Ellioti eggs.

[Gravydavy727]

My ellioti laid eggs about a week ago, I discovered them after a water change. But the next day they were all gone. I'm not sure which of my 3 elliotis are male or female. They all look to be females from what I have read they are all similar size and colour one seems to be slightly more dominant than the other 2 I belive it is the one in the pic.

 

[AmyKieran]

Ellioti is a difficult fish to sex, also they may have just eaten the eggs

 

[AquaBarb]

My ellioti laid eggs about a week ago, I discovered them after a water change. But the next day they were all gone. I'm not sure which of my 3 elliotis are male or female. They all look to be females from what I have read they are all similar size and colour one seems to be slightly more dominant than the other 2 I belive it is the one in the pic.

Easy to sex Ellioti's. The males are much bigger and the females will have the dark blotch in the dorsal fin.

The eggs would of been eatan with other fish in the tank. Ellioti in my experince are very good parents

 

[AmyKieran]

Easy to sex Ellioti's. The males are much bigger and the females will have the dark blotch in the dorsal fin. View attachment 162378
The eggs would of been eatan with other fish in the tank. Ellioti in my experince are very good parents

Ahh thanks for this @AquaBarb

I was told by my LFS it was impossible to sex them lol

 

[AquaBarb]

Ahh thanks for this @AquaBarb

I was told by my LFS it was impossible to sex them lol

No worries

Unfortuntely other cichlids arent as easy to sex but these are kind enough to let us know

 

[Guyb93]

How’s big are they ? They still look fairly juvenile and might be a first clutch from a new pair , the first few clutch’s of eggs are very rarely successful for many reasons weather it’s a fertile issue or just learning to be parents , I’d watch for a while and it should be apparent which two are breeding weather you know which is male or female it Dosnt really matter then remove the third wheel , leaving them to be comfortable giving you a better chance of the eggs being protected and not eaten

 

[Gravydavy727]

They all seem to have a dark blotch on the dorsal fin. They seemed to be protecting the eggs really well till the light went off then I noticed a bit of straying away then come home from work my partner said she thought the eggs turned white then all were gone by the time I got home from work

 

[AquaBarb]

Sounds like you have 3 females then so they will lay but without a male the eggs will not hatch into baby fish as they wont be fertilized

 

[Guyb93]

Yep white eggs sounds like unfertilised eggs
And with not being able to see pairing Behavior would indicate 3 females
In fairness iv never had females lay eggs without there being a male presence, curious behaviour in my opinion

 

[Gravydavy727]

I went and purchased a male

 

[Gravydavy727]

So my elliotis laid eggs a week or.2 ago which wasn't successful I'm not sure it I even had a male at that time, they all looked female to me. Anyway I went and bought myself a lovely looking male and after 3 to.4 days we have eggs. caught them right at the beginning.of spawning shade a quick video.went away for an hour came back to a fair few.


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[Gravydavy727]

 

[Essjay]

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[Gravydavy727]

We have swimmers so excited!

 

[Gravydavy727]