blakemills Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Have had this electric yellow for 6 months now. When sold to me, they told me the bigger ones in the tank were males, so I got the biggest one possible. They confirmed it as a male. However, after researching for the past few months (I'm new to cichlids), I guess I became curious to the actual sex of the yellow as it had no black under its body. Now, I am assuming it is female, and I also think the she may be holding. I only have a single electric blue MALE in the tank with her... so I am a little worried. She hasn't eaten for about 2 weeks, although seems to look healthy. She also hasn't really left her cave much. Lastly, she has developed a noticable lump under her mouth. Picture several months ago: And, now: What do you think? Is the electric yellow a female? and is it holding? I have a few more pictures I could upload if these angles are not helping.. Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilroy Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Yes you have a female, and yes it is holding! Congratulations.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakemills Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 Arghh.. but thanks! What to do now? I don't really want hybrids... Will I have to get rid of my female if I don't want this happening in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Any chance you just fed your yellow not long before taking the photo? And do you mean you only have an electric yellow and electric blue in the tank? Surely i wouldnt imagine those two xbreeding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeppry Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 hey mate the fry wont last to long in the tank after she spits em out.. most fish like a chew on fry. so ya wont have to worry IMO ... unless you wanna breed yellows that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakemills Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 Any chance you just fed your yellow not long before taking the photo? And do you mean you only have an electric yellow and electric blue in the tank? Surely i wouldnt imagine those two xbreeding... As I said, the electric yellow hasn't touched a bit of food for 2 weeks... isn't even interested when the electric blue is feeding. And yes, only an electric yellow and an electric blue, as well as a peppermint bn fry since 2 days ago. I only upgraded my tank a month ago (from 30L to 250L), so have just been researching as what to get next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcichlid Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 If you were in melb, i would have swap your female for a male. I have too many males and only 1 female in my tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylez Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 its definately a girl... she looking very nice aswell. if its been 2 weeks already then she should be due to release soon. do you have any updated pics of her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Make sure you grow one up, I've never seen an electric green before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakemills Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 its definately a girl... she looking very nice aswell. if its been 2 weeks already then she should be due to release soon. do you have any updated pics of her? These were taken today.. I'll take some more photos if her condition changes over the next few days Oh and thanks! she is a beautiful fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylez Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 pay attention to the bottom of her mouth aswell, the darker it gets the closer she is to spitting. whats her size by the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakemills Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 pay attention to the bottom of her mouth aswell, the darker it gets the closer she is to spitting. whats her size by the way? maybe around the 6-7cm mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakemills Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 Make sure you grow one up, I've never seen an electric green before! out of interest.. What would this fish actually look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic31 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 haha, hey it may just be the new thing going around... electric greens! it would be great if it were a metalic green with the black like the yellows but the longer body like the blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I also would love to see the fry when they grow up... I would recommend that you try and grow the fry to get some experience in raising fry... and if they die along the way then no great loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evo Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 she may have an unfertilised bunch of eggs in her mouth as i cant see an electric blue and yellow breeding... But if they have you can just leave the eggs in the tank.. They will get munched on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Matty probably should have mentioned he was joking.... You'd likely get a dirty looking yellow as an offspring, with a longer face. Please don't keep any fry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Matty probably should have mentioned he was joking.... Yep, hence the " " smily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcloughlin2 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 A nice example of a yellow there! What I'd suggest you do is buy say another 3 females electric yellow and then a male and get rid of the electric blue. That way you will have a nice colony, from which you can breed some fry. Definantly do not keep the babies. Let her spit them out in the tank and do not make any attempt to keep them alive. As ViS said you will only end up wih a dirty grey - yellow coloured fish. Hybrids are frowned upon in fishkeeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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