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In order for cichlids to breed successfully you need a male and a female fish. A single cichlid that lays eggs by itself is just a female who is in breeding condition. If you wish to have youngsters then a suitable male is required.
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How do you know the sex of a cichlids?
It depends on the cichlid. In some cichlids, the male is usually the more colorful and/or ornate of the two sexes. In other cichlids, you would have to look at the gonopore (the vent from which eggs or sperm come) and even then it would be difficult unless you knew what you were looking for.
Will jewel cichlids fight with convict cichlids?
It is expected that Jewel Cichlids with Convict Cichlids.
Can baby cichlids be with larger cichlids?
no because the bigger cichlids will eat the little cichlids.
How do African cichlids reproduce?
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes. Cichlids have higly organized breeding activites. All species show some form of parental care for both eggs and larvae, often nurturing free swimming young until they are weeks or months old.
How many babys can a convict cichlid have at one time?
Convict cichlids lay hundreds of eggs in one spawning.
How does pet Oscars mate?
Oscars are cichlids that lay eggs on hard surfaces. They like flowerpots because they can guard the entrance against predators.
Fish parrots are herbivores or not?
Parrot Cichlids are carnivores. I believe they are produced in a Laboratory by some Chinese scientists who artificially fertilise one species of Amazon cichlids eggs with the sperm from a different species. They are not accepted as a species by most Scientists and do not have a proper Taxonomic name.
Can convict cichlids and red zebra cichlids cross breed?
No they can not.
Would they get along with African cichlids?
Would what get along with African Cichlids?
Why do cichlids move gravel in the aquarium?
they like to dig around... just the nature of the fish. Also maybe looking for food, or nutrients, or a place to lay eggs.
When was The Cichlids created?
The Cichlids was created in 1979.
Can cichlids and Oscars mate?
Oscars are cichlids! They are from the South American group of cichlids. Fish can mate only within the same species. Oscars can only mate with other Oscars.
