Blood Parrots laying eggs

**Sharkman** · 02-02-2011, 02:58 PM

My blood parrots have been laying eggs every 4 days or so for the last couple weeks!!! It's a shame the male is sterile because they are laying massive amounts of eggs. Free snacks I guess for the other fish in the tank.

**CassieLEO** · 02-02-2011, 03:17 PM

Yep, lots of high protein snacks!!

**Lady Hobbs** · 02-02-2011, 04:09 PM

How warm is their water? That's a lot of spawns. Mine just got done Monday but now won't spawn again for awhile. I only have 1 female to 4 males, tho.

WOW. I'm on a roll transposing words!!!!! Sorry all.

**Sandz** · 02-02-2011, 05:54 PM

Now I know that BP males are sterile but something I have searched for and not found out is why? If they are a cross breed to make the fish, why does that automatically make the males sterile?

**Sharkman** · 02-02-2011, 06:21 PM

good question about being sterile. not sure the answer

water temp is 79 degrees.

**jcarr71** · 02-09-2011, 02:38 AM

There is the theory on the BPs being intentionally made sterile by shady overseas market protection practices, but I have no idea if that is true or not. I also read from time to time remarks about successful breedings, meaning non-sterile males, but again I have seen no evidence. They are a weird fish to find any sort of truth about.