the fry will become free swimming after absorbing their egg sac. At this time they need to be fed baby brine shrimp and crushed flake food.-Chuck.> Thanks, Leo Cichlid question Hello, I have a tank with six cichlids, a Dempsey, African blue and two black convicts (male & female- 3 years old) adults and 2 black convicts (2 months old). The older female convict had babies two weeks ago and was a very dark black. In the last two days he color returned back to a lighter gray like she was before the babies and everything seemed fine. I came home tonight to find her gasping with both sides of her body white, missing scales and eyes glazed over. I have been checking various websites and the only thing I have found is may be ich or some type of fungus but I’m really not sure its ich s