Hi, my Bolivian rams spawned again. One of them guarded the eggs for a few days and then snacked on them.
Is she just clueless? Or is it possible that she's laying eggs but that I have 2 females in the tank and the eggs haven't even been fertilized?
When there are no eggs around, she does hang around with the other ram; they go everywhere together. But when there are eggs, she chases the other ram away from food. S/he basically has to hide in the corner of the tank, out of sight.
This is a 36 gallon bowfront and there are no other bottom-loving fish in it. Only a few harlequin rasboras and 1 pygmy cory.
It's pretty easy for me to figure out the gender of my German Blue rams but the Bolivian rams are harder. So, perhaps I do have 2 females.
Has anyone heard of female fish laying eggs when there are no males in the tank? (Maybe "laying eggs" isn't the right term for it -- after all, fish aren't chicken -- but I don't seem to have the vocabulary)
Is she just clueless? Or is it possible that she's laying eggs but that I have 2 females in the tank and the eggs haven't even been fertilized?
When there are no eggs around, she does hang around with the other ram; they go everywhere together. But when there are eggs, she chases the other ram away from food. S/he basically has to hide in the corner of the tank, out of sight.
This is a 36 gallon bowfront and there are no other bottom-loving fish in it. Only a few harlequin rasboras and 1 pygmy cory.
It's pretty easy for me to figure out the gender of my German Blue rams but the Bolivian rams are harder. So, perhaps I do have 2 females.
Has anyone heard of female fish laying eggs when there are no males in the tank? (Maybe "laying eggs" isn't the right term for it -- after all, fish aren't chicken -- but I don't seem to have the vocabulary)