hey all, Im new to the forum but I've been lurking for a long time. So, hello to everyone. I've been keeping cichlids for a while now, more than 2 years. So here is the question I have, I purchased a green texas cichlid about 3 months ago from a local breeder, he is about 6 inches. When I say he thats what the guy told me it was a male. This morning I woke up and a saw it guarding eggs on a flat stone.....now I thought he was he, not a she...I didnt see the actual egg laying process but just that it was guarding eggs.
Being that I have no other green texas cichlids in the tank, was this just random? or did it inter-breed with another from the tank? that eggs look bland, so im not sure.
I have 75 gallon tank
3 silver dollars (about 3-4 inches in size)
1 pleco ( about 4 inches)
1 butercarfi ( about 7 inches)
2 tiger/mable ocscar ( 8 inches and 4 inches )
1 green texas cichlid ( 6 inches, the one in question)
1 flowerhorn ( 4 inches )
1 green terror ( 4 inches)
1 black ghost (6-7 inches)
1 geophagus ( 4 inches)
think thats about it. I know it sounds bit over-crowded after listing it, I was wowed too, but it works fine. I keep up with the maintenance. i have a tank with an overflow box in the corner, connected to a tide-pool filter and I also have a eheim 2028 running as a bio filter.
Being that I have no other green texas cichlids in the tank, was this just random? or did it inter-breed with another from the tank? that eggs look bland, so im not sure.
I have 75 gallon tank
3 silver dollars (about 3-4 inches in size)
1 pleco ( about 4 inches)
1 butercarfi ( about 7 inches)
2 tiger/mable ocscar ( 8 inches and 4 inches )
1 green texas cichlid ( 6 inches, the one in question)
1 flowerhorn ( 4 inches )
1 green terror ( 4 inches)
1 black ghost (6-7 inches)
1 geophagus ( 4 inches)
think thats about it. I know it sounds bit over-crowded after listing it, I was wowed too, but it works fine. I keep up with the maintenance. i have a tank with an overflow box in the corner, connected to a tide-pool filter and I also have a eheim 2028 running as a bio filter.