mickey-tropical-fish-mad Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 How do i tell if a mollie, platy, black widow, angel fish, bronze corydora, zebra loach, clown loach or leapord danio is pregnant if anyone knows about how to tell if any of them are pregnant please let me know ta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cath Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 most of the fish listed - mollies, platys, danios etc will get very round in the belly, they become much larger then the males. The angel fish will just suddenly lay a bunch of eggs on a leaf somewhere and the sorydoras will suddenly lay a bunch of eggs on the tank walls or a rock or somewhere without you even knowing she was pregnant. I have no idea however about the loaches - I do know they are very hard to breed and I think the clown loaches rarely beed in an aquarium because they need to be around 8 inches before they are mature enough but don't take this as gospel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Well where to start........ Mollies=Always Holding Unborn Platy= Almost Always Holding Unborn Black Widow= Females belly with be roundish and protrude from her body, meaning she is carrying eggs Angels= Females will do the same as above BCorys= Females can become absolutly swelled with eggs to the point there fins don't touch the ground. Leapord Danios= Same as Black Widows. None of this is important unless you have a spare tank to rare fry, or don't have any males of the above species in the tank. If you asked how to breed these (other than livebearers) a full and better account of how things worked could be given. Also you should Forget about the louches it is my understanding that #1 they are extremly hard to breed, and #2 Most in NZ are Infertile. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Not infertile Shae, just need hormones injected to breed. Besides, Mickey isn't in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Not infertile Shae, just need hormones injected to breed. Besides, Mickey isn't in NZ Argh took the words right outta my mouth. Ahh well, i suppose it might not be aplicable to you because your from London. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey-tropical-fish-mad Posted December 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 If they are pregnant what do you do? do you separate the male and female and when they give birth do you put the female back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Do you have another tank to breed and raise fry? if not then there's no point. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Remember, there is a wealth of knowlege on the internet. You have only to type into a search engine what you looking on information for. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey-tropical-fish-mad Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 i no but im not that good with that sort of thing with homework and everything else i dont get much time not even on here lol yer i have a seprate tank for breeding it is heated and running but with nothing in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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