angelfish spawning....

[chunkylover817]

i know i already asks someone about this topic, but anyways, my angelfish had their third spawn now,but sadly,everytime....all the eggs are infertile and turn white....i dont know whats wrong,....i know one is a male and the other is a female, the female has a big belly for the eggs and the male doesnt...anyone know what could be wrong with the spawning or eggs?

[Lupin]

Chunky, my guess is both are probably female if you did not observe the ovipositors well.

[chunkylover817]

hm....well i do have another angelfish in there, should i try to pair both of them up to see if the other one is an angelfish???if both the ones that spawned were female, wouldnt they both lay eggs??

[Dangerdoll]

not necessarily. Sometimes a dominant female will "act" as male and go through the steps a male does. My guess is they are both females. It's that or you do have a male that is not fertilizing the eggs. Do you see the other Angel seemingly fertilize the eggs?

(the shape of the Angels belly has no determination of it's sex)

[chunkylover817]

well do you think i have a female that has not yet gotten a belly with eggs?well, a belly that pops out....i think its the male thats not fertilzing the eggs....

by "Do you see the other Angel seemingly fertilize the eggs?" do you mean the third one i had or the one thats mating?

[Dangerdoll]

When you see the female lay the eggs, is there a male or any other angel swimming up passing over the eggs after she does?

[chunkylover817]

yeah, like ive read in the books....they take turns...

[Dangerdoll]

then they are both females

[Dangerdoll]

on second thought.... have you looked at both ovipostors? If they are different, tell me how.

[chunkylover817]

well, the females is sorta tube like, you can see her release eggs,....and the supposedly male and the males is a different shape...