So I found a single free swimming fry a few weeks ago and figured out quickly that the fish it was never should have been in there. I found out today that it has happened again! My red Zebra is carrying fry. The weird thing is the fish carrying is a loner. She is always chased away and has a stunted size due to being less dominant. Even new fish introduced have grown larger than her by about 2 inches! She is at LEAST a year older. Is this common for this fish? She never leaves the surface of the water and with a mating pair of Jewel cichlids in the tank that are also at least an inch bigger than her how is she doing it. Ive read up some stuff about the zebra mating and nothing they describe is happening. No wonder this darn tank keeps getting so crowded. I cant keep up, and as bad as it is I'm just allowing natural selection to get to them.
I apologize if my post makes no since. All I'm asking is whats the red Zebra mating supposed to be like? And why are my fish not following it? And maybe how the heck do I stop them? I could have sworn this female was actually a male based on the shape of it. (has that hump on top of its head like most males do, or so I thought.)
I apologize if my post makes no since. All I'm asking is whats the red Zebra mating supposed to be like? And why are my fish not following it? And maybe how the heck do I stop them? I could have sworn this female was actually a male based on the shape of it. (has that hump on top of its head like most males do, or so I thought.)