is their any chance that the eggs will hatch?

kishnik wrote:

if the eggs had been fertilized, yes... there is a chance.
and you have cross breed. looking forward for such an accomplishment.
keep us posted..... Good Luck

sure thing... cuz this is my first cross breed... hope theyll hatch...

generally speaking the male parrot fish is usually infertile while the female eggs are viable.
since your parrot is a male then i would assume that the eggs will not be fertilized and therfore not hatch, but you never know. if they stay white then there was no fertilization taking place but if the turn tan in colour then you might have a fertile male.
keep us posted with your breeding attempts.

do eggs shake when they are ready to hatch? cause i see some eggs shaking... or its just my powerhead?

I think they do, the fry are moving trying to escape it. Part of it is probably your powerhead too, I turned mine off while mine were hatching. The Owner and mods here can advise you better on this but I think the powerhead would just push the fry around.

if your eggs are shaking then the mightn't be far off hatching... have a close look and make sure they havnt got little tails poking out wriggling around.

now i think i saw a tail... if this eggs are alive do i need to separate the parents from the eggs? cause as i observe i can see my parrot(the one guarding) is eating some eggs and some are spitted back... dont know if the one spitted is alive... is this the way they take care of their fry?

i cant say for sure as i dont have much experience with these breeds. they may be eating the unfertilized eggs.
do some look white and others a browny tan colour?
how many days have you had the eggs for?

i noticed something fishy in my small cave saturday but i didnt mind... water change on sunday afternoon... saw the eggs sunday night with some very white egg(i think its an unfertile egg)...

fry dont just swim anywhere after hatching right? so if they are already fry is it necessary to remove the parent? or remove the fry instead and put in my quaratine tank?

btw, i have 8 parrot , 2 convict , 2 green terror in my tank... very dangerous for my fry i think...

i would agree, my O's recently layed, then about 2-3 days later half started wriggling and the other half went mouldy.
It was at this stage i removed my other fish from the tank, (angelfish, small O and a red tail shark) because of the risk that once they started moving around they would get eaten, hopefully some-one who knows replies this as i dont know what parrots and convicts are like as parents, but i dont think they should eat them, they might though (sorry i cant help more here).

If they are hatching i would remove other fish as it will be harder for the parents to guard small fry and some may get picked off by other fish.

hope this helps

p.s once eggs hatch they look like sperm (best way to describe it)and they wriggle like worms (they should stay together as a group) after a few days they will have used up their yolk sack (head of sperm) and be little fry swimming freely around

thank you very much...

btw, can i remove the fry instead of the fishes? if yes, how will i do that?