House of Hormones

We figured today the house is simply reeking of hormones, 2 pairs of angelfish have laid eggs today and a guppy that we have had for about 3 days randomly gave birth. Was not ready for either of it, all we need is th 3 pairs of kribs and some swordtails to randomly lay/give birth. march 12 is marked in my calendar.

i wish i had a hormone problen here i cant even get my cons to I>>> i wish something here would breed for me

convicts will do it with anything! and usually anywhere..... maybe there old?? my were fine in a 29gal tank.... just put in some pots, some plants, made sure water paramenters were at the right general area... and BAM, couldnt stop it.... what are you water parameters, and where are you keepin them? how old are they? tank mates? sure its a male and female???????

100 % sure its m/f i have em in my new jag tank but they dont get messed with.i keep it at 7.2 exactly for a decent level to mix ca/sa.they might be to young but they are paired off.i got them from alyssaesk ive had two pair before that bred like rabbits these are the first pair ive ever had that did not breed spontaneously

hmmm.... female has orange belly? maybe she isnt ready?

very light orange freckles but they are there.maybe she isnt

freckles?? she should have a orange belly if she is a female... it gets super bright when they are in heat, but its definetly orange and always noticeable, well unless she is super young.

is not in heat
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itleast that is what how ive always been able to tell..... maybe you should buy another female with an orange belly.... yours might be sexually confused.

Simple matter of getting some 'magic water' from madness!

I'm gonna get a another female suprisingly there is never any forsale around here being as common as they are

petsmart is flooded with them. People dont usually try to sell them, I used my babies for food... only reason I had them.... I bet if you make a "wanted add for female convict" in here and on craigslist, you will get a few people

Anyway, we totally Hijacked this thread.... sorry texaveri..... back to your hormone tank problem!

Could be just that time of year. almost spring, birds are doin it.... Guess its fishes turn too. lol

TexAveri wrote:We figured today the house is simply reeking of hormones, 2 pairs of angelfish have laid eggs today and a guppy that we have had for about 3 days randomly gave birth. Was not ready for either of it, all we need is th 3 pairs of kribs and some swordtails to randomly lay/give birth. march 12 is marked in my calendar.

Congrats! It must be the time of year. I've seen an increase in activity with my fish as well.

its coming spring time if your tanks are by a window then they could have sync'd up with wa spring time.it has happened before to other people.there has been a lot more rabbits and birds over here maybe its the same with fish spring=breeding imo

HAHA no worries on the high jacking, not a serious thread
And for your convicts not breeding that is odd. My only guess from the not breeding and orange specks she might be just young?? though i had seen a female at petsmart about 1.5-2 inches with a batch of fry. Interesting to watch her protect them all from all the other fish for sale.

so are you gonna raise your fry and sell them or give the eggs to other fish as a snack

and i realised my heater got unplugged.it has been unplugged for a week or so im assuming.i plugged it in hopefully they will warm up and do the deed

The guppy fry Im going to try and raise up to keep a male and female after that they will either be fed off to the angels or ill give them away, not sure yet, The angels im going to get them to raise up and I havent thought about it too much though haha